About the Author Jack Higgins is the author of many bestsellers, including, most recently, Edge of Danger, Day of Reckoning, The White House Connection, and The Presidents Daughter. He lives on Jersey in the Channel Islands. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Amazon.com Review British agent Sean Dillon returns in a sequel to 2001s Edge of Danger, in which author Jack Higgins, a consistently solid thriller writer, introduced the intriguing and powerful Arab/English Rashid family. Kate, the only Rashid left after an assassination attempt on the American president foiled by Dillon, has sworn to avenge her family and will do anything to humiliate the United States, including sabotage her own oil fields to cripple Americas--and the worlds--oil supplies. The fast-paced action starts with the death of a presidential envoys daughter and ends with an explosive showdown in the Rashid oil fields. Higgins makes the most of a somewhat thin plot with superb pacing and terrific action sequences. From Dillons earlier adventures, he brings back Harry and Billy Salter, the agents reasonably but not totally respectable gangster pals; White House operative Blake Johnson; and Seans boss, General Ferguson. The new characters include a Vietnam war hero whos a roving troubleshooter for President Jake Cazalet, and another villainous Rashid, Kates American cousin Chauncey. And while Kate seems to be down for the count at the end of this adventure, Dillon and his fans may not have seen the last of her yet. --Jane Adams --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Review Higgins is a master of his craft.Daily TelegraphA compulsively readable storyteller.Sunday ExpressThe master craftsman of good, clean adventure.Daily Mail --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition. From the Back Cover Death is the midnight runner. Arab proverbJack Higginss recent novel, EDGE OF DANGER, was the latest in a remarkable line of international bestsellers, racing into the top ten of both the Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller lists. Now his ever-popular hero Sean Dillon returns in another adrenalin-fuelled story that will be relished by his many fans around the world.At the end of EDGE OF DANGER the murderous Rashid family had been forced to pay the ultimate price for their crimes by Sean Dillon and his undercover team. Yet one member of the ruthless, oil-rich family had been allowed to remain alive, and that may have been Dillons fatal mistake.Kate Rashid witnessed her brothers being killed one by one, and now she has sworn vengeance. Never mind that they tried to assassinate the President of the United States, that villainy ran in their veins. They were her brothers, and her enemies would pay. Sean Dillon, White House operative Blake Johnson, the US President himself . . . their time was coming, and only she knew how or when. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition. From AudioFile Sean Dillon is back in this sequel to the authors last thriller, EDGE OF DANGER, and theres no better person to portray him than Patrick MacNee. The sole survivor of an Arab terrorist family sets out to destroy everyone who had a role in her kins demise. Dillon is her prime target. Though MacNees voice is getting older and less crisp, his skills are still top-notch. His normal voice is cultured, but he can believably switch to Cockney, American slang, or Arabic in a flash. When the action steps up to a breathtaking climax, MacNee alters his pace. A.L.H. AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine-- Copyright AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Read more
