Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #844905 in Books
• Published on: 2008-03-27
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 428 pages

Synopsis
From the Author of, 'The Constantine Legacy '. Andrew Towning once again brings together an action packed cliffhanger, that moves at a relentless pace! Dead Men Don't Bite is mixed with intrigue, suspense and larger-than-life characters. Dead Men Don't Bite, starts off with Jake Dillon recalled back to London from a covert operation in Cuba by his stalwart boss, Edward Levenson-Jones. The order has come from former Prime Minister, Sir Lucius Stagg, because an international crisis is looming. The wreck of a World War Two, Nazi U-boat has been discovered in a subterranean cavern on the treacherous northern coast of the island of Jersey. It's exact location remains a mystery, as the man who made the discovery is deliberately mowed down on a crossing by a hit and run driver, leaving him in a deep coma. In the U-boat is Nazi gold bullion, and the Spear of Destiny. A mystical spearhead, that has been chronicled throughout history, and which Hitler believed bestowed upon him the power to be undefeated in battle. Dillon works tirelessly against the clock to find the U-boat, but French Billionaire Hugo Malakoff wants to stop Dillon recovering the spear for H.M.Government, because he wants to claim it for himself.

Malakoff is a fanatical fascist, obsessed by power and the deluded vision of a New World Order. Sweeping from London to Jersey and back with ever-growing momentum, Dead Men Don't Bite brings together a remarkable set of hero's and villains in the most desperate struggle of their lives. It is a complex, brilliantly executed story of high-explosive secrets, war and extreme danger above and below water.

Customer Reviews

Jake Dillon Returns...
I've just finished reading this Jake Dillon novel, and I must say, that it delivers what the author promises. The plot has a good pace, is fascinatingly plausible, and has everything you'd expect from this genre. The main ensemble of charactors, you will have got aquainted with in the forerunner to this, 'The Constantine Legacy'. I like the way in which the author has created Hugo Malakoff, and how he play's the game as puppet master throughout the story. But I'll not give anything away here... This sequel novel is definately a page-turner, more polished than the first, and I would most definately recommend it.