Bøker av Alan Caillou

A World War II Espionage Thriller! TWO MILLION DOLLARS IN A BOOBY-TRAPPED SUITCASE - IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ARMED GERMAN CAMP... The French Resistance needs it, and Josh Dekker and his deadly crew has to get it. And, as if that weren't enough, Colonel "Wild Bill" Donovan has another explosive surprise for them: a mysterious allied agent captured by the Germans after his parachute drop. The suitcase is caught in a treetop, the agent is being tortured by the Nazis, and nothing, and no one, is what it seems. But Dekker, the beautiful Jill Magran, and the rest of the Demons have to bring back the money and the man as a secret mission escalates into a wild, free-for-all. full-tilt guerrila war.

High Octane World War II Action! First in the Dekker's Demons Series.It was a mission even Colonel "Wild Bill" Donovan called suicide!It called for parachuting behind enemy lines, into a country crawling with Nazis, and bringing out the man code-named Catinat - the mysterious leader of the French Resistance. Allied troubleshooter Josh Dekker had handpicked the squad: an Algerian murderer with an appetite for unwilling women; a young hashish smuggler on the run; a British weapons whiz expelled from the army for an unmentionable offense; a sullen Pole with a deep and deadly anger. And Jill, the nubile fighting coach for the Free French, a martial master with a crushing grip on Dekker's heart. They were a nothing-to-lose crew, ready to barrel in, bring out their quarry - or pay with their lives.

Second in the Ian Quayle spy novel series!An upcoming summit of Intelligence leaders from all over Europe has attracted the attention of a particularly deadly terrorist group calling themselves The Swords of God and their mysterious leader who has vowed to destroy the proceedings and eliminate the participants. It is the job of Ian Quayle, a researcher within the bowels of MI6, to discover the identity of this leader and help keep them from succeeding.But this time Ian Quayle has stuck out his neck too far and The Swords of God have targeted him and those closest to him for termination before their leader's identity can be made public.From the bustling streets of London to the dark alleyways of Cairo, Ian Quayle is a man on the run for his life!

Second novel in the Ian Quayle Spy Series! An upcoming summit of Intelligence leaders from all over Europe has attracted the attention of a particularly deadly terrorist group calling themselves the Swords of God and their mysterious leader who has vowed to destroy the proceedings and eliminate the participants. It is the job of Ian Quayle, a researcher within the bowels of MI6, to discover the identity of this leader and help keep them from succeeding. But this time Ian Quayle has stuck out his neck too far and the Swords of God have targeted him and those closest to him for termination before their leader's identity can be made public. From the bustling streets of London to the dark alleyways of Cairo, Ian Quayle is a man on the run for his life!

BASED ON TRUE EVENTSOne of the bloodiest "little wars" in American history, that saw the deaths of 4,200 U.S. soldiers, serves as the background for this story of high adventure and brutal combat.The year is 1898 and the setting is the island of Sulu in the Philippines. The Spanish-American War has just ended and with its victory over Spain, the United States has gained possession of the islands. However, American troops are now fighting a series of savage and brutal guerrilla skirmishes with rebellious local tribes who wish independence. The most feared and fearless of these are the violent Moros, headed by a chieftain of unusual intelligence and cunning named Jokiri.Three years later with no victory in site, the U.S. has sent out patrols into the jungle to locate Jokiri, but he has laid a treacherous ambush for one group of these foreigners. Surrounding a group of Army officers who fall into his trap, he slays and beheads all of the soldiers except Captain Shay Sullivan, whom he takes to his camp. There Sullivan faces unimaginable torture and death unless he turns traitor to his country and teaches the Moros American war tactics.THE WALLS OF JOLO is the story of what happens to Shay as he matches wits and does battle with Jokiri. His only weapons being courage, and the fearless love of the Spanish beauty who tries to help him, Medina, Jokiri's beautiful adopted daughter.

BASED ON ACTUAL EVENTS. THE STIRRING EPIC OF HIGH ACTION AND BRAVE MEN RIDING INTO HELL.The Crimea, Russia, 1854. The armies of England, France and Turkey join forces against the iron-clad onslaught of Imperial Russia. This will be a battle to decide the fate of Europe, and every man who lifts a saber brandishes history in his clenched fist...THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE pulses with drama and passion of that mighty encounter. Heroes and cowards, madmen and valiant lovers spring to life from its action-swept pages. Here is a novel equaled in power only the legendary adventure which inspired it: six hundred brave men's charge into hell.

