The Violent Enemy
By Jack Higgins
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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’Mare, ageing and critically illl, 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…
Jack Higgins
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.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ok, I'm a massive Jack Higgins fan and have bought all his back catologue over xmas, so I am gonna read them probably every other book until they are finished (unless I get bored). The violent enemy, like so many of Higgins books is centered around the IRA. This book was written in the 60's and comes at a point where they were struggling to continue to remain a united front due to money issues. The main character in held in prison (a seemingly very secure placement) but is contacted by old associates and a plan is put in place for him to break out, once out he is expected to repay the favour by completing a 'Job' for an old associate. As always with Higgins, you can expect a number of people to lose kneecaps etc. The plot rattles along at a good pace with a few unexpected twists at the end. As an introduction to higgins I would suggest [The eagle has landed] but although the older novels such as this lack the complexity of later offerings, they are still a great read for action fans. The only reason I failed to give the book 5 stars is that at just under 200 pages I wanted more and actually finished it in one sitting.(By the way, if you want to read this book it may also be under the name Harry Patterson)