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This is another in the Sean Dillon series
- Sales Rank: #15467377 in Books
- Published on: 2001
- Binding: Hardcover
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
Great read
By D.B. McBrierty
Great read
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Thoroughly enjoyable book!
By A Customer
I don't usually write reviews for books I've read, as I don't usually visit the sites of books I've read, but somehow I wandered into this site and had to respond to all the negative reviews of this book. I should mention that while the title of the version I listened to says that the book was abridged, the product description (as well as the cover of my set) clearly demonstrates that I did listen to the entire book, so I was not "spared" any of the "bad" parts.
I stumbled upon Jack Higgins' books a couple years ago and have been hooked ever since. The Edge of Danger was no different than the rest, being very well done and hard to put down. Perhaps if I had been reading the book, I might have been disturbed by the dialog that others have complained about, but on tape, the narrative flowed smoothly. Others have complained about the plot, but I found the plot enjoyable, as Dillon and friends try to keep ahead of the Rashids, who are driven by the intense desire to revenge their mother's death and the assassination attempt against Paul Rashid. In addition, this book delved further into the personalities and natures of Dillon and the other characters than many of the other books. I appreciated seeing the reasons why Dillon is driven to perform certain actions instead of only what actions he actually takes.
I like to listen to books by Jack Higgins when I am in the car, and this one, just like all the others, was a good choice. For those interested in the aspects of the audio version, Patrick McNee does an outstanding job of narrating Higgins' books, and I now look for his name if I am purchasing a new audio book. He smoothly switches among the various accents represented in Higgins' books, speaking clearly and with enjoyable, believable expression. Higgins' books seem particularly conducive for listening to, as things are written in a straightforward manner. This contrasts with this writing of Tom Clancy, to whom Higgins may be compared, because Clancy moves so rapidly from scene to scene that it is very difficult to follow. When Higgins changes scenes, I have no problem following while I am listening to the book.
In conclusion, I thoroughly enjoyed this book so much that when I would get home from work, I would take the tapes out of the car and bring them into the house because I was so anxious to learn what was going to happen next. I certainly recommend this book for anyone looking for an enjoyable read.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
A [sad] product of a master
By snowy
This novel has got more plot holes than a mosquito net and more repetitions than financial scandals in corporate America. Did Jack Higgins think he was designing a computer game with progressive scenarios and cut scenes of tete-a-tete between the heroes and the villains between scenarios?
The premise of the story was this: a union of the a Mid-Eastern tribe and a Scottish noble family produced the Rashid-Daunceys, financially rich, ambitious and aristocratic from long traditions. Family motto "I Always Return".
All the male scions of the family graduated Stanhurst, with the eldest, Paul, serving in the Gulf War and Northern Ireland. Post Gulf War, they concentrated their efforts to monopolise control of the oil production in their native Bedu. Enter American-Russian consortium intent on bypassing the Rashids, involving some failed assassination attempt on Paul. An unfortunate accident also killed their mother, coincidentally involving a Russian representative of the consortium.
It was from here that the plot began to become ridiculous. Granted that their Arabic blood (and Scottish as well) demanded some revenge, but Paul chose the assassination of the US president to make a warning against messing with the Bedu, never mind that the president Jake Cavalet was acknowledged as a decent guy who was not involved.
The first big question was: even if they could assassinate Jake Cavalet, how would the world know it was for messing with the Bedu? And if the Bedu or the Rashids claimed the kill, what would be left of the Bedu or the Rashids after the outraged Americans were done with their vengeance? Frederick Forsyth's Day of the Jackal had the assassin carefully planning his moves, erasing his tracks and maintaining his anonymity, intending on permanent retirement in the aftermath. In contrast, Higgins' plotters talked like they accepted such deals every second Tuesday of the month.
The failed attempt of Jake Cavalet (no thanks to dismal security), and capture of one of the assassins, leaked the entire plot to the president, his advisor Blake Johnson, and through a connection with Sean Dillon, the British PM and MG Ferguson of Group 4. This was where the ridiculousness was brought to a new height - they did nothing except to watch the Rashids and try to catch the Rashids at the next attempt. Had there been no surviving witnesses, the authorities might not have been able to do anything. But enough evidence was present to confirm the Rashids involvement, and instead of bringing the very expensive agencies, the US and UK leaders took the passive role. The Rashids swaggered through town with impunity after failing to kill the US president and left one of the assassins to be captured alive; this was where the book lost its credibility altogether.
The rest of the book had Sean Dillon playing cat-and-mouse game with the Rashids, except that they could not agree who was to be mouse and who was to be the cat.
Jack Higgins tried to make this a little different from his previous Dillon-is-the-hero book by introducing two sidekicks for him; former London gangsters; one of whom the readers were repeatedly reminded of how many times he was imprisoned, and Jack also took out policewoman Hannah Bernstein, having her wounded and confined to the hospital. However, instead of making this book fresh or different, the scenes became trite with cliche conversations and reactions from the characters.
Though the locations moved across the world from UK to US to the Bedu's Hazar in the Middle East, there was nothing meaningful significance about each scene. In the end, it concluded with Paul Rashid telling his sister Kate that he wanted to continue the game with Dillon because it gave him more kick than earning another billion. The charaters in this book could hardly be less cardboard-like.
The epilogue ended with Kate Rashid, still a free (and bloody rich) woman, despite being clearly and personally involved in the plots, promising vengeance on Ferguson, Dillon & Co., all in a cozy bar just like the British commenting on the weather. The hint of the sequel did not hold much promise, Jack Higgins had better realise how awful this book was before he became condemned permanently as a has-been. He ought to re-study his previous books like Cold Harbour, the Eagle had landed and A Game for Heroes to rediscover the human element which made his book so good.
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