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Based on a short story by Alistair MacLean, Rendezvous conjures up the darkest days of the war in the Mediterranean, and the nail-biting drama of a secret life haunted by the fear of betrayal and capture.Based on a short story by Alistair MacLean, Rendezvous conjures up the darkest days of the war in the Mediterranean, and the nail-biting drama of a secret life haunted by the fear of betrayal and capture. ... Read more

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Alastair Maclean, the Key is Fear (Popular writers of today) by Lee, Robert A. ... Read more

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Not to be confused with the novel
The above reviewer, whose review has accidentally been posted twice, is confusing this 60-page book by Robert A. Lee with MacLean's novel "Fear Is The Key".

Lee's book is a study on MacLean's style of writing with the majority of it being a deconstruction of, what the author considers MacLean's best novel, "Bear Island". I don't agree with him on that issue, but it is certainly the last great novel he wrote. The novels he punched out from then on pales in comparison to "Bear Island" or his other earlier more famous novels.

Anyway, I read Lee's book quite a while ago when I was going through my "MacLean Phase". Well worth a read for avid Maclean fans!

A Hard-Edged thriller about a man looking for truth
This book takes place in Florida. A young man who is dealing with cargo-flight and refinding crashed planes, finds himself accused for a crime hedidn't commit.Therefore he takes a young lady as hostage and witha weapon he makes his way through the court. He escapes by several cars andmanage to run from the police. But he gets caught of aformer CIA-agentand sents to oil-magnet. He gets an mission on an oilrig, which seems tohide deep and dark secrets from his past.....

A Hard-Edged thriller about a man looking for truth
This book takes place in Florida. A young man who is dealing with cargo-flight and refinding crashed planes, finds himself accused for a crime hedidn't commit.Therefore he takes a young lady as hostage and witha weapon he makes his way through the court. He escapes by several cars andmanage to run from the police. But he gets caught of aformer CIA-agentand sents to oil-magnet. He gets an mission on an oilrig, which seems tohide deep and dark secrets from his past..... ... Read more

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A deadly virus has been stolen, and the thieves plan to use the hundred million pound ransom to fund terrorist armies. When the mission looks impossible, the world calls upon UNACO.The Italian Red Brigades raid the US-owned Neo Chem laboratory between Rome and Tivoli and steal a vial of deadly DNA virus. They plan to trade the vial - which if opened could kill millions - for a hundred million pounds, to be paid to the terrorist armies of five European countries.The deadline approaches: a summit conference in Switzerland, at which the terrorists threaten to release the virus into the atmosphere if their demands are not met.UNACO agents Mike Graham, C.W. Whitlock and Sabrina Carver are summoned back urgently from leave. Their mission is to find and secure the vial before a catastrophe of unimaginable proportions takes place! ... Read more

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red reviewed
one of the best books to have come into my hands ever.
fast-paced & exhilitaringly exciting. i had to read through the book completely in one sitting.

Even in death MacLean is still the master of adventure.
This is a great book for anyone who is an adventure buff. You will be hooked to it from the begginning to the end. Anyone who hasn't read itneeds to buy now. The sooner you buy it, the sooner you can read it. ... Read more

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An adventure thriller based on an original story outline by Alistair MacLean. The plot centres on the theft of a Rembrandt painting sent round the world's art galleries. Alastair MacNeill has also adapted "Death Train". ... Read more

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Disappointing
"Night Watch" was written by Alastair MacNeill from a story by Alistair MacLean. The plot involves the theft of a famous painting. UNACO, a United Nations detective team is put on the case. There's lots of action and locations that could have been taken from a James Bond movie, but the story is neither very interesting nor very well told. What starts as a mystery ends up as a halfhearted attempt at a spy story, and the writer adds lots of unnecessary details and a subplot about one of the characters' marriage, which slows down the pace. The book also lacks MacLean's trademark humor. Not recommended.

Wow
I just finished this book and it was great! I often read Clancy and I really enjoyed the same type of feel in this book. The main difference is that it took about 3 days to finish as opposed to 3 weeks with Clancy. I would love to follow the cast of characters on another round, they were very intreaguing.

Rescuing the "NIght Watch"
"Alistair MacLean's Night Watch" was actually penned by Alastair MacNeill, working from a novel outline left by MacLean at his death.MacLean is best known in the United States for "Where Eagle Dare" and "The Guns of Navarone."The storyline of "Night Watch" is vintage MacLean, with a complicated plot and lots of dangerous action on an international scale.This novel continues with the cast of U.N. secret agents introduced in "Death Train."

The genesis of the plot is the clever theft of the Rembrandt painting "NIght Watch."The U.N. agents assigned to secure its recovery soon find themselves involved in a series of overlapping international intrigues, their mission threatened by personal conflicts and unforeseen challenges.For those of us who miss Alistair MacLean, "Night Watch" is like diet soda, a reasonably refreshing and serviceable copy of MacLean's writing style from his later years.MacNeill keeps the action moving along smartly and throws in more than enough exotic detail and locales to keep up reader interest.The twists and turns last to the very last page.That said, MacNeill is not quite a master of MacLean's understated ironic humor and precise use of language.The dialogue in particular is occasionally awkward.

