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Summary: Don't worry about getting bored with this book!
Review: I have read several of Jack's novels including Sheba and Thunder Point as well as Day of Judgement. This book, I think, is the best of all of those mentioned with the exception of Thunder Point. Former IRA terrorist Sean Dillon re emerges as the main character and anti-hero of the book where the notorious Saddam Insane plots to bump off Margaret Thatcher by paying off Sean Dillon to do it. The book is quite suspensful and is not one of those that you have to force yourself to read and pay attention to because it holds your interest. The conclusion was good although not surprising and I was sort of dissapointed that Dillon escaped, but he has to be around for another book, I guess.
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Summary: AS USAL Higgins can spin a great tale!
Review: I really enjoyed this great book! Higgins is the master of adventure and I could not put this down! Great writing! UN-down-putable!
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Summary: The best of the Dillon books
Review: In this book, former IRA terrorist turned freelance assassin Sean Dillon attempts to assassinate former PM Maggie Thatcher, then the entire British War Cabinet, all at the behest of a former KGB colonel and an Iraqi-French oil millionaire. British intelligence operatives and two of Dillon's former IRA colleagues are tasked with stopping him.Dillon is at his best as the charming yet cold-blooded rogue who operates according to his own set of (somewhat twisted) standards. The short appearance by veteran IRA man turned professor Liam Devlin is a welcome addition. The character of Martin Brosnan is not as clear as he could have been. I haven't read any other Higgins books involving him (though I'd very much like to,) so I'm not sure if this is a general problem with the character or just this book's incarnation of him. All in all, a great introduction to a great character whom you wind up rooting for in spite of yourself.
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Summary: The best of the Dillon books
Review: In this book, former IRA terrorist turned freelance assassin Sean Dillon attempts to assassinate former PM Maggie Thatcher, then the entire British War Cabinet, all at the behest of a former KGB colonel and an Iraqi-French oil millionaire. British intelligence operatives and two of Dillon's former IRA colleagues are tasked with stopping him. Dillon is at his best as the charming yet cold-blooded rogue who operates according to his own set of (somewhat twisted) standards. The short appearance by veteran IRA man turned professor Liam Devlin is a welcome addition. The character of Martin Brosnan is not as clear as he could have been. I haven't read any other Higgins books involving him (though I'd very much like to,) so I'm not sure if this is a general problem with the character or just this book's incarnation of him. All in all, a great introduction to a great character whom you wind up rooting for in spite of yourself.
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Summary: Absolutely brilliant!
Review: In this Jack Higgins classic which ranks as one of his very best, IRA gun-for-hire Sean Dillon is the protagonist and main character(recurring throughout several Higgins books) who is recruited by Saddam Hussein through French arms dealer Michael Aroun to assassinate the Prime Minister and War Cabinet during the Gulf War. As the plot develops, it is up to American CIA operative Martin Brosnan and head of the PM's clandestine intelligence agency Brigadier Charles Ferguson to stop Dillon when they are tipped off about the threat. Those of us that remember the real-life mortar attack on 10 Downing Street when John Major was in power are presented with a fast-paced account of what might have happened - could it have happened this way? This thought-provoking actioner is well-paced, easy to read and crams in a Clancy-esque story at less than half the length with no unnecessary subplots. A must-read winner!
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Summary: WHAT A FAN-FUNKING-TASTIC BOOK
Review: I`D NEVER READ ONE OF HIS BOOKS BEFORE, BUT THIS WAS ABSOLUTLY MARVELLOUS. I WENT OUT SHORTLY AFTER FINISHING IT, AND SEARCHED FOR MORE BOOKS BY JACK HIGGINS. SOME BOOKS HAVE BORING BITS IN THEM, AND YOU SORT OF SKIP PAGES, THERE WAS NO NEED TO IN THIS BOOK.
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Summary: Sean Dillon a quality villain
Review: Jack Higgins has managed to create a master villain with Sean Dillon. The idea of Saddam Hussein bringing in a professional killer to deal with one of the Allied leaders has a ring of reality to it. The final confrontation with the result of Sean Dillon killing the billionaire was totally exciting. This was one of the better Higgins books. Sean has turned into one of Higgins most recently used characters. An excellent book.
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Summary: Part fact, Part fiction, All Action
Review: One of the things that Jack Higgins does extremely well is to take factual events (or at least rumored events) and weave an exciting fictional story around them. In this case, the story surrounds the failed mortar attack on Number Ten Downing Street prompted by Sadam Hussein during the Gulf War. Mr. Higgins takes these events, and introduces us to one of his most memorable characters. Sean Dillon is an ex-IRA assassin now working as a gunman for hire. As a villain, there are few better. His skill at weapons as well as his ability to become anyone he chooses make him almost unstoppable. Of course, acting as protagonist in this story is Brigadier Charles Ferguson and his secret organization called Group Four. He enlists the aid of Martin Brosnan, an ex-ally of Sean Dillon's, to stop Sean from completing his mission. What we end up with is a taut cat-and-mouse game between two very clever agents, each one of them determined to defeat the other and settle several old scores in the process. As this is the first of the series of stories that have Sean Dillon as the main character, the suspense is a bit lessened. I mean, it's obvious that Sean won't be killed, and it's also obvious the mortar attack will fail, since this is an actual event and we know how the event turns out. However, this book is a very engaging tale, and it serves as excellent background on what Sean Dillon was like before he became 'one of the good guys'. As an author of espionage and adventure fiction, I've not found another author that I enjoy as much as I enjoy Jack Higgins. And since Sean Dillon is easily Mr. Higgins most memorable recurring character, this book serves as a welcome introduction to his stories. If you're interested at all in good, solid espionage with lots of fast-paced action, this book is definitely for you.
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Summary: One of the best of Sean...
Review: Sean is definitely a character you will learn to love. Though ruthless, he is certainly a wonderful edition to Jack Higgins' wonderful writing. A must read!
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Summary: One of the best of Sean...
Review: Sean is definitely a character you will learn to love. Though ruthless, he is certainly a wonderful edition to Jack Higgins' wonderful writing. A must read!
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