I enjoyed this book. It was an exciting thriller. Fast-paced like a James Patterson novel. A little unbelievable sometimes, (such as running into Putin in prison), but fun. However a little dark as there is some killing and scary as to possible World War III scenario. But I like the Hawke character and enjoyed his adventures with his friends in Bermuda. ( )

This book is absolutely terrible. Its like a literary version of CSI Miami. No sense. People just up and die. Only thing that saves it, is that the characters are interesting and you get curious about what happens to them. This almost worse then a James Patterson book. ( )

I was only able to read this book from beginning to end because I was on a flight from Baltimore to Denver and had nothing better to do. At least it was slightly better than watching the in-flight movie. ( )

Enjoyable summer reading

But not that bad. I love Alex Hawke and his crew (especially Stokely Jones), and I enjoyed catching up with them since it's been awhile since the last book, but I found this book didn't grip me like the others have. It had a slow start, but once the action started, it got better. This book is about the Russian threat. It brings back all the cold war politics, but they are a lot more of a threat in this book because they have lots of money and access to technological advances that they didn't have in the sixties. Alex and Stoke and their group of ex-Navy Seals perform a daring hostage rescue and I think that was the best part of this book. Anyway, Hawke is a great creation, and I can't wait to read more. ( )