Jack Higgins has writen many books and one of his best known is The Eagle Has Landed. In that book we meet Sean Dillon. The book takes place in the early 1940's. Dillon shows up in many of Higgins' books and we meet him again in The Judas Gate. The setting for this book in current times and Afghanistan and the Taliban play a large role in the plot. It is just what you expect from Higgins; a last moving plot, the usual cast of characters and a good story. But Dillon was be in his 80's, yes?