Assassin
A Novel
Ted Bell
- In
- this
- explosive,
- jaw-tightening
- thriller,
- and
- second
- in
- the
- bestselling
- Alex
- Hawke
- series,
- fearless
- intelligence
- operative
- Lord
- Alexander
- Hawke
- matches
- wits
- with
- a
- cunning
- and
- bloodthirsty
- psychopath
- in
- a
- desperate
- race
- to
- avert
- an
- American
- Armageddon.**A
- shadowy
- figure
- known
- as
- the
- Dog
- is
- believed
- to
- be
- the
- ruthless
- terrorist
- who
- is
- systematically
- and
- savagely
- assassinating
- American
- diplomats
- and
- their
- families
- around
- the
- globe.
- As
- the
- deadly
- toll
- mounts
- inexorably,
- Alex
- Hawke,
- along
- with
- former
- NYPD
- cop
- and
- Navy
- SEAL
- Stokely
- Jones,
- is
- called
- upon
- by
- the
- U.S.
- government
- to
- launch
- a
- search
- for
- the
- assassin
- behind
- the
- murders.Hawke,
- who
- makes
- James
- Bond
- look
- like
- a
- "slovenly,
- dull-witted
- clockpuncher"
- (Kirkus
- Reviews),
- is
- soon
- following
- a
- trail
- that
- leads
- back
- to
- London
- in
- the
- go-go
- nineties,
- when
- Arab
- oil
- money
- fueled
- lavish,
- and
- sometimes
- fiendish,
- lifestyles.
- Other
- murky
- clues
- point
- to
- the
- Florida
- Keys,
- where
- a
- vicious
- killer
- hides
- behind
- the
- gates
- of
- a
- fabled
- museum.
- And
- to
- a
- remote
- Indonesian
- island
- where
- a
- madman
- tinkers
- with
- strains
- of
- a
- deadly
- virus
- and
- slyly
- bides
- his
- time.Hawke
- must
- call
- upon
- resources
- deep
- within
- himself
- and
- race
- against
- time
- to
- stop
- a
- cataclysmic
- attack
- on
- America's
- most
- populous
- cities
- and
- avenge
- the
- inexplicable
- and
- horrific
- crime
- that
- has
- left
- him
- devastated.Brimming
- with
- relentless
- action
- and
- stylish
- detail,
- and
- featuring
- a
- hero
- that
- readers
- will
- stand
- up
- and
- cheer
- for,
- Assassin
- is
- a
- gripping
- adventure.
- And
- definitely
- not
- recommended
- for
- the
- faint
- of heart.
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