- Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages
- Publisher: Arrow; New Ed edition (21 Feb 1991)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0749306726
- ISBN-13: 978-0749306724
- Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 2.7 x 17.9 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 351,753 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Controversy rages at the Ministry of Defence. And Sir Gifford Hillary, outspoken in his views on top-secret measures to counter the threat of Soviet aggression, is partly responsible for tempers fraying.
But danger and betrayal stalk closer to home. On a warm autumn night at Longshot Hall, Sir Gifford gets the shock of his life. Horrifically and inexplicably, he witnesses his own murder...
Few authors have as wide and loyal a following' Daily Mail
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Dennis Wheatley was a hugely popular writer during his long career from the 1930's to the 70's but is now almost forgotten. For me, though, he wrote some effortlessly gripping novels, of which this is a good example. The protagonist is to all intents and purposes dead for most of the novel, but his incorporeal soul, or ka, remains earthbound and gets up to all sorts of mischief in his efforts to alert the living to his predicament. As usual, Wheatley works interesting occult ideas into the story, and the plot is well worked out and fast-paced, though as it was written at the height of the cold war there is an occasionally intrusive propaganda element, various disparaging remarks about left wing politics, and a somewhat idealised depiction of Upper-class English manhood.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
A great book, albeit the style is rather old-fashioned for our time ; nevertheless, it is an excellent tale with a gripping plot. I read this book many years ago, along with all of Wheatley's ( and they are ALL excellent) and I am now happy to say that they are now being re-printed, for another generation of readers.
Wheatley was excellent at potraying the arch villan and the dark side of human nature; anyone who reads this will love it. I highly recommend it.
Wheatley was excellent at potraying the arch villan and the dark side of human nature; anyone who reads this will love it. I highly recommend it.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Dennis Wheatley was a larger than life character who got into all sorts of
scrapes. He was briefly involved with the secret service, and wrote a
phenomenal number of novels.
scrapes. He was briefly involved with the secret service, and wrote a
phenomenal number of novels.
Most of his stories involved an element of black magic, and usually an army
major, the PM or some such authority figure, and a great deal of chivalry,
bravery, and all the heroes finish up meeting their spouses and living
happily ever after. In addition most of the characters speak fluent French,
German, Arabic, Greek or German, and anyone who isn't bilingual, is often
derided as a fool.
Ka was the usual ripping yarn, and the pages turned so fast, I finished
giddy! The main character is a wealthy company owner, who ends up leaving
his body after a jolt which is intended to kill him by a jealous employee
who has designs on his glamorous wife.
The greater part of the novel deals with the frustration of being invisible
and not able to communicate with people who are normally concisions, and
trying to return to his body, which has been buried in a tomb.
A combination spy thriller and weird horror tale that it actually scores
highly on camp value, and thereby easily recommended. Killed by a death ray,
Gifford's astral body continues the great adventure! Well worth reading or
re-reading!
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