The Eagle's Covenant Quotes

“Gentlemen,” he said. “I give you The Eagle’s Covenant.”
― Michael Parker, The Eagle's Covenant

“It was odds on they would find out one of the team had escaped the blast, and it wouldn’t be long before they knew which one. Then they would come looking for him.
And Conor intended they should find him.”
― Michael Parker, The Eagle's Covenant

“I don’t think ‘fear’ is the right word for his kind,” Hoffman observed. “It’s milked out
of them before they are released on to an unsuspecting world.”
― Michael Parker, The Eagle's Covenant

“You have a virus time bomb in your software. The active boot partition of your system has been encrypted. You must respond to this message within fifteen minutes to prevent detonation.”
― Michael Parker, The Eagle's Covenant

“The fourth man in the terrorist team was Conor Lenihan. Conor had been born in Catholic Belfast and brought up in the sectarian ways of his peers.”
― Michael Parker, The Eagle's Covenant

“Joanna had finally identified the terrorist who had kidnapped her son.”
― Michael Parker, The Eagle's Covenant

“Why would you want to kidnap Herr Schiller’s grandson?”
Jansch looked at his boss. He arched his eyebrows. “I wouldn’t.”
“I know you wouldn’t. But amuse me, please.”
Jansch studied the car for a moment. “Leverage,” he said eventually.”
― Michael Parker, The Eagle's Covenant

“Does he live alone?”
“Yes.”
Conor stood up. “Thank you,” he said pleasantly and shot him in the head.”
― Michael Parker, The Eagle's Covenant

“Breggie de Kok had now brought herself to a high state of adrenalin powered tension and was ready to kill.”
― Michael Parker, The Eagle's Covenant

“Soon, Joanna’s strength waned, and she was reduced to loose slaps on his shoulders and cries of: “Tell me where my baby is.” She sobbed and broke down, literally collapsing on top of him. “Please tell me where my baby is.”
― Michael Parker, The Eagle's Covenant

“He dropped the stub of his cigarette to the floor and lifted his heel to grind it out when the bomb exploded.”
― Michael Parker, The Eagle's Covenant

“For all Conor Lenihan cared it could have been Osama Bin Laden who had organised the whole thing. He was simply a mercenary doing a job of work.”
― Michael Parker, The Eagle's Covenant