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32646 pp.i-viii,1-312 r0jm.ps 3/17/06 4:44 PM Page i WITHOUT MERCY 32646 pp.i-viii,1-312 r0jm.ps 3/17/06 4:44 PM Page iii ALSO BY JACK HIGGINS Dark Justice Cold Harbor Bad Company Memories of a Dance-Hall Romeo Midnight Runner A Season in Hell Keys of Hell Night of the Fox Edge of Danger Confessional Day of Reckoning Exocet Pay the Devil Touch the Devil The White House Connection Luciano’s Luck Flight of Eagles Solo The President’s Daughter Day of Judgment Year of the Tiger Storm Warning Drink with the Devil The Last Place God Made Angel of Death A Prayer for the Dying Sheba The Eagle Has Landed On Dangerous Ground The Run to Morning Thunder Point Dillinger Eye of the Storm To Catch a King The Eagle Has Flown The Valhalla Exchange 32646 pp.i-viii,1-312 r0jm.ps 3/17/06 4:44 PM Page v W I T H O U T M E R C Y JACK HIGGINS G. P. Putnam’s Sons New York This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events or locales is entirely coincidental. Without Mercy G. P. Putnam's Son Book / published by arrangement with the author All rights reserved. Copyright ©2006 by G. P. Putnam's Sons This book may not be reproduced in whole or part, by mimeograph or any other means, without permission. Making or distributing electronic copies of this book constitutes copyright infringement and could subject the infringer to criminal and civil liability. For information address: The G.P. Putnam's Sons Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Putnam Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014. The Penguin Putnam Inc. World Wide Web site address is http://www.penguinputnam.com ISBN: 0-7865-7020-2 G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS BOOK® G. P. Putnam's Sons Books first published by Penguin Publishing Group, a member of Penguin Putnam Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014. G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS and the "G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS" design are trademarks belonging to Penguin Putnam Inc. Electronic edition: April 2006 32646 pp.i-viii,1-312 r0jm.ps 3/17/06 4:44 PM Page vii TO ED VICTOR, THE MENTOR IN MY LIFE, WITH GRATEFUL THANKS 32646 pp.i-viii,1-312 r0jm.ps 3/17/06 4:44 PM Page 1 THE GATE OF FEAR IBIZA BALEARIC ISLANDS 32646 pp.i-viii,1-312 r0jm.ps 3/17/06 4:44 PM Page 3 T he Playa de Toros in Ibiza is a typical small-town bullring, a concrete circle, benches ringed around, average bulls, toreros desperate to make their bones. It was unbearably hot even on the shady side at four o’clock in the afternoon as Dillon waited at the barrera. As the President led the procession on, the band started to play “The Virgin of Macarena,” that most poignant of paso dobles, that promised only death down there in the ring; death in the after- noon, Hemingway had called it. The toreros tossed off their capes, works of art in themselves, to friends in the crowd, who draped them over the barrera, then the toreros were handed the plain fighting capes and made a few practice swings, the horses of the picadors stir- ring uneasily. There was a long moment, a signal from the President, and as a bugle sounded, the red door on the far side, the Gate of Fear, burst open. The bull came through from the darkness, a runaway 32646 pp.i-viii,1-312 r0jm.ps 3/17/06 4:44 PM Page 4 4 JACK HIGGINS train that skidded to a halt as the crowd roared. Peons moved out to 2 try him, capes ready, the scene looking like the most dangerous thing 3 on earth, but Dillon knew no fear. He vaulted over the barrera 4 down into the arena. The crowd roared as he ran forward and flung 5 himself on his knees in front of the bull and bared his chest. “Hey, 6 toro.Just for me, the Pass of Death,” because he knew that was all it 7 would take and he deserved it. She was dead and it was his fault and 8 the bull charged, the crowd screamed and he cried out and came 9 awake, sitting up in bed, soaked in sweat and more afraid than he 0 had ever been. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 32646 pp.i-viii,1-312 r0jm.ps 3/17/06 4:44 PM Page 5 WASHINGTON

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On the pavement, Hannah Bernstein was trying to haul herself up, clutching at the railings as Dillon got to her. "You're all right, just hold on to me." But there was blood coming down her face, and he was afraid. In Jack Higgins's acclaimed bestseller Dark Justice, intelligence operative Sean Dillo
