A bit of a strange offering here from Higgins, it is written in the first person which is a style of his that I have not come across before.

The basic plot is that Owen Morgan, retired through injury, is requested by the Prime Minister to lead a dangerous mission to find out more about the 'Nigger' project which is being undertaken on a ficticious Channel island.

Owen Morgan was born and bred on the island which makes him the ideal choice for the task. However, he has personal demons that need to be conquered, including a lost love and a deceased father.

Higgins shows in this novel the forgotten side of war in the channel islands, also the friendship that can be found by enemies when facing a difficult situation together.

As usual there is plenty of action all the way through including lynchings and shootings galore.

Another Higgins classic, although not up there with his best, still a good read. ( )

The days of the Third Reich are numbered. But on a solitary island in the middle of the English Channel, a brilliant, ruthless SS commander has vowed to fight to the death. It is the Nazi's last outpost. And its downfall is the ultimate suicide mission for one soldier of fortune. "A seasoned pro...Mr. Higgins knows how to tell a story." (The New York Times Book Review) "The master's master of spycraft storytelling." (UPI)