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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9781416550402
ISBN: 1416550402
Label: Atria
Manufacturer: Atria
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 512
Publication Date: September 23, 2008
Publisher: Atria
Studio: Atria
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Swashbuckling counter Spy Alex Hawke returns in New York Times bestselling author Ted Bell's most explosive tale of international suspense to date.
There dwells, somewhere in Russia, a man so powerful no one even knows his name. His existence is only speculated upon, only whispered about in American corridors of power and CIA strategy meetings. Though he is all but invisible, he is pulling strings -- and pulling them hard. For suddenly, Russia is a far, far more ominous threat than even the most hardened cold warriors ever thought possible.
The Russians have their finger on the switch to the European economy and an eye on the American jugular. And, most importantly, they want to be made whole again. Should America interfere with Russia's plans to "reintegrate" her rogue states, well then, America will pay in blood.
In Ted Bell's latest pulse-pounding and action-packed tour de force, Alex Hawke must face a global nightmare of epic proportions. As this political crisis plays out, Russia gains a new leader. Not just a president, but a new tsar, a signal to the world that the old, imperial Russia is back and plans to have her day. And in America, a mysterious killer, known only as Happy the Baker, brutally murders an innocent family and literally flattens the small Midwestern town they once called home. Just a taste, according to the new tsar, of what will happen if America does not back down. Onto this stage must step Alex Hawke, espionage agent extraordinaire and the only man, both Americans and the Brits agree, who can stop the absolute madness borne and bred inside the modern police state of Vladimir Putin's 'New Russia'.
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Prescient, fast paced yarn told by ex advertising director concerning the topical situation of Russia flexing its oil rich muscles and lack of regard for human life. A page turner that whisks you away to an almost fantasy world. Ted Bell enjoys his imagination & it shows.
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This is the most boring action book I have ever tried to read. I gave up half way through the book.
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If you're looking for an easy read in a not-for-the-squeamish Tom Clancy meets Ian Flemming genre, then this is the book for you. This is a present day cold war style story of Russian attempts to recapture the countries that were once part of the Soviet Union. Lead by the behind the scenes "Tsar", Russia plans to expand beyond the old empire and is considering the rest of Europe too.
Enter Alex Hawke, a James Bond style character whose violence is a little more graphic, yet who womanizes and exudes that British secret agent charm that works so well in the novels. A silent, mysterious man with a tragic past who is back on duty - the only man who can stop the Russians as he did the Soviet Union.
With Vladimir Putin in prison, any voice of reason has been silenced. The West is desperate to prevent their old nemesis from rising again. The Evil Tsar has a flaw: his beautiful daughter...who just happens to have run into Hawke...and fallen for him...
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Improbability and fun. A hero who could grace the cover of Mens Health, but doesn't practice safe sex. Elegant little best-selling computers with explosive laden hard drives that could destroy America and provoke World War III. A head of British intelligence air headed enough to take a swim with sharks while checking out Jamaican criminals in Bermuda who were trailing a friend. A Secretary of State named Conch, and a new Tsar who writes symphonies while impaling enemies by the thousand (please kids, don't read this)and winning a Nobel Prize for physics. Putin in a radioactive prison with a secret lead-lined cell. Glimpses into the secret (and boring) world of the rich and famous and extreme Russian nationalists. The world just a minute or two from mass destruction. Oh yes, brutal sex, gentle sex, English butlers, the Brooklyn Russian Mafia, lots of booze, right wing geo-political nightmares and, yes, at the very end, Diamonds are Forever. Forget the facts (Bell really messes around with ... Read More
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Another in the Alex Hawke series puts its finger on a very real concern in our 21st Century. Ted Bell sets the stage for an action packed read that will take you on a memorable ride.
With some personal knowledege about Russia, I can say that Ted Bell has been researching his subject and has identified what should be a major concern for the Free World as we all know it. Although fiction, you will be asking yourself whether it is possible for Russia to achieve its objective...and can Alex Hawke stop the Russian Empire.
Strap yourself in for a good read.
Review written by:
Bradford P. Miller, Author "Lessons From Rocky"
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