Dominick Sabre

"Tell you what I'm going to do. Think I'll double back and kill that ex-wife of yours. I would have killed your boy too...I set up the whole thing and you followed like a hound dog after the fox."

- Sabre during his showdown with Cotton Malone

Dominick Sabre, born James McCollum, is a mercenary and the main antagonist in Steve Berry's book The Alexandria Link. He is a former U.S. special forces trooper who became the right hand of the Order of the Golden Fleece economic cartel. He is tasked with finding the lost Library of Alexandria for the Order, in the hopes that a document inside it can disprove Israeli biblical claims and give the Order control over the Middle East.

Along the way, he allies with Cotton Malone, who is his enemy in the quest to find the Library.

Background:
Born James "Jimmy" McCollum, he was the son of a poor family in Chicago. His mother was known to sleep around with various men; this environment made him grow up to be tough and resourceful. When his mother died alone and penniless, he made a promise that his fate wouldn't be the same.

McCollum joined the Army's Special Forces and later received an honorable discharge. He went to Europe and became a mercenary for various groups. One day, he received an offer to work for the Order of the Golden Fleece, a secretive economic cartel of the world's wealthiest people. McCollum changed his name to Dominick Sabre (after the name of a deceased nobleman he saw on a tombstone) and won the respect of Order leader Alfred Hermann.

As "Die Klauen der Adler":
Sabre was given the title above, meaning "the talons of the eagle." Alfred Hermann revealed to him his master plan- to find the legendary Library of Alexandria, which supposedly contains a document that disproves Israel's claim to the Middle East. When the truth is revealed to the world, the resulting chaos will allow the Order to monopolize the Middle East's governments and economies. Hermann orders Sabre to find and kill George Haddad, a biblical scholar who had discovered the Library's location years ago.

Sable begins his plan by having his men firebomb the bookstore of Cotton Malone, a former Justice Department operative who met with Haddad in the past. Malone and his ex-wife Pam escape, but Sabre kidnaps Malone's son Gary as leverage.

A few days later, Cotton and Pam discover where Gary is being held. Malone breaks him out of the house and is met with two of Sabre's men.

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Fate:
After realizing that he has been fooled, Sabre shoots Haddad. He then turns his gun on Malone and mocks him for how easily he was played, saying that once he and Pam are dead, he will keep the Library for himself. Just as it seems that Malone will die, Pam shoots Sabre four times in the back, killing him.

Physical Features
Dominick Sabre is in his 30s, with straight black hair oiled together. He has pockmarks on his face from a childhood bout of chickenpox, which he covers with stubble, but is an average looking man all around (this is a desired trait in the Order's eyes). His training in the Special Forces and his time as a mercenary have kept his body lean and muscular.

To disguise himself and ally with Cotton and Pam, he dyes his hair a light sandy brown and shaves his stubble.