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Floodgate
- Author
- Alistair MacLean
- Narrator
- Max Himmelreich
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 18 December 2025
- Run Time
- 12 hours 39 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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AMSTERDAM AIRPORT HAS DISAPPEARED
BLACKMAIL
The mass of water in its place is the work of the FFF – an Irish terrorist group who want to force Britain’s hand.
SUBTERFUGE
The Dutch call in Detective Lieutenant van Effen – feared interrogator and undercover intimate of the criminal Krakers gang – to sabotage the FFF’s plan.
DISASTER
If van Effen fails and the FFF get control of the vital dyke, either Holland will sink beneath the sea or Britain will be awash with blood.
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‘Alistair MacLean is one of the few people writing today who has a story to tell’ Daily Express
'A magnificent storyteller' Sunday Mirror
‘The most successful British novelist of his time’ Jack Higgins
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Details
- Author
- Alistair MacLean
- Narrator
- Max Himmelreich
- Duration
- 12 hours 39 minutes
- Release Date
- 18 December 2025
- ISBN
- 9780008769253
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Thriller / suspense fiction
Synopsis
The tense tale of a deadly terrorist plot set in Holland, from the acclaimed master of action and suspense. AMSTERDAM AIRPORT HAS DISAPPEARED BLACKMAILThe mass of water in its place is the work of the FFF – an Irish terrorist group who want to force Britain’s hand. SUBTERFUGEThe Dutch call in Detective Lieutenant van Effen – feared interrogator and undercover intimate of the criminal Krakers gang – to sabotage the FFF’s plan. DISASTERIf van Effen fails and the FFF get control of the vital dyke, either Holland will sink beneath the sea or Britain will be awash with blood.
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