A Game for Heroes
by Jack Higgins
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The days of the Third Reich are numbered, but on an isolated outpost in the English Channel, the German Army has vowed a fight to the death. Under their brilliant, ruthless SS commander, the Nazi invaders have turned this peaceful island into an impregnable fortress. The mission of Owen Morgan, British soldier of fortune, spy and a daredevil, is to lead a ruffian band of commandos onto the island in a bold move to destroy the enemy-and almost certainly themselves as well.Tags
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A bit of a strange offering here from Higgins, it is written in the first person which is a style of his that I have not come across before.
The basic plot is that Owen Morgan, retired through injury, is requested by the Prime Minister to lead a dangerous mission to find out more about the 'Nigger' project which is being undertaken on a ficticious Channel island.
Owen Morgan was born and bred on the island which makes him the ideal choice for the task. However, he has personal demons that need to be conquered, including a lost love and a deceased father.
Higgins shows in this novel the forgotten side of war in the channel islands, also the friendship that can be found by enemies when facing a difficult situation together.
As usual there show more is plenty of action all the way through including lynchings and shootings galore.
Another Higgins classic, although not up there with his best, still a good read. show less
The basic plot is that Owen Morgan, retired through injury, is requested by the Prime Minister to lead a dangerous mission to find out more about the 'Nigger' project which is being undertaken on a ficticious Channel island.
Owen Morgan was born and bred on the island which makes him the ideal choice for the task. However, he has personal demons that need to be conquered, including a lost love and a deceased father.
Higgins shows in this novel the forgotten side of war in the channel islands, also the friendship that can be found by enemies when facing a difficult situation together.
As usual there show more is plenty of action all the way through including lynchings and shootings galore.
Another Higgins classic, although not up there with his best, still a good read. show less
The days of the Third Reich are numbered. But on a solitary island in the middle of the English Channel, a brilliant, ruthless SS commander has vowed to fight to the death. It is the Nazi's last outpost. And its downfall is the ultimate suicide mission for one soldier of fortune. "A seasoned pro...Mr. Higgins knows how to tell a story." (The New York Times Book Review) "The master's master of spycraft storytelling." (UPI)
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Jack Higgins is a writer and educator, born in Newcastle, England on July 17, 1929. The name is the pseudonym of Harry Patterson. He also wrote under the names of Martin Fallon, James Graham, and Hugh Marlowe during his early writing career. He attended Leeds Training College and eventually graduated from the University of London in 1962 with a show more B.S. degree in Sociology. Higgins held a series of jobs, including a stint as a non-commissioned officer in the Royal House of Guards serving on the German border during the Cold War. He taught at Leeds College of Commerce and James Graham College. He has written more than 60 books including The Eagle Has Landed, Touch the Devil, Confessional, The Eagle Has Flown, and Eye of the Storm. Higgins is also the author of the Sean Dillon series. His novels have since sold over 250 million copies and been translated into fifty-five languages. His title's The Death Trade and Rain on the Dead made The New York Times Best Seller List. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- A Game for Heroes
- Original title
- A Game for Heroes
- Original publication date
- 1970
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- Dedication
- For my wife and children
who knows Steiner's beach well . . . - First words
- Prologue
A fine morning to die in
The bodies started to come in with the tide just after dawn, clustered together, bobbing in through the surf to the beach a hundred feet below my hiding place.
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