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    The Savage Day
    The Savage Day
    The Savage Day
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    The Savage Day

    Written by Jack Higgins

    Narrated by Michael Page

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    A desperate man goes up against the IRA to buy his freedom in this heart-racing thriller from the New York Times-bestselling author of The Midnight Bell.

    After surviving the war in Korea, Simon Vaughan decided the only loyalty he had was to the man in the mirror. For a while, the high-risk job of arms dealing seemed to be just the life for him. Too bad the Greek authorities didn't see it that way when they tossed him in prison.

    But now he's gotten a reprieve from an unlikely source: the British Army. And if he wants out, he's going to have to play their game.

    It seems that the Irish Republican Army has made off with a half-million dollars in gold bullion. The Brits want it back. And their best bet is to send someone tough, resourceful, and completely expendable—which is Vaughan to the letter.

    Venturing into the bloody underground of a violent rebellion, Vaughan must navigate a deadly maze of friends, foes, and those in between, if he's going to get the gold, get the bad guys, and get out in one piece ...

    The author of the Sean Dillon and Liam Devlin series, including the classic The Eagle Has Landed, Jack Higgins has enthralled millions of readers around the world with his explosive novels of spies and espionage, heroes and villains, and fast-paced storytelling that have made him a true mastermind of the modern thriller.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateOct 15, 2010
    ISBN9781441844262
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    Jack Higgins

    Since The Eagle Has Landed—one of the biggest-selling thrillers of all time—every novel Jack Higgins has written has become an international bestseller. He has had simultaneous number-one bestsellers in hardcover and paperback, and many of his books have been made into successful movies, including The Eagle Has Landed, To Catch a King, On Dangerous Ground, Eye of the Storm, and Thunder Point. He has degrees in sociology, social psychology, and economics from the University of London, and a doctorate in media from Leeds Metropolitan University. A fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and an expert scuba diver and marksman, Higgins lives in Jersey on the Channel Islands.

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    • 4/5
      Excellent adventure story. The story does have a lot of threads that interestingly woven into an adventure story that is worth the read. I thought it started a little slow but once you have made it into the story it is kind of hard to put down. Love the beginning and ending and really can not wait for the second installment. Was a great way to spend an afternoon in the sun.
    • 5/5
      Very impressive debut book. The characters are quite vivid and interesting. I only took off half a star because of the fact that pretty much all the main characters met by chance exactly who they needed to meet for the story to progress. Unless there's some kind of explanation of why that happened later on, that's a bit too much to take. But really looking forward to read the next part of the story!
    • 5/5
      The Savage Day - Jack Higgins *****Simon Vaughn's first outing. The story follows much the same as many other Jack Higgins, and anyone famiar with the Sean Dillon series will have read most of it before.However that doesn't mean that it's not an excellent book. Vaughn has been captured and is sat in a Greek jail looking at a 15 year sentence. Unexpectedly help comes in the form og the British Government who offer release in return for a favour. Unfortunatley for Vaughn the 'favour' means the infiltration of the IRA in order to deliver 'The Small Man' and help stop further bloodshed.Things in ireland are not as they seem with splinter groups forming and differing ideals causing internal conflicts and rivalry.Accompanied by the small man's neice (Norah) and her body guard (Binnie) Vaughn must remain undiscovered until mission is complete. A problem arises in the guise of Frank Barry, a ruthless man who will stop at nothing. He is after a shipment of gold hidden years previously by the Small Man. He see's Vaughn as tool to be able to get to the treasure, always turning up when least wanted.Higgins has created a well rounded novel full of action and thought provoking scenarios. He manages to compare the loyal IRA fighters who believe in a cause with others who are in it for personal gain.I have read this is Higgin's favourite novel - and I can see why.