Produktdetaljer
Biographical note
Alistair MacLean, the son of a Scots minister, was brought up in the Scottish Highlands. In 1941 he joined the Royal Navy. The two and a half years he spent aboard a wartime cruiser gave him the background for HMS Ulysses, his remarkably successful first novel, published in 1955. He is now recognized as one of the outstanding popular writers of the 20th century, the author of 29 worldwide bestsellers, many of which have been filmed.
<p>'A magnificent storyteller' Sunday Mirror</p>
<p>‘The most successful British novelist of his time’ Jack Higgins</p>
<p>‘Alistar MacLean is one of the few people writing today who has a story to tell.’ Daily Express</p>
Someone wants revenge, and the target is the President’s plane. When the mission looks impossible, the world calls upon UNACO.
The world’s most ingenious international criminal is bent on revenge…
- Two men with the same name and the same face
- And six of the most important men in the world aboard the President’s plane…
Who pushed the button that destroyed Air Force One?
Why must everyone be killed?
Are they really dead?
In this game of deception only UNACO and its daring team can be trusted to join the gamble – but can they win?
• Based on an outline by Alistair MacLean
• One of the UNACO series of thrillers, featuring an elite team of special agents
• Reissued in conjunction with a major repackaging of the key MacLean backlist titles, re-establishing Maclean as the UK’s foremost writer of thrillers and wartime adventures.
• Alistair MacLean’s books have sold over 30 million copies worldwide
• Many have been turned into award-winning blockbuster films, including The Guns of Navarone, Where Eages Dare, The Satan Bug and Ice Station Zebra
Competition: Prime Target (Alistair Maclean'S Unaco); Borrowed Time (Alistair Maclean'S Unaco); Floodgate; Seawitch; Fear Is The Key. Jack Higgins;Clive Cussler; Ken Follett; Hugh Miller;
Produktdetaljer
Biographical note
Alistair MacLean, the son of a Scots minister, was brought up in the Scottish Highlands. In 1941 he joined the Royal Navy. The two and a half years he spent aboard a wartime cruiser gave him the background for HMS Ulysses, his remarkably successful first novel, published in 1955. He is now recognized as one of the outstanding popular writers of the 20th century, the author of 29 worldwide bestsellers, many of which have been filmed.