The plane that crashed in the icy desert of Greenland had no passengers and barely any identity. Joe Martin's routine mission to fly to the scene of the crash spiralls into excitement and suspense when a priceless batch of emeralds are added to the mystery and he finds his life on the line.

Jack Higgins was a soldier and then a teacher before becoming a full-time writer. The Eagle Has Landed turned him into an international bestselling author and his novels have since sold over 250 million copies and been translated into fifty-five languages. Many of them have also been made into successful films.