Intelligence officer Alex Hawke takes on power-hungry Russian President Vladimir Putin who is wielding a terrifying new weapon in the latest adrenaline-fueled thriller in Ted Bells New York Times bestselling seriesIn corrupt Russia an erratic Vladimir Putin is determined to forge his country into a formidable superpower once again He intends to redraw the map of Europe and will go to impossible extremes to realize his fantasiesincluding shooting down a civilian airliner packed with tourists bound for China Kremlin scientists have developed a radical new weapon that could forever alter modern warfare NATO locked in a tense standoff over Ukraine Poland and Estonia knows Putin will not hesitate to use it But there is one man who can bring the world back from the brink Britains foremost intelligence asset Lord Alexander HawkeThe intrepid MI officers latest challenge begins in the Gulf of Aden and soon has him searching for the link to a series of bizarre assassinations Spies are dying all over the worldfrom London Washington DC and Maine to Moscow and even the glittering Cote dAzur In the murky world of counterterrorism and high-stakes intrigue the odds have never been higher Once again Alex Hawke must save the world one bullet at a time.
