Eye of the Storm (Sean Dillon)

by Jack Higgins

1993

Status

Available

Publication

G.P. Putnam's Sons (1993), 352 pages

Description

Former allies in the IRA, Sean Dillon and Martin Brosnan have chosen different paths. Now Dillon is a terrorist for hire, a master of disguise employed by Saddam Hussein. Brosnan is the one man who knows Dillon's strengths and weaknesses--and brilliant mastery of espionage. Once friends, now enemies, they are playing the deadliest game of their careers. A game that culminates in a frightening -- and true -- event: Iraq's attempted mortar attack on the British war cabinet at 10 Downing Street in February 1991.

User reviews

LibraryThing member Darrol

This is not my favorite genre, but this was, despite some rough patches in the narrative, a very good read. A very sinister hero. Master of disguise. No ideological motive. Just the game. Failed attempt to machine gun Margaret Thatcher. Failed attempts to mortar John Majors and the war cabinet.

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LibraryThing member wandacreason

I wish the bad guy had not got away. Disappointed after all the murders and bad things he did. First book I have read by Jack Higgins.

LibraryThing member DeaconBernie

With each volume I read from this gifted author, I am more impressed with how he weaves his stories. In many cases, it's as if he writes the story of the good guys and then adds the bad guys so that the bad guys always seem to be one step ahead at every step. Higgins also very cleverly involves

contemporary events into his fiction. Very many of his characters are actively evil or former evil players. Only the occasional ordinary good person pass through his stories and most of them meet early ends as the series progresses. Even so, every work so far has been a rousing performance.

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LibraryThing member jimgysin

One of the only series I've ever read hit-or-miss and out of order, and I'm going back to the beginning to read (in order, this time) the ones that I've missed. This was a solid debut, but once again a pretty lame (and completely avoidable) plot move on Higgins's part tarnished the resolution for

me. Since I've read more recent titles in the series, I knew that a certain protagonist survived, but I didn't know until now how/why he survived, and the reason was/is ... lame. But it was a fun read, and a reminder of what dominated the news headlines a couple of decades ago.

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