Sad Wind from the Sea -- Jack Higgins

<b>A gunrunner's hunt for a fortune leads to a life-and-death struggle in Communist China in <i>New York Times</i>-bestselling author Jack Higgins's very first novel.</b> <p/> Mark Hagen is a far cry from the man he once was as a naval officer in World War II. Broken down and drunk, he's been reduced to living outside the law, gunrunning and smuggling with his dilapidated boat. <p/> Then he rescues a woman from attackers in Macao. She's alone, she needs help--and she claims to know the whereabouts of a quarter-million dollars in gold, lying in a scuttled craft at the bottom of a lagoon in the blighted marshlands of southern China. With this one quick score, Hagen could change his luck for good. <p/> Unfortunately, he's not the only one looking for the gold. There's the Chinese. And the Russians. And so many others. <p/> But there's only one Mark Hagen--and he's not about to give up easily . . . <p/> Originally published in 1963 under the name Harry Patterson, <i>Sad</i><i> Wind from the Sea</i> is a searing debut set in the dangerous criminal underworld of the Pacific Rim, a gripping read that showcases the talents of a young writer whom Tom Clancy would one day hail as "the master." <br><br><br><b>Author:</b> Jack Higgins<br><b>Publisher:</b> Open Road Integrated Media LLC<br><b>Published:</b> 06/22/2010<br><b>Pages:</b> 134<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.33lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.29d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9781936317516<br><p><b>About the Auth