| Undertow Contributor(s): Foote, Tom (Author) |
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ISBN: 0802313205 ISBN-13: 9780802313201 Publisher: Dufour Editions OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1998 Annotation: Rammed and sunk by a mysterious merchant ship off the West coast of Ireland, Jim Prendergast survives the sinking of his yacht, Larinita, but his wife and daughter are drowned. The tragedy comes to the attention of Jonathan Cooke, a shadowy figure in the British Embassy in Dublin, who suspects that the merchant ship was transporting weapons for a maverick IRA unit who are planning to derail the peace talks with one final act of terror. Manipulated by MI6, Prendergast is dragged unwittingly into a world of intrigue that indirectly leads him to the man responsible for the deaths of his wife and daughter until he is finally able to reap his revenge in a violent and bloody confrontation on the high seas. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Thrillers - Espionage - Fiction | Sea Stories |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 97046086 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.55" W x 8.49" (1.07 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - Ireland - Ethnic Orientation - Irish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the stormy seas of Galway Bay, Jim Predergast and his treasured yacht Larinita are doing their best to compete in a local race. After a boating accident that kills his wife and daughter, Jim embarks on a personal quest for revenge which leads him on a dark journey involving IRA gun-running and an international terrorist plot of major proportions aimed at destroying the peace talks once and for all. Foote's highly literate and tightly plotted debut novel heralds a new and exciting voice in thriller/suspense fiction. |