New York Times Bestseller: A rogue terrorist in Northern Ireland prepares to assassinate the pope in this thriller from the author of Rain on the Dead.
Trained by the KGB, the assassin known as Cuchulain has been wreaking havoc throughout Northern Ireland for over two decades, leaving a trail of bodies in his wake. Now he has set his sights on his most audacious target yet: the pope.
Desperate to stop the terrorist, British Intelligence enlists an enemy Irish gunman, Liam Devlin, to accomplish what it never could. He must put an end to Cuchulain’s reign of terror, once and for all.
From the man Tom Clancy called “the master,” this action-packed tale of international intrigue and espionage shows why Jack Higgins’s novels, from classics like The Eagle Has Landed to the long-running Sean Dillon series, have sold more than 250 million copies.
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"My first Jack Higgins Book and I loved it. It was easy to read and I found myself cheering on the villain at the end of the book. It is so difficult when the villain has a moral standard..tsk!tsk!"
— Shirin (4 out of 5 stars)
" Found this in a box going to the used bookstore. I did not realize that this was a sequel. Not my normal genre, but I may have to try the other books sometime. I found the ending abrupt, but there was no other way to end the book. "
— Travis, 10/31/2012" Liam Devlin, hero of Higgins' Touch the Devil, is after a crazed killer who is out to assassinate one of the world's most powerful and beloved men--a killer so dangerous that even the KGB and the IRA want him stopped. "
— Eddy, 11/6/2010" You just can't go wrong with Jack Higgins! "
— Susan, 9/7/2010Jack Higgins is among the world’s most popular authors. Since the publication of The Eagle Has Landed, every novel he has written has become an international bestseller, including Day of Reckoning. He has had simultaneous #1 bestsellers in hardcover and paperback and has been published in thirty-eight languages worldwide. Many of his books have been made into successful movies, among them To Catch a King and The Valhalla Exchange.
Michael Page has been recording audiobooks since 1984 and has over two hundred titles to his credit. He has won numerous Earphones Awards and the prestigious Audie Award for best narration. As a professional actor, he has performed regularly since 1998 with the Peterborough Players in Peterborough, New Hampshire. He is a professor of theater at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan.