A l'enterrement de leur mère, les jumeaux Jade et Rich font la connaissance de leur père, John Chance, qui les héberge. Mais la cohabitation est difficile et lorsque John, agent secret du gouvernement, se fait enlever sous leurs yeux, la vie des jumeaux bascule. Pourchassés, ils vont être pris dans une course-poursuite qui va les mener en Russie...

Mission explosive

Caught in the nets of a local fishing boat, the body of gangland boss Harvey Preston is dragged from the English Channel, wrapped from head to toe in heavy chain. British intelligence suspects a connection with a cross-channel smuggling ring.

A Fine Night for Dying

Sean Dillon is a master terrorist, an elusive, mysterious figure whose skills surpass even those of famed international fugitive Carlos the Jackal. For years Dillon has slipped through the hands of authorities on every continent, hiding in the anonymity of the underworld. But it is during the Gulf War, when Saddam Hussein is feeling the grip of the British and American forces closing in on him, that Dillon once again emerges -- right into the eye of Saddam's storm.Hired by Iraqi operatives to strike a blow against the allied forces, Dillon plots an attempt on Margaret Thatcher's life. His ultimate goal, though, is a mortar launch against the War Cabinet during a meeting at 10 Downing Street. As Dillon's plan progresses, his longtime nemesis Martin Brosnan, an American Special Forces hero who has known Dillon from his IRA days, is recruited by British intelligence to nail him. Just as Dillon is within Brosnan's grasp, he slips away again. Step by step, a deadly cat-and-mouse game unfolds, although the odds are stacking up against Dillon's capture.As the clock begins to tick, Eye of the Storm accelerates with heart-stopping suspense, hurtling the reader toward the novel's spectacular, unexpected conclusion.

oeil du typhon: roman

Nuit noire à Manhattan. Le président des Etats-Unis s'apprête à dîner avec un vieil ami. Dans l'immeuble d'en face, un inconnu a débranché les systèmes de sécurité et se tient à la fenêtre, fusil à la main. Sa tentative d'assassinat échoue, mais les commanditaires ont mis sur pied un réseau souterrain dont l'objectif est de faire régner la terreur. Leur champ d'action est vaste, leurs identités secrètes, leurs méthodes subtiles. Chargés de remonter la piste, les agents Sean Dillon et Blake Johnson croient avoir identifié le coupable. Mais derrière cet homme, s'en cache un autre, puis un autre encore. Et le dernier n'aime pas que l'on se mêle de ses affaires. Dillon, Johnson et les services secrets sont au cœur de sa cible. Bientôt, l'un d'eux tombera.

Les Justiciers

The master of the game is back, with another pulse-pounding adventure featuring the unstoppable Sean Dillon

 Whilst checking up on the volatile situation in Kosovo the US President's right-hand man Blake Johnson meets Major Harry Miller, a member of the British Cabinet. Miller is there doing his own checks for the British Prime Minister.

 When both men get involved with a group of Russian soldiers about to commit an atrocity, Miller puts and end to the scuffle with a bullet in the forehead of the ring-leader.

 But this action has dire consequences not only for Miller and Johnson but their associates too, including Britain's Sean Dillon, and all the way to the top of the British, Russian and United States governments.

 Death begets death, and revenge leads only to revenge, and before the chain reaction of events is over, many will be dead.

Rough Justice

Chantage, kidnapping, menace terroriste: en s'embarquant vers le Moyen-Orient pour sauver une fillette enlevée à son père et destinée à être mariée de force à un intégriste, l'agent Sean Dillon met le pied sur une mine prête à exploser... Un réseau terroriste aux ramifications internationales, vraisemblablement manipulé par la Russie, dirigé par un fou sanguinaire : Hussein Rashid, alias "Le Marteau de Dieu". De l'Angleterre à l'Irak en passant par l'Algérie, la France et la Belgique, Dillon va devoir jouer avec un ennemi doué d'ubiquité. Au risque d'y laisser sa peau. Et de nous surprendre, une fois de plus.

Contre-attaque

July 1940. England prepares for invasion, all eyes focused on its borders.

 But such focus inevitably leaves gaps elsewhere, and Hitler sees an opportunity to carry out an audacious plot that would change the course of the war.

 The Duke of Windsor, brother to King George VI and former ruler of the United Kingdom in his own right, is a target.

 Hitler's intention: to kidnap him and hold him ransom - the ultimate leverage against an embattled and beleaguered British government.

 But can it really be done? And who amongst the German secret services is audacious enough to set a trap to catch a king?

To Catch a King

Angleterre, novembre 1943.Un officier allemand, Kurt Steiner, est au secret dans la tour de Londres. Il est le seul survivant d'une mission - nom de code "Aigle" - qui aurait pu changer le cours de l'histoire.Pour le général SS Scchellenberg, engagé dans une lutte secrète avec Himmler, seul un homme peut réussir à le faire évader : Liam Devlin, mercenaire irlandais aussi séduisant que dangereux. Mais celui-ci doit tout ignorer des intérêts en jeu...

L'aigle a disparu

The classic bestseller from the master of the game

 Harry Manning had fled the Cuban revolution, sacrificing everything for freedom and seeking solace on the tranquil waters of the Bahamas. For a time he found solace in the arms of the beautiful Maria and oblivion in alcohol.

 Then once again his life is shattered when a terrorist bomb claims the lives of those he loves and suddenly his descent into desitituition is replaced by a deep seething desire to avenge his friends.

 But unknowingly his lust for retribution has unearthed a deadly conspiracy that threatens to bring the world to the brink of the ultimate war.

Mission explosive

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