The Twelve

by Stuart Neville

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Sooner or later, everybody pays - and the dead will set the price ...Former paramilitary killer Gerry Fegan is haunted by his victims, twelve souls who shadow his every waking day and scream through every drunken night. Just as he reaches the edge of sanity they reveal their desire: vengeance on those who engineered their deaths. From the greedy politicians to the corrupt security forces, the street thugs to the complacent bystanders who let it happen, all must pay the price. When Fegan's vendetta threatens to derail Northern Ireland's peace process and destabilise its fledgling government, old comrades, and enemies alike want him gone. David Campbell, a double agent lost between the forces of law and terror, takes the job. But he has his own reasons for eliminating Fegan; the secrets of a dirty war should stay buried, even if its ghosts do not. Set against the backdrop of a post-conflict Northern Ireland struggling with its past, "The Twelve" takes the reader from the back streets of the city, where violence and politics go hand-in-hand, to the country's darkest heart. Stuart Neville's gripping thriller marks the emergence of a brilliant new voice.
  • ISBN10 1444801228
  • ISBN13 9781444801224
  • Publish Date 1 May 2010 (first published 2 July 2009)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 31 March 2021
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher F A Thorpe (Publishers)
  • Imprint Ulverscroft Ltd
  • Edition Large type / large print edition
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 456
  • Language English