Five Great Thrillers
Five Great Thrillers by Alistair MacLean, published by Collins in 1980, is a collection that spans 1109 pages in English. This edition presents a gripping narrative centered around a significant underwater treasure, the DC-3 aircraft, which lies half-buried on the ocean floor, containing a fortune in gold, emeralds, and uncut diamonds. The story unfolds as various characters, including a blueblooded oilman and a cold-hearted hood, vie for the treasure, while one man, Talbot, seeks to avenge the murders of his loved ones.
Readers will find a complex interplay of ambition and revenge as Talbot confronts those who threaten his quest. The narrative explores themes of greed and morality against the backdrop of English fiction, immersing readers in a world where danger lurks beneath the surface. This edition invites exploration of the characters’ motivations and the lengths they will go to secure the treasure, all while Talbot grapples with his own past and the ghosts that haunt him.
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Fear is the key: With the exception of the British frigate, Die Braak sunk in a storm off the coast of Delaware in 1798, it was the biggest underwater treasure in the Western Hemisphere. Ten million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars of gold ingots, emeralds and uncut diamonds, locked in the fuselage of a DC-3 lying half-buried on the ocean floor and guarded by the remains of two men, a woman and a very small boy. The fortune was there for the taking and ready to grab it were a blueblooded oilman with his own offshore oil rig, a hood so cold and independent even the Mafia couldn’t do business with him and a psychopathic hired assassin. Against them stood one man, and those were his people, those skeletons in their watery coffin. His name was Talbot and he would bury his dead – but only after he had avenged their murders.
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