He might even be whistling a chirrupy tune about nightingales or some such. Someone who chanced to meet him, say, on an evening’s stroll through Berkeley Square would find him an amiable, even jolly chap. Oddly enough, his true nature was not readily apparent to the casual observer. He was normally a cool, rather detached character, but Alex Hawke’s simmering blood could roil to a rapid boil at very short notice. I only wonder what ballast will balance all that bloody sail.” Shortly after his squalling birth, his very English father had declared to Kitty, his equally American mother, “He seems to me a boy born with a heart ready for any fate. Attack came naturally to him the man was all fire. A fine balance of youth and experience, if one could be so bold.Īlex Hawke, let it first be said, was a creature of radiant violence. A good age, by his accounts, not too young and not too old.

Cloak donned, dagger to hand, he would jubilantly enter and reenter the eternal fray. Whenever and wherever in the world his rather exotic skill set was required, Alex Hawke gladly sallied forth. Like his namesake late father, a hero much decorated for his daring Cold War exploits against the Soviets, Hawke greatly favored peace but was notoriously adept at war. In Alexander Hawke’s experience, life usually boiled down to one or the other. Onto this stage must step Alex Hawke, espionage agent extraordinaire and the only man who can stop the absolute madness borne and bred inside the 'New Russia.' Gripping and imaginative, Tsar is Ted Bell’s most explosive tale of international suspense to date. Just a taste, according to the new tsar, of what will happen if America does not back down. And in America, a mysterious killer brutally murders an innocent family and literally flattens the small Midwestern town they once called home. Not just a president, but a new tsar, a signal to the world that the old, imperial Russia is back. As this political crisis plays out, Russia gains a new leader. Should America interfere with Russia’s plans, well then, America will pay in blood.

And, most importantly, they want to be made whole again. The Russians have their finger on the switch to the European economy and an eye on the American jugular.

For suddenly, Russia is a far, far more ominous threat than even the most hardened cold warriors ever thought possible. Though he is practically invisible, he is pulling strings-and pulling them hard. His existence is only speculated upon, only whispered about in American corridors and CIA strategy meetings. Somewhere in Russia, there dwells a man so powerful no one even knows his name. New York Times bestselling author Ted Bell’s action-packed thriller features the return of counter spy Alex Hawke as he faces a global nightmare of epic proportions.

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