- Hardcover: 288 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins Canada / Trade; FIRST British Edition edition (Mar 1 1989)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0002234556
- ISBN-13: 978-0002234559
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.5 x 3.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 748 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,601,315 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Exciting and with all the action MacLean fans are used to' Northern Echo 'A magnificent storyteller' Sunday Mirror 'The most successful British novelist of his time' Jack Higgins 'Alistar MacLean is one of the few people writing today who has a story to tell.' Daily Express
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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".
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2.3 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews)
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Garbage!, Aug 6 2009
By T. Flick "A Virginia reader" - Published on Amazon.com
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?
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Thriller, Jan 6 2001
By "fourstringmagic" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Alistair Macleans Death Train (Hardcover)
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.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
A MacLean to Skip, Nov 23 2006
By Jared Dreyfus - Published on Amazon.com
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.
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