The Judas Gate (Sean Dillon Book 18)
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Rating | : | 4.53 (551 Votes) |
Asin | : | B0046ECFQ8 |
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Number of Pages | : | 528 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2013-05-22 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
One authoritative voice is Irish; code name: Shamrock.Shocked that one of their own could be responsible for a massacre, General Ferguson tasks Sean Dillon with hunting the traitor. General Charles Ferguson, Commander of the British Prime Minister's private hit squad and adviser to the new president of the United States, has been given a disturbing recording from Afghanistan, on which the murders of American Army Rangers and a British medical team are recorded. But even as Dillon goes to war, the war is coming to him.
Since The Eagle Has Landedone of the biggest-selling thrillers of all timeevery novel Jack Higgins has written has become an international bestseller. A fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and an expert scuba diver and marksman, Higgins lives in Jersey on the Channel Islands. . He has degrees in sociology, social psychology, and economics from the University of London, and a doctorate in media from Leeds Metropolitan University. He has had simultaneous
This is an especially dialogue-heavy novel—much of the action is implied, or takes place off camera—perhaps because the author is interested in exploring the relationship between Dillon and Holley. In Afghanistan, a unit of American soldiers and British medicos were ambushed. From Booklist Sean Dillon, the former IRA soldier and missionary who now works for the British government, has another tough case on his hands. --David Pitt . Like the previous Dillon novel, The Wolf at the Door (2010), this one is slower paced, more introspective, and frankly, not quite as engaging as some of the earlier entries in the series. Some of the attackers were British-born Muslims, which is bad enough, but it appears their leader might be a mysterious Irishman who calls himself Shamrock. Fans, however, will want to see Dillon through to the end. Against his better judgment, Dillon reaches out to an expert on t
"Good Book. Wish I had Started the Sean Dillon Series Earlier" according to Big D. Filled with international intrigue, great action and scene setting, this is a very good book.Would probably have enjoyed it more if I had read earlier books in the Sean Dillon series, but that is no reason not to read this fine work. There were just times, early on, as characters. "Sean Dillon at his best" according to Brian J. Rendine. The Judas Gate is another great offering from Jack Higgns featuring one of the best protagonists evr, Sean Dillon. If you never read Jack Higgins before read The Judas Gate then go back and start from the begining. You will be richly rewarded.. Time to Retire Dillon Time to Retire DillonJudas Gate, by Jack Higgins, is one of the dullest, so-called action books, I have read. What began as an intriguing, action-filled series staring Sean Dillon has deteriorated into little more than a tale of tedious plotting, endless talking, and almost const