Wrath of God

Wrath of God
Jack Higgins

A story of passion and heroism from a violent land – Mexico in the 1920s……a place and a time when life was cheap and survival was for those who fought dirtiest. A year after the Revolution, violent unrest still simmers across rural Mexico.In the northern foothills of the Sierra Madre, the country's most renowned assassin turned psychotic bandit has dispensed with any need for rules. Plenty of men had tried to take Tomas de la Plata. But never another trained killer, who is fighting to escape the death sentence.Emmet Keogh fled a bitter war in Ireland, only to find himself halfway across the world and on the wrong side of the law. Now he has a choice. To kill the most dangerous man in Mexico – or face death by firing squad.

Jack Higgins

The Wrath of God

Dedication

For David Godfrey with thanks

Contents

Cover (#ulink_ee18ce9d-524f-50d5-8d73-cae5f1cfef71)

Title Page

Dedication

Publisher’s Note

Foreword

Mexico

1922

1

The Chief of Police usually managed to execute somebody round…

2

When we got back to the hotel, Janos took me…

3

It was all over very quickly. The men who had…

4

The next few minutes could well have been my last…

5

My father, a dedicated Fenian till the day he died…

6

‘In the year since the Revolution there has been much…

7

We left at six o’clock on as grey and dreary…

8

Smoke drifted into the late afternoon air in a dense…

9

For years I had lived a life in which everything…

10

He gave us no chance to discuss things with him,…

11

He had brought her to witness van Horne’s humiliation and…

12

I awakened to darkness, the pulsating beat of music. Guitars…

13

I surfaced to the patter of rain against the canvas,…

14

Inside the church away from the others, Nachita filled in…

15

All I could do now was wait for Nachita for…

About the Author

Other Books by Jack Higgins

Copyright

About the Publisher

PUBLISHER’S NOTE

THE WRATH OF GOD was first published in the UK by Macmillan and Co. in 1971 and later by Penguin Books. This amazing novel has been out of print for some years, and in 2011, it seemed to the author and his publishers that it was a pity to leave such a good story languishing on his shelves. So we are delighted to be able to bring back THE WRATH OF GOD for the pleasure of the vast majority of us who never had a chance to read the earlier editions.