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The President's Daughter (Sean Dillon, Bk 6)
The President's Daughter - Sean Dillon, Bk 6 Author:Jack Higgins An Israeli terrorist abducts the U.S. President's illegitimate daughter -- born of a liaison during the Vietnam War -- and threatens to kill her if the U.S. does not attack Arab countries. The President hires a former IRA terrorist to rescue her. — In 1969, Jake Cazalet saved the life of a Frenchwoman in Vietnam, and a brief, passionate affai... more »r ensued. Years later in Paris, he was introduced to another beautiful young woman -- his daughter. For many reasons, their relationship remained a secret.
Now Jake Cazalet is President of the United States. Somehow someone has discovered the truth about his daughter, and she is seized by a vicious extremist group. If the President does not comply with the kidnappers' demands -- or uses any of America's security agencies to track them down -- they will execute her. He has ten days to decide.
Desperate, he turns to British operative Sean Dillon and FBI agent Blake Johnson. And if these two men cannot find his daughter, the President will have to make the most momentous decision of all...« less
A bit difficult to begin reading (drags a little), but it picks up after chaper 2. The characters are interesting, easy to follow, but the plot is a tad predictable. Good reading while traveling.
The tale of a love affair in the height of the Vietnam war soldier meets girl leaves girl with child and returns to his home country never thinking of the past again. Unfortunately, for this soldier he became President of the United States and in the course of his diplomatic travels he encounters this past and must face a great dilemma when the daughter he never really knew is kidnapped. Our hero seeks out a cadre of hard core types to accomplish the great task of rescuing her before the world finds out her identity.
Sean Dillon the feature of many Higgins novels clever and suave as always is handling the security details for the President before being enlisted to find his kidnapped daughter.
Twists and turns around every corner don't trust your first instinct everything isn't what it seems with Jack Higgins.