Type of bind: Audio Cassette
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN num: 9780399148569
Format: Audiobook, Unabridged
ISBN number: 0399148566
Label: Putnam Berkley Audio
Manufacturer: Putnam Berkley Audio
Quantity: 6
Page Count: 5
Printing Date: April 01, 2002
Publishing house: Putnam Berkley Audio
Release Date: March 27, 2002
Sale Popularity Level: 1800227
Studio: Putnam Berkley Audio
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Product Description:
Undercover enforcer Sean Dillon is the target for a vengeance killer in this action-packed new thriller from the master of the genre -- the author of the international bestsellers DAY OF RECKONING and EDGE OF DANGER. A ruthless killer is seeking revenge -- and she has Sean Dillon in her sights -- in this adrenalin-fuelled adventure from the master of the modern thriller. The murderous Rashid family were forced to pay the ultimate price for their crimes by the British Government's secret enforcer Sean Dillon and his undercover team. Yet one member of that oil-rich dynasty was allowed to live, and that could have been Dillon's fatal mistake. Kate Rashid witnessed her brothers being killed one by one, and now she has sworn vengeance. Sean Dillon, White House operative Blake Johnson, even the US President himself...their time is coming, and only she knows how -- or when.
Amazon.com Review:
British agent Sean Dillon returns in a sequel to 2001's Edge of Danger, in which author Jack Higgins, a consistently solid thriller writer, introduced the intriguing and powerful Arab/English Rashid family. Kate, the only Rashid left after an assassination endeavor on the American president foiled by Dillon, has sworn to avenge her family and will do anything to humiliate the United States, including sabotage her own oil fields to cripple America's--and the world's--oil supplies.
The fast-paced action starts with the death of a presidential envoy's daughter and ends with an explosive showdown in the Rashid oil fields. Higgins makes the most of a somewhat thin plot with superb pacing and terrific action sequences. From Dillon's earlier adventures, he brings back Harry and Billy Salter, the agent's 'reasonably but not totally respectable' gangster pals; White House operative Blake Johnson; and Sean's boss, General Ferguson. The new characters include a Vietnam war hero who's a roving troubleshooter for President Jake Cazalet, and another villainous Rashid, Kate's American cousin Chauncey. And while Kate seems to be down for the count at the end of this adventure, Dillon and his fans may not have seen the last of her yet. --Jane Adams
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Sean Dillon is a common man. small in stature,a plain man nobody would give a second glance at,a man who could KICK YOUR ARSE.
He is our hero,or anti-hero.
He was a foot soldier for the provisional IRA.
and an all around very bad man.
when getting ready to go on an opp. the Brigadier Ferguson, D.I.Hannah Bernstein and others, are checking weapons, Dillon picks up a Walther and
fires 2 quick shots at the silhouette, puts the eyes out.
In Midnight Runner,sequel to Edge of Danger. finds our old son Sean, matching wits with Kate Rashid,vengeful after the death of her brothers.
at the hands of Dillon,no less.
there is smart action,not just dumb car chase ending with an explosion.
if you like to read fully realized characters,pictures with words.
then give Midnight Runner a read.
it is well worth your time.
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Not a very good read. Assorted characters, all tied together very loosely . . . results in no one person to care about.
The key to the plot is Kate's revenge. She is rich, apparently smart, and has people fawning all over her. Then why does it turn into a shoot-out at the end of the book, with Kate doing much of the shooting. And, of course, the US President is thrown into the mix, along with the British Secret Service and all kinds of characters from Palestinians to the IRA to a crooked professor and a former US Ambassador.
There is nothing there to keep up one's interest!
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There is a difference between reading a novel and acting in a play--a distinction that escapes Patrick Macnee as he narrates this book. An otherwise good story is ruined by dramatic overacting and misplacing of emphasis until at times it's difficult to even comprehend the meaning of a sentence. The reading was so bad that I'm reluctant to comment on the novel as I was too distracted and annoyed by Macnee.
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This is without a doubt the WORST and most UNPROFESSIONAL production of an audio book I have ever made an endeavor to listen to. Patrick Macnee does a horrible job of reading this novel. His voice inflection and attempts to convey the context of the novel are amateurish at best.
It is my practice to purchase books on tape for long business road trips. I picked this one up at a local Boarder's book store ($29.95) and settled in to listen to it this past weekend on a trip from Fort Worth to Kansas City, MO. I was sorely disappointed! Macnee is extremely difficult to listen to. His endeavor to take on the various characters in "Midnight Runner" is like listening to fingernails on a blackboard! I could not listen to his rendition past CD number 2 and thus have wasted the money spent on this worthless piece of work.
I have learned my lesson! I will be certain to avoid ALL books on tape in the future read by Patrick Macnee!!!
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This book picks right up where the previous book "Edge Of
Danger" ended.In the previous book the vicious Rashid family
had attempted to assassinate the President of the United States and thew Ruling Council of Hazar.All of these attempts were thwarted.Sean Dillon killed three of the Rashid brothers.In this
new book Kate Rashid continues to run the Rashid oil empire.She
is determined to avenge the killing of her brothers.For her new partner in crime she is now aided by her cousin Rupert Dauncey.
She attempts to embaress the President by setting up the daughter
of Presidential troubleshooter Daniel Quinn.She dies when the plot goes off track.Dillon and company discover the Rashid
involvement.They also discover a plot to sabotage the major pipelines in the Empty Quarter and send the United States into
economic disaster.Dillon and company conduct a running battle with the Rashids.this is avery readable book that you will enjoy.
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