First in the Ian Quayle spy novel series!Ian Quayle is a low level agent within a branch of MI6. He is a playboy, a gentleman, a lover, and a genius at research. He is totally fluent in five foreign languages and quite comfortable in several others. He expertly handles his beloved Mini-Cooper 'S' at speeds well over 100 and can get a great table at any decent restaurant on the Continent. Of course, he is incredibly handsome, which is why women throw themselves at him constantly, despite the complaint by his sometime lady friend, Wendy, who maintains he hasn't a clue how to satisfy a partner. This natural attraction only helps his inflated ego.Now after 16 years of being a researcher, Ian Quayle is picked to go into the field to investigate the assassination of a prominent Italian general in Rome, the probable work of a terrorist band. But he soon finds himself on the firing line and in over his head against a secret and deadly organization of information traffickers that has manipulated world events for the last 200 years. And a group that will do anything to maintain its secrecy.

The Action/Adventure series continues in the tradition of Don Pendleton's Executioner and Warren Murphy's Remo Williams books. FLORIDA EVERGLADES INSURGENCYSimon Kirby, head of the Committee for Anti-American Activity, an anarchist.Carolyne Southby, a radical with violent tendencies, who manufactures bombs.Flagstaff, an unforgiving Seminole Indian, an expert in the Florida swamps.The Old Man, he lives by hunting alligators, thinks he's still fighting Spaniards.An odd assortment, with this in common: they are well armed, some are well financed by foreign agencies, they have an undying hatred for the American way of life, and they are not alone in the Florida glades. But now they face Tobin's Army... So here comes the seemingly invincible Colonel Tobin with his hand- picked, hand-trained collection of the hardest, strongest, most efficient mercenary fighters in the world. Men who live, work, fight, drink, and love like the devil himself; an odd band of angels who fight for their own reasons...and together are the best damn bunch since the dirty dozen!

The Action/Adventure series continues! In the tradition of Don Pendleton's Executioner and Warren Murphy's Remo Williams exploits! ONE MAN'S WAR It hadn't been planned that way. But in a war, plans don't always work out-even Colonel Tobin's plans. Kidnappings of American businessmen in South America have increased. If the demands for ransom money and release of political prisoners were not met, the victims are brutalized and executed. It could not go on. Foreign investment in South America was dropping off, economies were teetering... Colonel Tobin is called in-for a secret military assault. The target is Mexico, where the terrorists are believed to be hiding in the Sierra Madres. The terrorists are lead by one of the most ruthless men in South America, thought to be dead. He has brain and brawn on his side, and the rugged Mexican terrain. Tobin attacks...and does not succeed. The hostages are not released, and Tobin's Army loses some its most effective fighters. There is no way the Colonel can accept this. He orders another assault on the camp. He himself will lead the it. And it may very well be his last war...

RULE OF THE SWORD>The avenging angels launch their current campaign in Afghanistan, a land torn between cruelties of the past and promises of the future, and that has been unconquered for centuries with never-ending tribal strife. It's going to be hard, brutal combat for a better way of life for its people in the latest mission of Tobin's war against injustice. So here comes the seemingly invincible Colonel Tobin with his hand- picked, hand-trained collection of the hardest, strongest, most efficient mercenary fighters in the world. Men who live, work, fight, drink, and love like the devil himself; an odd band of angels who fight for their own reasons...and together are the best damn bunch since the dirty dozen! For fans of such action/adventure series as Don Pendleton's Executioner/Mack Bolan and Remo Williams's Destroyer novels.

Colonel Tobin's private army is on the march... against enemies plotting to overthrow a South American government! BRAZIL ERUPTS... A country that finds itself caught up in the throes of a bloody revolution. The regular army cannot cope with the well-armed outlaws, guerrillas, and native tribes with poisoned arrows of this fanatical force. And so the word goes out: "Get Colonel Tobin!" - and his hand-picked, hand-trained collection of the hardest, strongest, most efficient mercenary fighters in the world. Men who live, work, fight, drink, and love like the devil himself; an odd band of angels who fight for their own reasons...and together are the best damn bunch since the dirty dozen! The only men on Earth who can stop a revolution...or start one, if necessary.