This book is recommended to the reader looking for a good adventure story.The plot is fast moving and complicated enough to be easily a step above the average beach novel.

An awesome detective story
A novel in the series about a UNACO strike force. In this one the action takes place in South America and involves drug lords, spies and loads of other detective-story types. The action is mostly fast-paced, quite intriguing, with a few interesting plot twists. Very similar to other MacLean stories that were completed by Alistair MacNeil, such as "Night Of The Assasins" and "Death Train". ... Read more

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A deadly virus has been stolen, and the thieves plan to use the hundred million pound ransom to fund terrorist armies. When the mission looks impossible, the world calls upon UNACO.The Italian Red Brigades raid the US-owned Neo Chem laboratory between Romeand Tivoli and steal a vial of deadly DNA virus. They plan to trade the vial - which if opened could kill millions - for a hundred million pounds, to be paid to the the terrorist armies of five European countries.The deadline approaches: a summit conference in Switzerland, at which the terrorists threaten to release the virus into the atmosphere if their demands are not met.UNACO agents Mike Graham, C.W. Whitlock and Sabrina Carver are summoned back urgently from leave. Their mission is to find and secure the vial before a catastrophe of unimaginable proportions takes place... ... Read more

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In Europe a train carrying a deadly cargo has been hijacked. When the mission looks impossible, the world calls upon UNACO.Somewhere in Europe a train is carrying a deadly cargo of plutonium-IV packed in six reinforced steel kegs. But one of the kegs has been damaged...A unit of UNACO is sent to track down the kegs - and find out how and why the plutonium was stolen in the first place. Agents Sabrina Carver, Mike Graham and C.W. Whitlock find themselves up against a powerful comspiracy of interests, including a sinister arms dealer and a highly placed business magnate. Then comes the most frightening discoery of all.Only five of the kegs contain plutonium. The contents of the sixth keg could have catastrophic results for the whole of Europe for generations to come.And time isn't on their side... ... Read more

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The apparent resurrection of a long-dead international terrorist and the murder of a CIA agent finds another American agent running for his life. ... Read more

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At the Lisbon airport, a world-renowned cryptologist is captured along with vital coded documents about the operations of UNACO, a top-secret security organization, and UNACO's top agents race to find the kidnappers and find themselves confronting a powerful and ruthless adversary. ... Read more

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Code Breaker is a Back Breaker
This book reads like a poorly written screenplay for a bad made-for-TV movie. The characters are incredibly one-dimensional, the interaction of the characters is wooden and all the 'action' is straight out of an 'A-Team' episode. The characters keep calling each other 'the best in the business' but are routinely outwitted and outsmarted. The action is slim, the pacing is poor and the writing is NOT clever.

This author has no business having their name associated in any way with Alistair MacLean.

Skip this book, I wish I had.

One of the THE BEST books out there
This novel is a masterpiece written by a true artist. It is non-stop action, from the moment you open the book to the moment you put it down. A great novel, I recommend it to all readers who enjoy action. If you enjoythis, you will definitely enjoy all his others ... Read more

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This novel is written from a series of detailed story outlines Alistair MacLean was commissioned to write by an American film company in 1977. A deadly cargo of plutonium-IV is secreted in a freight car travelling through Europe. The United Nations Anti-Crime Organization mount an operation to discover how the plutonium was stolen. Their agents find themselves up against a conspiracy of interests including a sinister arms dealer and a highly-placed business magnate. Of the six kegs discovered, one contains a substance that could have catastrophic results for the whole world for generations to come. Alistair MacLean is also the author of "The Guns of Navarone', "Where Eagles Dare" and "Santorini". ... Read more

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Garbage!
I have read ALL of Alistair MacLean's novels, multiple times, and am also a five-time-published author.I don't know who "Alastair MacNeill" is but his writing is horrible and he and the publisher (and anyone else involved in allowing Mr. MacLean's name to be remotely attached to this trash) should be flogged.With all of the good writers out there trying to find publishers, how in the world did this hack get a contract?

A MacLean to Skip
It says in this book that the story was "conceived" by Alistair MacLean and completed after his death. He might have thought of the name, but any other contribution is invisible. The book nears a record level of linguistic and factual gaffes per page which make the weak characters, predictable plot and ridiculous "action" even more disappointing.
Read his first major work, ^HMS Ulysses^and see if you think the same hand could have done that gripping story and this piece of junk.

Excellent Thriller
Another excellent thriller based on a storyline by Alistair MacLean. It is one of the sries of books telling about the Strike Force One of the UNACO. The action takes place in Europe as a train with a nuclear bomb as a cargo is racing to it's deadly destination, while the UN agents are trying to stop it. An excellent thriller with unexpected twists and a great ending. ... Read more