The Savage Day
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the murky, rain-soaked streets of 1970s Northern Ireland, where allegiances shift like shadows and violence is never more than a heartbeat away, The Savage Day thrusts its protagonist — the morally compromised soldier-for-hire Simon Vaughan — into the deadly labyrinth of IRA gun-running and political intrigue. Coerced by British Intelligence into infiltrating a dangerous Republican splinter group, Vaughan must locate a stolen cache of explosives before they ignite a catastrophic wave of terror, navigating a treacherous world where friend and enemy are indistinguishable. Jack Higgins crafts a relentlessly paced thriller that captures the brutal, claustrophobic tension of the Irish Troubles with visceral authenticity. A master of the action-espionage genre, Higgins — whose real name was Harry Patterson — brings his signature blend of hard-edged realism and breakneck plotting to bear, producing a novel that is as politically charged as it is compulsively readable. Written in the same vein as his iconic The Eagle Has Landed, this work illustrates the author's gift for morally ambiguous heroes caught between duty and survival in impossible circumstances. For readers who relish espionage fiction with genuine grit and atmosphere, The Savage Day delivers a ruthless, unforgettable ride right to its final, shattering page.
Author: Jack Higgins
Format: Paperback
Genre: Thriller
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the murky, rain-soaked streets of 1970s Northern Ireland, where allegiances shift like shadows and violence is never more than a heartbeat away, The Savage Day thrusts its protagonist — the morally compromised soldier-for-hire Simon Vaughan — into the deadly labyrinth of IRA gun-running and political intrigue. Coerced by British Intelligence into infiltrating a dangerous Republican splinter group, Vaughan must locate a stolen cache of explosives before they ignite a catastrophic wave of terror, navigating a treacherous world where friend and enemy are indistinguishable. Jack Higgins crafts a relentlessly paced thriller that captures the brutal, claustrophobic tension of the Irish Troubles with visceral authenticity. A master of the action-espionage genre, Higgins — whose real name was Harry Patterson — brings his signature blend of hard-edged realism and breakneck plotting to bear, producing a novel that is as politically charged as it is compulsively readable. Written in the same vein as his iconic The Eagle Has Landed, this work illustrates the author's gift for morally ambiguous heroes caught between duty and survival in impossible circumstances. For readers who relish espionage fiction with genuine grit and atmosphere, The Savage Day delivers a ruthless, unforgettable ride right to its final, shattering page.