Warriors: An Alex Hawke Novel (Alex Hawke Novels)
A family outing in which a man is celebrating his wife&#x2019;s birthday at a fancy restaurant with the couple&#x2019;s children turns tragic when Chinese gunmen abduct the group. Four years later, the president of the U.S. begins acting strangely, and an enemy begins to plot an overthrow. The murder of a Cambridge professor and the growing threat of war between the U.S. and China have the world on edge. An incident in the South China Sea gets Alex Hawke involved, and he will not stop until he can end the madness, even if it means sneaking into China and staging an impossible rescue. Hawke is one of those heroes whose arrogance makes him a bit hard to admire, but he clearly wears a white hat. The sheer scope of this high-concept thriller, and the well-placed shocks throughout, make it Bell&#x2019;s best effort to date. A perfect tale for fans of plot-driven action-adventure and, especially, for the Cussler crowd. --Jeff Ayers