Year of the Tiger: Volume 2

By Jack Higgins and Higgins Jack

Book Overview

A Cold War-era British spy infiltrates Chinese-occupied Tibet to rescue a scientist in this historical thriller by a New York Times-bestselling author.

1962. The Cold War is on. The key to the West beating the Soviets to the moon is scientist Dr. Karl Hoffner, living under house arrest in Chinese-controlled Tibet.

In 1959, British Intelligence agent Paul Chavasse helped the Dalai Lama escape Tibet. Now his government has persuaded him to go back for Hoffner. Chavasse knows the language and the land. He also knows how important it is to get the scientist back alive. . .

But trouble can be waiting for him anywhere. Perhaps on the illegal flight through the Himalayas or among the Chinese occupiers or the distrustful natives. Maybe with Tibetan freedom fighters or a trigger-happy army. Or at the hands of a beautiful woman . . .

When the fate of the world hangs in the balance, a spy can never be too careful.

Praise for Year of the Tiger

"Like his other novels, this one is loaded with action and adventure; it is Higgins at his best." --Booklist

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1504099176
• ISBN13: 9781504099172
• Release Date: February 2025
• Publisher: Open Road Media Mystery & Thri
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

A fast paced, fun read.

Paul Chavasse has had a long and distinguished career in British intelligence. He is literally on the eve of his retirement when two rather remarkable events occur in rapid succession. He is approached, in person, by none other than Prime Minister John Major who begs him to stay on. Then he receives an unexpected visit from a robed Buddhist monk who engages him in conversation about a harrowing adventure he had in Tibet over 30 years before. The story of that remote adventure provides the bulk of the narrative to Year of the Tiger by Jack Higgins. Told in the third person though from Chavasse's point of view, this is a fast paced tale with plenty of action and a number of unexpected twists. The year is 1962 and Chavasse is called upon to rescue an Albert Schweitzer like doctor who is under house arrest in Chinese occupied Tibet. Chavasse defies all the odds as he struggles to get the elderly humanitarian and his beautiful housekeeper across the border to the safety of Kashmir. Not only must he overcome the brutally harsh and thin aired Tibetan terrain, he must also outsmart the thoroughly malevolent Colonel Li and the soldiers in his command. Though the plotting is rather far fetched, I found Year of the Tiger to be a pretty good action-adventure novel. A 4 star effort, recommended to readers who enjoy fast paced action with a few surprises along the way.

Taut and tense and a turn in every chapter!

Surprises in every chapter in this book! un-down-putable!

An update of a Higgins classic

This book is basically a rewrite of an earlier book by Higgins. it features one of his early heroes Paul Chavasse, a British agent. Paul has smuggled the Dalai Lama out of Tibet and must go back to get a Russian space scientist. I found the book very similar in tone to the Quiller series by Adam Hall. Excellent 60s style espionage tale.

Zip up your parka, and grab your gun.

This book is a great read! Probably one of the most enjoyable Higgins novels I've read. A spy and survival novel set in the frozen Himalayas. You don't know how in the heck he's going to get out of the country alive, but you sure hope he does. The past meets the present at the climax ending.