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Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6 Format: Kindle Book Label: Atria Books Manufacturer: Atria Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 496 Publication Date: March 02, 2007 Publisher: Atria Books Release Date: March 02, 2007 Studio: Atria Books Editorial Review: Product Description: "In this relentlessly paced tale of international suspense, intrepid MI-6 intelligence officer Alex Hawke confronts an evil like no other. Terror looms as a madman works his dark magic in the heart of the Amazon and a nightmare erupts along the Mexican border, creating a deadly combination that threatens to bring America to its knees. ""A border ain't nothing but a law drawn in the sand."" So says a small-town Texas sheriff in Ted Bell's most gripping espionage thriller to date. Things along America's southern border are rapidly reaching the boiling point. American girls are being snatched from their homes, ranches are burning, and the number of deadly confrontations along the Mexican border grows daily. At night, armed Mexican troops cross the border at will in support of narcotics smugglers and illegal immigrants. By day, Americans take up arms and plan reprisals. An all-out border war is no longer inconceivable. It's happening! On assignment for the British Secret Service, a man leads a mysterious expedition into the heart of darkness. Sailing up the furthest reaches of the Amazon River, he is captured by a brutal tribe of indigenous cannibals. Forced into slave labor, he witnesses the unimaginable. Golden domes and minarets rise beneath the rainforest canopy. Vast terror armies are being recruited and trained in the jungle. Their goal: a vicious jihad that will unite one continent...and destroy another. They possess weapons only dreamed of by the Western allies. Somehow he must escape his captors and live to tell the tale. With tensions on its southern border threatening to ignite into war, America must look to the one man who might be able to confront the demons in the jungle...and destroy them. Alex Hawke, with the aid of brilliant Scotland Yard Inspector Ambrose Congreve, and an unstoppable force of nature named Stokely Jones, begins a river journey fraught with peril. He must find a river with no name, and a villain like no other. He must confront all the terrors that man and nature can hurl at him. From black magic, poison-tipped arrows, and blowguns to an awesome arsenal of the most advanced military hardware, Hawke must overcome insurmountable odds on his quest for victory. Here is an author who gets you in the palm of his hand and then clenches his fist. And here is a saga loaded to the gunwales with action, glamour, and spellbinding suspense. Alex Hawke once again takes readers right to that thin border between fear and overwhelming terror. It's merely a line drawn in the sand. Cross it at your peril. Cross it if you dare. " Average Rating:
 Rating:  - SPYThe Alex Hawke saga continues. Terrorist lurking in the jungles of the Amazon plotting to destroy the United States with remote control nastiness! Fantastic story that challenges your imagination, with robot big rigs, jungle crawlies, robot tanks and super human endurance. A re-cast James Bond, that gets the girl and then personally takes out the bad guys with all his special toys and super bad buddies. Ted Bell rides the headlines and the terroist / imigrant histeria pumped to the max. Rating: - 21st century BondIn the sixties Ian Fleming captured the public's imagination with his glamorized, fantastic super spy who kept the world safe from the dastardly plots of the KGB, SMERSH and evil supervillans. While Bond still has his own appeal in many ways it is all too evident that he belongs in the swinging sixties. Ted Bell's Alex Hawke is definitely a 21st century superhero. Hawke is suave, sophisticated and independently wealthy. Unlike Bond he is no driven loner but instead has a far flung network of similarly ... Read More Rating:  - Very poor indeedHow depressing. I've tried one or two of Mr Bell's books and I always hope they will get better, sadly they don't. Firstly I think the audience is not clear, in my view this are books for young adults who have a less sophisticated requirement and adults will find this far too simplistic and not get hang up by too many "huh?" points. If you are grown up and want a plot driven thriller with pace and characterisation - this is not the book to pick up. Nick Rating: - Super fun summer read!Now this is a fun book! It's 700 pages so it's not the quickest summer read, but a great thriller revolving around terrorist threatening the US from the jungles of the Amazon. Fun characters and past pace, could be a heck of a movie. Rating: - I couldn't finish this bookI'm a fan of Tom Clancy, Vince Flynn, and other authors of military/political/action fiction, and I read voraciously. In fact, I can't remember the last book that I didn't finish once I'd started it. But this stinker caused me to give up in disgust! The plot was SOOO stupid and contrived, and the characters were SOOO ridiculous and utterly unbelievable. I won't repeat the inane plot lines, as other reviewers have already pointed out the worst parts. Suffice to say, after the first couple of chapters, I thought, ... Read More |
