Toll for the Brave
By (Author) Jack Higgins
HarperCollins Publishers
HarperCollins
27th October 2004
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Espionage and spy thriller
Vietnam War fiction
Psychological thriller
Narrative theme: Love and relationships
823.914
Paperback
336
Width 111mm, Height 178mm, Spine 20mm
180g
From the first name in heart pounding thriller fiction.
Ellis Jackson woke up hugging a twelve-bore shotgun. In the next room, his mistress and his best friend lay naked on the bed, their heads blown to pulp. Back in England at last, Ellis Jackson had finally cracked.
Active combat, a Viet Cong prison camp and the callous treachery of his lover and interrogator, Madam Ny, had taken their toll. Ellis Jackson was out of his mind. Or was he
Maybe it would all have been easier to take if he really had been mad
'Open a Jack Higgins novel and you'll encounter a master craftsman at the peak of his powers ... first-rate tales of intrigue, suspense and full-on action.' Sunday Express 'Higgins is a master of his craft.' Daily Telegraph 'A thriller writer in a class of his own.' Financial Times 'The master craftsman of good, clean adventure.' Daily Mail
Jack Higgins was a soldier and then a teacher before becoming a full-time writer. The Eagle Has Landed turned him into an international bestselling author and his novels have since sold over 250 million copies and been translated into fifty-five languages. Many of them have also been made into successful films.