Warriors: An Alex Hawke Novel

✍ Scribed by Bell, Ted

• Publisher: William Morrow
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 262 KB
• Edition: First edition
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9780062298638

✦ Synopsis

Dashing counterspy Alex Hawke must rescue a kidnapped American scientist as the United States and China move dangerously close to all-out nuclear war in this adrenaline-fueled thriller in the New York Times bestselling series that combines the hallmarks of Clive Cussler, Tom Clancy, Ian Fleming, and Daniel Silva.

When an elderly professor at Cambridge is murdered, a victim of bizarre, ancient Chinese torture, Alex Hawke teams up with his Scotland Yard colleague and friend Inspector Ambrose Congreve to find the killer. But the death is only the opening move in a tense and lethal game of geopolitical brinksmanship.

In the United States the president has begun behaving strangely. Is his mental health deterioratingor is there something far more sinister behind his questionable moves? The answer is crucial, for tensions are mounting between China, North Korea, and the U.S. And China has launched fighter jets and a mega submarine vastly more sophisticated than any seen beforemilitary technology that leapfrogs anything the U.S. and Great Britain possess.

With the situation edging toward an unthinkable abyss, Hawke must pull off his most daring mission yet: infiltrate the China and neutralize the source of their advantage . . . or risk witnessing World War III.

Review

Hawke is . . . strong, shrewd and savvy, with an aplomb not seen since James Bond. In other words, Bond, eat your heart out . . . theres a new spy in town. (NPR)

Alex Hawke is the new James Bond. Ted Bell is the new Clive Cussler. (James Patterson)

A secret agent who takes you into the danger zone with a ballsy wit that had me hooked. (Vince Flynn, bestselling author of The Last Man)

Ted Bell puts a capital A in adventure. (Madison County Herald)

Bell knows how to build a plot that moves at breakneck speed. (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

China seeks to rule the world in bestseller Bells entertaining eighth novel featuring MI6 super-agent Alex Hawke . . . this is a thrilling ride. (Publishers Weekly)

The sheer scope of this high-concept thriller, and the well-placed shocks throughout, make it Bells best effort to date. A perfect tale for fans of plot-driven action-adventure and, especially, for the Cussler crowd. (Booklist)

Near the end, a villain exclaims, Then bring me the head of Alexander Hawke! Really, theres no need. When we finish enjoying Warriors, just bring us Hawkes next lively adventure. (Kirkus Reviews)

Warriors, [is] impossible to put down. . . . Its really expansive, great reading. If you like spy, espionage, mystery-thriller stuff, you cannot get a better book. (Rush Limbaugh)

From the Author

WARRIORS is No. 9 in New York Times Bestselling author Ted Bell's series ofAlex Hawke Thrillers. Early reviews say it all: "Far and away the best Hawke yet!" A resurgent, militaristic China has built a secret fleet, a wolf pack of the most stunningly powerful weapons delivery systems since the invention of undersea naval warfare. How did China leapfrog our technology so brilliantly...and so quickly?Hawke faceshis most difficult challenge ever as he and his soldiers of fortune embark for China and North Korea on a do or die mission with zero margin for failure.

They are on a desperate search for a man who disappeared without a trace from the streets of Georgetown four years earlier. A man, Hawke believes, whoholds the key to the balance of military power in the Pacific...and the world. His mission takes him from the incredibly lavish retreats of the Chinese Communist Party elites and deep inside theinsane world of North Korean death camps, far more horrific than even the barbaric Nazi campsof World War II. One man has the world on his shoulders once more. And this time, the weight may be too much for even Lord Alexander Hawke to bear. ON SALE APRIL 1ST, 2014.

✦ Subjects

An Alex Hawke Novel