Sean Dillon (Jack Higgins character)
| Sean Dillon | |
|---|---|
| First appearance | Eye of the Storm |
| Last appearance | Rain on the Dead |
| Created by | Jack Higgins |
| Portrayed by |
Rob Lowe Kyle MacLachlan |
| Information | |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Assassin, mercenary, spy |
| Nationality | Irish |
Sean Dillon is a fictional Irish character who is the hero of a series of Jack Higgins novels.
He is described in the stories as a short man and fair-haired. An aspiring actor at the age of 19, Dillon takes up being an IRA member, seeking revenge after his father is killed in Belfast in the crossfire between the British and the IRA. He is a protégé of Liam Devlin.
Born in 1952, he is a master assassin. When he was 19 his father was killed by English troops. He started as a IRA assassin but realized that the cause was not everything. After that he just was a gun for hire. He worked for almost everyone as long as they paid the right price.
He is taught several things by Devlin, including the 'eerie dog-whistle'. An excellent gunman and a good actor, he very soon earns the nickname "The Man of 1000 Faces" from the British, who dread him. He is noted for his part in the Downing Street bomb blast, which fails to kill or injure anyone. His disapproval of the IRA's indiscriminate bombings of innocent civilians prompts him to abandon the cause and offer himself out as a mercenary for hire, working indiscriminately for the PLO and the Israelis, the Red Brigade, and even the KGB. Although the British are desperate to catch him, he has never been to jail. For more than 20 years the elusive and resourceful Dillon—who shunned the publicity favoured by other terrorists—slipped through the fingers of the authorities on every continent. Ironically, he is finally caught by the Serbs while running medicine for children into Bosnia.
It is revealed that the shipment contained Stinger missiles without his knowledge, and he is sentenced to death. Dillon is plucked out of prison by Brigadier Charles Ferguson of the elite British Security Service antiterrorist unit Group 4, who offers him a clean slate in exchange for his services. Soon after joining Group 4 it is revealed that Dillon capture by the Serbs was actually set up by Brigadier Charles Ferguson.
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