Floodgate by Alistair MacLean

Floodgate

by Alistair MacLean

Collins, 1983, [First Edition], ISBN 0002227541, hardcover, dustjacket

Very Good Condition, minor edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, previous owners’ gift inscription and bookplate on front endpaper, age toned pages; dustjacket shows a little edge and shelf wear with a little rubbing, bumping and chipping, some staining to edges (see photographs)

“A sinister terrorist group, the FFF, has caused the chaos.  The aim of the organisation is not to murder.  It is to demonstrate the destruction it can cause by blowing up strategically placed dykes and so reduce the Netherlands to a state of fear and helplessness.  And ripe for blackmail.
It is Lieutenant Peter van Effen’s mission to sabotage their plans.  Van Effin is a detective working undercover amongst the notorious Krakers – criminal gangs who specialise in drugs, in prostitution, in arms deals.  He also heads the Amsterdam bomb disposal squad.”