Secondhand Alistair MacLean Bargain Book Box SP4094

Secondhand Alistair MacLean Bargain Book Box SP4094

Twenty-four novels from the undisputed king of the action thriller. Alistair MacLean wrote some of the most tightly plotted, propulsive novels of the twentieth century — war missions, Cold War espionage, nautical adventure and high-stakes heist. This is a near-complete library in a box.

1. The Dark Crusader — Alistair MacLean — A secret agent investigates the disappearance of rocket scientists at a remote Pacific atoll. Tense and inventive early MacLean.
2. The Satan Bug — Alistair MacLean — A deadly virus has been stolen from a research station. If it's released, millions will die. MacLean at his most gripping.
3. The Golden Rendezvous — Alistair MacLean — First Officer John Carter uncovers a hijacking plot at sea. Fast nautical thrills.
4. Breakheart Pass — Alistair MacLean — A mysterious passenger on a train through the Nevada wilderness conceals a deadly secret. One of MacLean's most atmospheric novels.
5. The Way to Dusty Death — Alistair MacLean — A Formula One driver investigates corruption in the racing world. Unexpected setting, completely compelling.
6. Where Eagles Dare — Alistair MacLean — A small team of Allied agents infiltrates an impenetrable Nazi castle in the Alps. MacLean's most celebrated novel.
7. Puppet on a Chain — Alistair MacLean — Interpol agent Paul Sherman goes undercover in Amsterdam to break a heroin smuggling ring.
8. Force 10 from Navarone — Alistair MacLean — The sequel to The Guns of Navarone sends Mallory, Miller and Andrea on an even more audacious mission behind enemy lines.
9. Night Without End — Alistair MacLean — A crashed plane in the Greenland ice cap, a killer among the survivors, and a race against impossible cold. Brilliantly claustrophobic.
10. The Guns of Navarone — Alistair MacLean — The novel that made MacLean's name. A team of commandos must destroy two enormous guns on a near-impregnable island fortress.
11. H.M.S. Ulysses — Alistair MacLean — MacLean's devastating debut: an Arctic convoy under constant attack. Based on his own wartime experience.
12. When Eight Bells Toll — Alistair MacLean — Secret agent Philip Calvert investigates the disappearance of ships off the Scottish coast. Scotland as you've never seen it.
13. Ice Station Zebra — Alistair MacLean — A British meteorological station in the Arctic has gone silent. A nuclear submarine races through the ice to find out why.
14. Seawitch — Alistair MacLean — A North Sea oil platform is under threat. High-stakes action in a very modern setting for MacLean.
15. The Golden Gate — Alistair MacLean — A presidential motorcade is held hostage on the Golden Gate Bridge. Ambitious and brilliantly constructed.
16. Circus — Alistair MacLean — A circus doubles as cover for a Cold War espionage operation. MacLean brings genuine surprise to the genre.
17. Fear is the Key — Alistair MacLean — A man takes a Florida courtroom hostage — but nothing about him is what it appears. One of MacLean's finest twists.
18. The Last Frontier — Alistair MacLean — A British agent crosses the Iron Curtain to rescue a dissident. MacLean's most politically charged novel.
19. South by Java Head — Alistair MacLean — A ship of refugees and soldiers flees the fall of Singapore in 1942. Relentlessly tense.
20. Bear Island — Alistair MacLean — A film crew on a converted trawler in the Arctic — and someone on board is a killer.
21. River of Death — Alistair MacLean — Hidden Nazi gold, an Amazon jungle, and deadly secrets from the Second World War.
22. Caravan to Vaccarès — Alistair MacLean — A Romany caravan route through France hides a deadly conspiracy. Unusual setting, classic MacLean tension.
23. Athabasca — Alistair MacLean — Sabotage at an Alaskan oil pipeline. MacLean shifts to Canada with typically gripping results.
24. Goodbye California — Alistair MacLean — A nuclear bomb has been stolen and California is the target. MacLean's most American novel.