First in the Ian Quayle spy novel series! Ian Quayle is a low level agent within a branch of MI6. He is a playboy, a gentleman, a lover, and a genius at research. He is totally fluent in five foreign languages and quite comfortable in several others. He expertly handles his beloved Mini-Cooper 'S' at speeds well over 100 and can get a great table at any decent restaurant on the Continent. Of course, he is incredibly handsome, which is why women throw themselves at him constantly, despite the complaint by his sometime lady friend, Wendy, who maintains he hasn't a clue how to satisfy a partner. This natural attraction only helps his inflated ego. Now after 16 years of being a researcher, Ian Quayle is picked to go into the field to investigate the assassination of a prominent Italian general in Rome, the probable work of a terrorist band. But he soon finds himself on the firing line and in over his head against a secret and deadly organization of information traffickers that has manipulated world events for the last 200 years. And a group that will do anything to maintain its secrecy.

The first in the Mike Benasque thriller novel series!THE PLOTTERS: A whirlwind novel of chase and daring about a down-on-his-luck newspaperman who gets caught in the crossfire of a South American revolution. A high government official falls ill with a terrible and dreaded disease. An American citizen vanishes without a trace from a lonely railroad station. A parachutist drops through the silent night into the shelter of a dense forest.Only the plotters know that these isolated happenings are all part of a master plan. A daring attempt to overthrow a cut-throat dictator who does not hesitate to maim or murder anyone who makes a try for freedom.For Mike Benasque the terror began with the stroke of midnight. He is an American newspaperman bumming around Caracas, out of a job, out of money, and out of luck. One evening two gentlemen approach him and offer a great deal of money for his willingness to take a small part in their scheme. Despite being a newspaper man and always skeptical, Benasque finds himself agreeing to become the central vital figure in their plot without ever knowing their true endgame. A plot that ultimately turns out is both daring and desperate, and that could bring Benasque financial freedom but more likely sudden death.

BASED ON TRUE EVENTS One of the bloodiest "little wars" in American history, that saw the deaths of 4,200 U.S. soldiers, serves as the background for this story of high adventure and brutal combat. The year is 1898 and the setting is the island of Sulu in the Philippines. The Spanish-American War has just ended and with its victory over Spain, the United States has gained possession of the islands. However, American troops are now fighting a series of savage and brutal guerrilla skirmishes with rebellious local tribes who wish independence. The most feared and fearless of these are the violent Moros, headed by a chieftain of unusual intelligence and cunning named Jokiri. Three years later with no victory in site, the U.S. has sent out patrols into the jungle to locate Jokiri, but he has laid a treacherous ambush for one group of these foreigners. Surrounding a group of Army officers who fall into his trap, he slays and beheads all of the soldiers except Captain Shay Sullivan, whom he takes to his camp. There Sullivan faces unimaginable torture and death unless he turns traitor to his country and teaches the Moros American war tactics. THE WALLS OF JOLO is the story of what happens to Shay as he matches wits and does battle with Jokiri. His only weapons being courage, and the fearless love of the Spanish beauty who tries to help him, Medina, Jokiri's beautiful adopted daughter.

During World War II Alan Caillou was on a British Intelligence deep penetration patrol in the Western Desert of Africa when he was captured by the Italians in February 1943. This is the story of his capture and subsequent escape after being sentenced for execution for being a spy; brilliantly told as to his experiences during that time. It can be considered not only as an escape book but as a prison book as well.For fans of such prison war films as The Great Escape, Stalag 17, and King Rat.

During WWII a British officer was sent to East Africa to align and coordinate with the native tribes a guerrilla campaign to attack and harass the Axis forces. In his possession were secret government documents outlining certain allegiances and a strongbox containing gold bullion to pay for those allegiances. Unfortunately the officer was captured by a group of Italian soldiers and killed; and the whereabouts of those documents and gold undetermined.Now, 13 years later comes word that one of those Italians has turned up and is being held prisoner by an African warlord. A branch of the British Foreign Office is tasked to get their hands on that Italian and find the gold but more importantly the sensitive and compromising documents, and to do it they will send in Ian Metcalfe to make it happen.Rogue's Gambit is a fast-moving novel of action and suspense, of strange and violent adventures in the post-war years, written by a veteran WWII British intelligence officer.

