Caractéristiques

État
Utilisé
Thème
Général
Période
Deuxième Guerre mondiale
Année (orig.)
1963
Auteur
Jack Higgins

Description

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From the Sean Dillon series :
Sean Dillon is a skilled Irish gunman and master of disguise, initially introduced as a mercenary with a personal vendetta. Over the series, he evolves into a reluctant protector and covert operative for British intelligence, often working alongside Brigadier Charles Ferguson.


  • Eye of the Storm / Midnight Man (1992) – Introduces Sean Dillon, a former IRA enforcer turned mercenary, and his first high-stakes mission against the British government Book Series in Order+1.
  • Drink with the Devil (1996) – Dillon navigates deception and betrayal in a tense mission
  • The President’s Daughter (1997) – Dillon is tasked with protecting a key political figure
  • The White House Connection (1999) – International intrigue and covert operations escalate
  • Rough Justice (2000) – Dillon confronts a dangerous criminal network
  • Day of Reckoning (2003) – Dillon must prevent a major political crisis
  • Edge of Danger (2004) – High-stakes action and intelligence maneuvers
  • Midnight Runner (2005) – Dillon undertakes a perilous extraction mission
  • A Darker Place (2009) – Dillon confronts enemies from his past Most Recommended Books.
  • But also, The Khufra Run (2002) - Freelance flyer Jack Nelson makes a living peddling his talents to the highest bidder...and now he has a chance to pull off the heist of a lifetime. There are millions in sunken treasure for the taking in a go-for-broke caper tailor-made for Nelson—and all he has to do to collect the loot is live through it.
  • The Eagle Has Landed (1975) - In November of 1943, an elite team of Nazi paratroopers descends on British soil with a diabolical goal: to abduct Winston Churchill and cripple the Allied war effort. The mission, ordered by Hitler himself and planned by Heinrich Himmler, is led by ace agent Kurt Steiner and aided on the ground by IRA gunman Liam Devlin. As the deadly duo executes Hitler’s harrowing plot, only the quiet town of Studley Constable stands in their way. Its residents are the lone souls aware of the impending Nazi plan, and they must become the most unlikely of heroes as the fate of the war hangs in the balance.
  • The Eagle has Flown (1991) - Sequel of the Eagle has LandedGermany, 1943. As an increasingly isolated and insane Hitler pursues his hopeless war, betrayal and treachery reach the highest levels of the Third Reich. German intelligence knows that SS colonel Kurt Steiner survived "Operation Eagle," the bungled assassination attempt on Winston Churchill, and is now a POW somewhere in London. For his own nefarious reasons, Reichsführer Himmler wants him back—at any cost.

In charge of the perilous rescue mission, SS general Walter Schellenberg recruits Steiner's former accomplice, the charismatic IRA hit man Liam Devlin. Racing from the nightclubs of Lisbon to Hitler's opulent country retreat to the damp streets of London, Schellenberg and Devlin get closer to their target—and to the shattering true objective of their mission.
  • A Fine Night for Dying (1969) - a suspenseful thriller set on the high seas, revolving around the investigation of a gangland boss's murder. The body of Harvey Preston is discovered in a fishing net in the English Channel, wrapped in heavy chains, prompting British Intelligence to suspect a connection with a cross-channel smuggling ring Wikipedia+1. The story follows undercover agent Paul Chavasse, who is tasked with uncovering the truth behind this criminal network
  • The Year of the Tiger (1963) - follows British Intelligence agent Paul Chavasse, who is tasked with rescuing a brilliant scientist, Dr. Karl Hoffner, from Chinese-occupied Tibet in 1962, during the height of the Cold War and the space race Goodreads. Chavasse, who previously helped the Dalai Lama escape Tibet in 1959, must navigate treacherous terrain, confront Chinese occupiers, Soviet agents, and Tibetan freedom fighters, and ensure the scientist’s safe extraction to the West
  • A game for Heroes (1970) - The occupied Channel Islands: the last outpost of German resistance at the end of a long and savage conflict. Most feared amongst them: St. Pierre, the heavily guarded fortress chosen by a crazed SS Commandant for his suicidal final stand. With Berlin on the verge of capture, it is the most sensitive mission of the war. An end game that calls for a hero - with something else besides. A game for a battle-hardened veteran ready to lay down his life for his birthplace. And for the woman he left behind....
  • Sheba - The Lost Temple of Sheba is not just a biblical legend. A German archaeologist has found it. The Nazis have claimed it. And one American explorer has stumbled upon their secret – a plot that could change the course of World War II. The year is 1939. An American archaeologist named Gavin Kane is asked to help a woman search for her missing husband. When Kane follows the man’s trail into the ruthless desert of Southern Arabia he makes two shocking discoveries. One is the legendary Temple of Sheba, an ancient world as fantastic as King Solomon’s Mines. The other is a band of Nazi soldiers who plan to turn the sacred landmark into Hitler’s secret stronghold…
  • In the Savage Day (1972) - Simon Vaughan's life of adventure and arms trafficking came to an abrupt end the day the police threw him into a jail cell in Greece. But then the British Army comes calling with an offer he can't refuse. In exchange for his freedom, Vaughan must recover a bounty of gold stolen by the IRA in Belfast, and extinguish the organization's ruthless leader in the process. Now Vaughan must brave a new kind of war zone, one where he'll fight to hang on to his freedom, and his life.
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Numéro de l'annonce: m2440061275