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32646 pp.i-viii,1-312 r0jm.ps 3/17/06 4:44 PM Page i WITHOUT MERCY 32646 pp.i-viii,1-312 r0jm.ps 3/17/06 4:44 PM Page iii ALSO BY JACK HIGGINS Dark Justice Cold Harbor Bad Company Memories of a Dance-Hall Romeo Midnight Runner A Season in Hell Keys of Hell Night of the Fox Edge of Danger Confessional Day of Reckoning Exocet Pay the Devil Touch the Devil The White House Connection Luciano’s Luck Flight of Eagles Solo The President’s Daughter Day of Judgment Year of the Tiger Storm Warning Drink with the Devil The Last Place God Made Angel of Death A Prayer for the Dying Sheba The Eagle Has Landed On Dangerous Ground The Run to Morning Thunder Point Dillinger Eye of the Storm To Catch a King The Eagle Has Flown The Valhalla Exchange 32646 pp.i-viii,1-312 r0jm.ps 3/17/06 4:44 PM Page v W I T H O U T M E R C Y JACK HIGGINS G. P. Putnam’s Sons New York This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events or locales is entirely coincidental. Without Mercy G. P. Putnam's Son Book / published by arrangement with the author All rights reserved. Copyright ©2006 by G. P. Putnam's Sons This book may not be reproduced in whole or part, by mimeograph or any other means, without permission. Making or distributing electronic copies of this book constitutes copyright infringement and could subject the infringer to criminal and civil liability. For information address: The G.P. Putnam's Sons Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Putnam Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014. The Penguin Putnam Inc. World Wide Web site address is http://www.penguinputnam.com ISBN: 0-7865-7020-2 G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS BOOK® G. P. Putnam's Sons Books first published by Penguin Publishing Group, a member of Penguin Putnam Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014. G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS and the "G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS" design are trademarks belonging to Penguin Putnam Inc. Electronic edition: April 2006 32646 pp.i-viii,1-312 r0jm.ps 3/17/06 4:44 PM Page vii TO ED VICTOR, THE MENTOR IN MY LIFE, WITH GRATEFUL THANKS 32646 pp.i-viii,1-312 r0jm.ps 3/17/06 4:44 PM Page 1 THE GATE OF FEAR IBIZA BALEARIC ISLANDS 32646 pp.i-viii,1-312 r0jm.ps 3/17/06 4:44 PM Page 3 T he Playa de Toros in Ibiza is a typical small-town bullring, a concrete circle, benches ringed around, average bulls, toreros desperate to make their bones. It was unbearably hot even on the shady side at four o’clock in the afternoon as Dillon waited at the barrera. As the President led the procession on, the band started to play “The Virgin of Macarena,” that most poignant of paso dobles, that promised only death down there in the ring; death in the after- noon, Hemingway had called it. The toreros tossed off their capes, works of art in themselves, to friends in the crowd, who draped them over the barrera, then the toreros were handed the plain fighting capes and made a few practice swings, the horses of the picadors stir- ring uneasily. There was a long moment, a signal from the President, and as a bugle sounded, the red door on the far side, the Gate of Fear, burst open. The bull came through from the darkness, a runaway 32646 pp.i-viii,1-312 r0jm.ps 3/17/06 4:44 PM Page 4 4 JACK HIGGINS train that skidded to a halt as the crowd roared. Peons moved out to 2 try him, capes ready, the scene looking like the most dangerous thing 3 on earth, but Dillon knew no fear. He vaulted over the barrera 4 down into the arena. The crowd roared as he ran forward and flung 5 himself on his knees in front of the bull and bared his chest. “Hey, 6 toro.Just for me, the Pass of Death,” because he knew that was all it 7 would take and he deserved it. She was dead and it was his fault and 8 the bull charged, the crowd screamed and he cried out and came 9 awake, sitting up in bed, soaked in sweat and more afraid than he 0 had ever been. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 32646 pp.i-viii,1-312 r0jm.ps 3/17/06 4:44 PM Page 5 WASHINGTON

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On the pavement, Hannah Bernstein was trying to haul herself up, clutching at the railings as Dillon got to her. "You're all right, just hold on to me." But there was blood coming down her face, and he was afraid. In Jack Higgins's acclaimed bestseller Dark Justice, intelligence operative Sean Dillo
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