"[Hawke is] a secret agent who takes you into the danger zone with a ballsy wit that had me hooked."
—Vince Flynn

"Ted Bell puts a capital A in adventure....Commander Bond might choke on his martini next to Bell's superlative Alex Hawke."
—Madison County Herald

Ted Bell's remarkable literary creation, counterspy Alex Hawke, has been called, "strong, shrewd, and savvy, with an aplomb not seen since James Bond" (NPR).

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Alexander Hawke is back, this time to defend the free world from the growing menace of Red China and her secret allies. Powerful and hungry for oil, China wants access to the Middle Eastern pipeline, and it has the nuclear arsenal to get what it wants. Alex Hawke uncovers a brilliant scheme involving one of America's own allies that is meant not only to ensure China's international supremacy, but to topple America itself. As he works with British...

In corrupt Russia, an erratic Vladimir Putin is determined to forge his country into a formidable superpower once again. He intends to redraw the map of Europe, and will go to impossible extremes to realize his fantasies -- including shooting down a civilian airliner packed with tourists bound for China. Kremlin scientists have developed a radical new weapon that could forever alter modern warfare. NATO, locked in a tense standoff over Ukraine, Poland,...