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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book.  pwoodford | Jan 23, 2009 |  In this latest Alexander Hawke adventure (this is book four), our hero is sent on a recon mission into the Amazon jungle where suspected terrorists are actively training. Hawke is captured and tortured, only to be rescued by Harry Brock at the last minute. Hawke recovers and tells his government of the danger to the US, but they downplay the importance of Hawke's intel, not believing it's a serious as he states. Meanwhile, along the Texas/Mexico border, things are heating up. More border patrol officers are being shot at by increasingly well-armed border crossing Mexicans. A sheriff in a small town finds evidence of an even larger smuggling plot that eventually leads them to a large, coordinated terrorist attack on the president during his inauguration speech. Hawke goes back to the Amazon for revenge, accompanied by Stokely and Congreve (who is decrypting an important confession letter). Congreve is captured by Muhammad "Papa" Top, the same terrorist leader that tortured Hawke. Hawke and Stokely, with some help from a few Thunder and Lightning members, infiltrate Top's jungle stronghold to stop the invasion being coordinated from there and rescue Congreve. It's quite a thrilling book, with lots of action, and very difficult to put down. I have really enjoyed the Hawke books, and hope to see more in the future. Sniper, Hawke's parrot, only had one brief mention in this book, and I had hoped to hear more about her, but perhaps next time.. (  ) Homechicken | May 13, 2008 | Purchased 12/17/07. Received 1/2/08. (  ) jenspeaks | Jan 3, 2008 | This was a nice book to read. It was action packed and well written. While it is fiction, there are a number of facts that were well researched. Those facts helped me engage more with the story. (  ) dharper1 | Oct 2, 2007 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0743277236, Hardcover)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 theaid 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. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:57 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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This Ted Bell likes imagery: when cars accelerate, they fishtail. Always. Motorcycles, boats, airplanes too. All vehicles must fishtail! Thank goodness he didn’t work the Orient Express into the story.
Fans of Lou Dobbs will love the plot: dirty brown latinos invade the USA to reconquer territory lost in the Mexican-American War, egged on by dirtier browner terrorist half-breed muslins. Chickenhawks will love the military techno-babble, especially since the author, like them, clearly knows nothing about weapons or warfare. This Ted Bell? You can have him. (