The classic bestseller from the master of the game

Britain's most wanted political offender. A seductively beautiful woman, and the dream of a perfect escape...

Many lives had been sacrificed for the Irish cause, but legendary freedom fighter Colum O'More, ageing and critically ill, was ready to gamble once more for a last devastating strike. Which is why Sean Rogan, soldier of the Irish Republican Army gets all the help he needs to break out of a mainland security prison.

An escape into a nightmare beyond anyone's control...

About the Author

Jack Higgins lived in Belfast till the age of twelve. Leaving school at fifteen, he spent three years with the Royal Horse Guards, and was later a teacher and university lecturer. His thirty-sixth novel, The Eagle Has Landed (1975), turned him into an international bestselling author, and his novels have since sold over 250 million copies and been translated into sixty languages. Many have been made into successful films. He died in 2022, at his home in Jersey, surrounded by his family.

Reviews

'A compulsively readable storyteller' Sunday Express

'Jack Higgins is the master craftsman of good, clean adventure' Daily Mail

Book Information
ISBN 9780007234875
Author Jack Higgins
Format Paperback
Page Count 304
Imprint HarperCollins
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Weight(grams) 190g
Dimensions(mm) 178mm * 111mm * 20mm