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Treinado pelo KGB para pensar como um estrangeiro, viver entre eles e ser aceite na comunidade, Cuchulain foi, durante anos, uma das armas mais eficazes da guerra clandestina, um verdadeiro assassino de elite, atingindo alvos de ambos os lados e alimentando uma espiral de violência e caos impossível de controlar. Quando a sua identidade é descoberta, passa a agir por conta própria. O KGB não consegue controlá-lo, e os serviços secretos britânicos descobrem que Cuchulain está agora atrás do próprio papa.
Em desespero, recorrem à ajuda de um terrorista aposentado do IRA, habituado a viver entre lealdades contraditórias. Mas poderão confiar nele para deter um mestre do disfarce e do homicídio? Afinal, para deter um assassino, não basta encontrá-lo. É preciso alguém que pense como ele.
Treinado pelo KGB para pensar como um estrangeiro, viver entre eles e ser aceite na comunidade, Cuchulain foi, durante anos, uma das armas mais eficazes da guerra clandestina, um verdadeiro assassino de elite, atingindo alvos de ambos os lados e alimentando uma espiral de violência e caos impossível de controlar. Quando a sua identidade é descoberta, passa a agir por conta própria. O KGB não consegue controlá-lo, e os serviços secretos britânicos descobrem que Cuchulain está agora atrás do próprio papa.
Em desespero, recorrem à ajuda de um terrorista aposentado do IRA, habituado a viver entre lealdades contraditórias. Mas poderão confiar nele para deter um mestre do disfarce e do homicídio? Afinal, para deter um assassino, não basta encontrá-lo. É preciso alguém que pense como ele.
300 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 17, 2026
About the author
Jack Higgins
499 books1,303 followersThere is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.
Jack Higgins was best known of the many pseudonyms of Henry Patterson. (See also Martin Fallon, Harry Patterson, Hugh Marlowe and James Graham.)
He was the New York Times bestselling author of more than seventy thrillers, including The Eagle Has Landed and The Wolf at the Door. His books have sold more than 250 million copies worldwide.
Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, Patterson grew up in Belfast, Northern Ireland. As a child, Patterson was a voracious reader and later credited his passion for reading with fueling his creative drive to be an author. His upbringing in Belfast also exposed him to the political and religious violence that characterized the city at the time. At seven years old, Patterson was caught in gunfire while riding a tram, and later was in a Belfast movie theater when it was bombed. Though he escaped from both attacks unharmed, the turmoil in Northern Ireland would later become a significant influence in his books, many of which prominently feature the Irish Republican Army. After attending grammar school and college in Leeds, England, Patterson joined the British Army and served two years in the Household Cavalry, from 1947 to 1949, stationed along the East German border. He was considered an expert sharpshooter.
Following his military service, Patterson earned a degree in sociology from the London School of Economics, which led to teaching jobs at two English colleges. In 1959, while teaching at James Graham College, Patterson began writing novels, including some under the alias James Graham. As his popularity grew, Patterson left teaching to write full time. With the 1975 publication of the international blockbuster The Eagle Has Landed, which was later made into a movie of the same name starring Michael Caine, Patterson became a regular fixture on bestseller lists. His books draw heavily from history and include prominent figures—such as John Dillinger—and often center around significant events from such conflicts as World War II, the Korean War, and the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Patterson lived in Jersey, in the Channel Islands.
Jack Higgins was best known of the many pseudonyms of Henry Patterson. (See also Martin Fallon, Harry Patterson, Hugh Marlowe and James Graham.)
He was the New York Times bestselling author of more than seventy thrillers, including The Eagle Has Landed and The Wolf at the Door. His books have sold more than 250 million copies worldwide.
Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, Patterson grew up in Belfast, Northern Ireland. As a child, Patterson was a voracious reader and later credited his passion for reading with fueling his creative drive to be an author. His upbringing in Belfast also exposed him to the political and religious violence that characterized the city at the time. At seven years old, Patterson was caught in gunfire while riding a tram, and later was in a Belfast movie theater when it was bombed. Though he escaped from both attacks unharmed, the turmoil in Northern Ireland would later become a significant influence in his books, many of which prominently feature the Irish Republican Army. After attending grammar school and college in Leeds, England, Patterson joined the British Army and served two years in the Household Cavalry, from 1947 to 1949, stationed along the East German border. He was considered an expert sharpshooter.
Following his military service, Patterson earned a degree in sociology from the London School of Economics, which led to teaching jobs at two English colleges. In 1959, while teaching at James Graham College, Patterson began writing novels, including some under the alias James Graham. As his popularity grew, Patterson left teaching to write full time. With the 1975 publication of the international blockbuster The Eagle Has Landed, which was later made into a movie of the same name starring Michael Caine, Patterson became a regular fixture on bestseller lists. His books draw heavily from history and include prominent figures—such as John Dillinger—and often center around significant events from such conflicts as World War II, the Korean War, and the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Patterson lived in Jersey, in the Channel Islands.
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June 27, 2026
✨ Dentro do género de thriller, o subgénero espionagem, é algo que me agrada muito. Tenho em mim muito enraizado todos os livros que li do mestre John le Carré, e que também contribuíram para a leitora que sou hoje.
✨Jack Higgins é um grande nome neste género. Este livro não se passa num passado assim tão distante quanto isso e os temas aqui retratados fazem parte da história do século passado.
✨É um livro de ação, violência e caos. Um intenso jogo do gato e rato, com partes verdadeiramente sombrias. Neste livro não há só jogos políticos de bastidores, há também religião , e estas duas temáticas andam muito bem de mais dadas.
✨Jack Higgins é um grande nome neste género. Este livro não se passa num passado assim tão distante quanto isso e os temas aqui retratados fazem parte da história do século passado.
✨É um livro de ação, violência e caos. Um intenso jogo do gato e rato, com partes verdadeiramente sombrias. Neste livro não há só jogos políticos de bastidores, há também religião , e estas duas temáticas andam muito bem de mais dadas.
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