num_pages: 467
description: British counterspy Lord Alexander Hawke must rescue a kidnapped American scientist and catch a villainous megalomaniaca man obsessed with horrifying experiments in state-of-the-art warfarein Ted Bell's latest mesmerizing high-action thriller in his New York Times bestselling series reminiscent of the very best of Clive Cussler Tom Clancy and Daniel SilvaOn the streets of Washington D.C. a brilliant scientist in the high-tech military industry the brains behind a revolutionary fighter aircraft prototype in development by the Pentagon is snatched by masked thugsalong with his wife and childrenand disappears without a trace.Now five years later an elderly professor at Cambridge University has been murdered a victim of bizarre ancient Chinese torture methods. Alex Hawke teams up with former chief inspector Ambrose Congreve his Scotland Yard colleague and friend to find the killer but this death is merely the opening gambit in a tense and lethal game of geopolitical brinkmanship.In the United States the president's behavior makes many question his fitness for leadership. Is his mental health deterioratingor is there something far more sinister at work? The answer is crucial for hostilities are rapidly escalating among China North Korea and the United States. At a somber state funeral in Arlington Cemetery an unmanned drone twice the size of a twin-engine Cessna dives out of the sky and wreaks chaos on a shocked crowd of military and civilian dignitaries. In the East China Sea a North Korean patrol crew murders four sailors aboard a U.S. Navy vessel. Then China launches vastly advanced fighter jets and a megasubmarine far more sophisticated than any seen beforemilitary technology that might leapfrog everything the U.S. and Great Britain now possess.With the situation edging closer and closer to the yawning abyss Hawke faces a female Chinese mastermind and assassin named Chyna Moon. He must pull off his most daring mission yet: infiltrate enemy territory and neutralize their advantage . . . or risk the outbreak of World War III.
language: English
title: Warriors
publisher: William Morrow