Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN num: 9780425138236
ISBN number: 0425138232
Label: Berkley
Manufacturer: Berkley
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 352
Printing Date: July 01, 1993
Publishing house: Berkley
Sale Popularity Level: 78092
Studio: Berkley
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In a tense thriller, American Martin Brosnan must stop Sean Dillon, a former ally in the IRA, before the lethal terrorist-for-hire assassinates the British Prime Minister at the behest of Saddam Hussein. Reprint. K.
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As the 1st in one of the author's longest series, the characters are not full formed as they will become in later books. But this one, "Eye of the Storm", does lay some much needed background that will help with understanding the actions and attitudes of some of the characters in furture books of this series.
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This is a great and exciting adventure book which contains many little twists along the way. You meet Sean Dillon who is a quick, scary figure whom the story revolves. I am not about to give the plot away, but Dillon plots what he plans to be a devestating attack on the English government with great intentions. He gets help along with his friends which sometimes have to make a sacrifice - of their life. This also isn't one of those boring stories which everything goes the way of the main character, which to find out more you will have to read this great thriller of a book which I really recommend to you.
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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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As the book that very first exposes us to Sean Dillon, reading EYE OF THE STORM is pivitol to one's better understanding the Dillon books that follow because you get to read more about his background, experience his coldheartedness, and witness his modus operandi.
As for the audio versions, I've had the pleasure of listening to the unabridged version by Patrick Macnee and there is no better reader (or performer) around. The abridged version is OK and definitely better than the downloaded version whose quality made it sound like I was listening to the downloaded audio through string with a tin cup. Their problem seemed to be of the four levels of quality that they could download it in, only the very first two were available, with a burnable quality and an MP3 quality not available.
If you're going for the audio versions, get the cassette version and avoid the download so that you can experience Macnee's delightful way of crisply going from one accent to the next.
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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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