It is a rare example of inter-novel continuity in MacLean's writing, as one of the characters in his previous novel Puppet on a Chain makes a re-appearance.
A mysterious terrorist organization known as the "FFF" has detonated a mine which bursts dykes in the Netherlands and caused massive flooding of Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport. Unless their demands are met (i.e. immediate withdrawal of all British military forces from Northern Ireland), they threaten to detonate more mines, flooding Holland beneath a wall of water from the North Sea.
Colonel van de Graaf, the Amsterdam Chief of Police, puts Detective Lieutenant Peter van Effen, a man with a sardonic sense of humor and many hidden talents, in charge of the investigation. Lieutenant van Effen is also an undercover operative with connections to a Dutch criminal gang; posing as a criminal explosives expert and with the help of fellow undercover officers Vasco (as a corrupt Dutch Army officer) and George (as a black market arms dealer), he sets out to infiltrate the FFF and sabotage their plans one way or another. Matters, however, take an unexpected and dangerous turn when van Effen's sister Julie and Annemarie Meijer (an undercover policewoman and the daughter of a powerful Dutch industrialist) are kidnapped and held hostage by the FFF.
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Remarkably, in the Dutch translation of the book (Hoogwater),[2] the plot has been changed and Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport had not been flooded. In the Dutch version only a Fokker Friendship is destroyed on the runway.[3]
Referencesedit
^Bloody Sunday Williams, Nick B. Los Angeles Times 6 May 1984: q7.
floodgate, novel, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, floodgate, novel, news, newspapers, books, scholar. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Floodgate novel news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2018 Learn how and when to remove this template message Floodgate is a novel by Scottish author Alistair MacLean first published in 1983 1 FloodgateFirst edition cover UK AuthorAlistair MacLeanCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglishGenreThriller novelPublisherCollins UK Doubleday US Publication date1983Media typePrint Hardback amp Paperback Pages310 ppISBN0 00 222754 1Preceded byPartisans Followed bySan Andreas It is a rare example of inter novel continuity in MacLean s writing as one of the characters in his previous novel Puppet on a Chain makes a re appearance Contents 1 Plot introduction 1 1 Note 2 References 3 External linksPlot introduction editA mysterious terrorist organization known as the FFF has detonated a mine which bursts dykes in the Netherlands and caused massive flooding of Amsterdam s Schiphol Airport Unless their demands are met i e immediate withdrawal of all British military forces from Northern Ireland they threaten to detonate more mines flooding Holland beneath a wall of water from the North Sea Colonel van de Graaf the Amsterdam Chief of Police puts Detective Lieutenant Peter van Effen a man with a sardonic sense of humor and many hidden talents in charge of the investigation Lieutenant van Effen is also an undercover operative with connections to a Dutch criminal gang posing as a criminal explosives expert and with the help of fellow undercover officers Vasco as a corrupt Dutch Army officer and George as a black market arms dealer he sets out to infiltrate the FFF and sabotage their plans one way or another Matters however take an unexpected and dangerous turn when van Effen s sister Julie and Annemarie Meijer an undercover policewoman and the daughter of a powerful Dutch industrialist are kidnapped and held hostage by the FFF Note edit Remarkably in the Dutch translation of the book Hoogwater 2 the plot has been changed and Amsterdam s Schiphol Airport had not been flooded In the Dutch version only a Fokker Friendship is destroyed on the runway 3 References edit Bloody Sunday Williams Nick B Los Angeles Times 6 May 1984 q7 Alistair MacLean Hoogwater 1984 Amsterdam Elsevier 237 pag ISBN 90 10 04871 3 Flooding of Amsterdam s Schiphol Airport in Dutch Website http www schipholwanbeleid nl sid 70 amp nid 703 Archived 2011 07 24 at the Wayback MachineExternal links editBook review at AlistairMacLean com nbsp This article about a thriller novel of the 1980s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it See guidelines for writing about novels Further suggestions might be found on the article s talk page vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Floodgate novel amp oldid 1120478114, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