Adapted into the Warner Brothers action/adventure motion picture of the same name starring Academy Award nominee Robert Mitchum and BAFTA Award Winner Jack Hawkins. The novel contains numerous additional scenes, subplots, and characters not depicted in the feature film. For fans of such films as The Ghost and the Darkness, and Beast.RAMPAGE: Two renowned big-game hunters, a German Otto von Abart and American Harry Stanton, embark on a dangerous mission into the steaming jungles of Malaya. Their assignment: to capture prize specimens for the Munich Zoo in Germany. Neither man realizes that the trip is to prove the ordeal of their lives, an ordeal inflamed by the presence of von Abart's beautiful mistress Anna.As the trio battle their way through the treacherous jungle, what began as a professional rivalry soon turns into a personal rivalry as well, and the two men engage in a strange combat that can end only with the destruction of one of them. Always between the two men is Anna, watching, waiting as much the prize as is the black killer leopard both hunters covet and pursue.

The first in the Mike Benasque thriller novel series! THE PLOTTERS: A whirlwind novel of chase and daring about a down-at-the-heels newspaperman who gets caught in the crossfire of a South American revolution.A high government official falls ill with a terrible and dreaded disease.An American citizen vanishes without a trace from a lonely railroad station.A parachutist drops through the silent night into the shelter of a dense forest.>For Mike Benasque the terror began with the stroke of midnight. He is an American newspaperman bumming around Caracas, out of a job, out of money, and out of luck. One evening two gentlemen approach him and offer a great deal of money for his willingness to take a small part in their scheme. Despite being a newspaper man and always skeptical, Benasque finds himself agreeing to become the central vital figure in their plot without ever knowing their true endgame. A plot that ultimately turns out is both daring and desperate, and that could bring Benasque financial freedom but more likely sudden death. "Suspenseful . . . exciting . . . one dramatic climax after another" - BOSTON HERALD "Almost unbearable suspense" -NASHVILLE BANNER "First rate" -ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH "Don't miss it" -LOS ANGELES MIRROR NEWS

For fans of THE LION KING and THE JUNGLE BOOK. Set in the amazon jungle, a jaguar named Bichu, is wounded by a poacher's bullet and wants nothing more to get back to her mountain lair so that she can die a peaceful death. But to do so she must evade and survive not only the natural dangers of the jungle, but also the cunning of a proud and stubborn Indian who is determined to catch and kill her after coming across her trail. For a jaguar's hide can bring great wealth and standing for the Indian in his village. At the Indian's side is his 12 year old daughter who has great admiration for her father and witnesses his unyielding determination. However as the chase, seen through the eyes of both man and beast, draws to its climax and the moment of truth draws near, both hunter and hunted have come to develop an extraordinary and totally unexpected respect for each other.An enduring story, BICHU THE JAGUAR conveys the harsh truth of animal existence more convincingly than many other nature books.

Novelization of the Academy Award winning screenplay of the epic motion picture starring Charlton Heston and Sir Laurence Olivier.In 1883, a Holy War rages across Egypt. The Mahdi, devout prophet of Allah and leader of countless thousands of armed tribesman, is about to descend upon the city of Khartoum, in the Sudan. A city that has become the arsenal to Egypt and that the Mahdi pledges to kill ever man, woman, and child within it. William Gladstone, Britain's Prime Minister, vows that he will not send British troops to defend the city. Instead he would sacrifice one man and enlists the reputable General Gordon to smooth over the situation in Sudan after a brutal battle has left several British men dead.Gordon, savior of the Sudan who broke the slave trade several years prior, a man of righteous courage who would defy even the Prime Minister of England to rescue the people he loved. For he was a man who had lived for them and, if need be, would die for them . . . so instead of acting as an ambassador, he motivates the city to prepare its defenses and takes command of its small vastly outnumbered army.This novelization contains numerous scenes and subplots not seen in the released motion picture.

During WWII a British officer was sent to East Africa to align and coordinate with the native tribes a guerrilla campaign to attack and harass the Axis forces. In his possession were secret government documents outlining certain allegiances and a strongbox containing gold bullion to pay for those allegiances. Unfortunately the officer was captured by a group of Italian soldiers and killed; and the whereabouts of those documents and gold undetermined. Now, 13 years later comes word that one of those Italians has turned up and is being held prisoner by an African warlord. A branch of the British Foreign Office is tasked to get their hands on that Italian and find the gold but more importantly the sensitive and compromising documents, and to do it they will send in Ian Metcalfe to make it happen. Rogue's Gambit is a fast-moving novel of action and suspense, of strange and violent adventures in the post-war years, written by a veteran WWII British intelligence officer.