Overkill (Alex Hawke Series #10)

by Ted Bell, John Shea (Narrated by)

Overview

On a ski vacation, Alex Hawke's young son, Alexei, is snatched by unknown assailants in a helicopter. Hawke summons a group of elite mercenaries to figure out who took his boy and why.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781538519011
Publisher:	Blackstone Pub
Publication date:	05/01/2018
Series:	Alex Hawke Series , #10
Edition description:	Unabridged Library Edition
Product dimensions:	6.60(w) x 6.10(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Ted Bell is the former Vice-Chairman of the board and World-Wide Creative Director of Young & Rubicam, one of the world’s largest advertising agencies. He is the New York Times bestselling author of Hawke, Assassin, Pirate, Spy, Tsar, Warlord, Phantom, and Warriors, along with a series of YA adventure novels. He lives in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Editorial Reviews

03/19/2018
In the prologue of bestseller Bell’s exciting, at times affecting 10th Alex Hawke novel (after 2015’s Patriot), Vladimir Putin, who’s on the run from his country’s oligarchs, parachutes out of the jet he used to escape Russia and lands somewhere in France. Meanwhile, Hawke, a former Royal Navy fighter pilot who’s now senior counterterrorist officer for MI6, and his seven-year-old son, Alexei, get trapped in a tramway gondola near a mountain top in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on Christmas Day. During the ensuing rescue, Alexei is kidnapped. Hawke’s efforts to save Alexei collide with Putin’s attempts to steal all the gold in Switzerland and fight his way back to Russia, aided by old pals Joe Stalingrad, now a Hollywood actor, and freelance warrior Col. Brett “Beau” Beauregard, plus a new ally, psychopathic cowboy Shit Smith. This entry boasts all the attributes Bell’s fans have come to love: overblown prose, outsized characters, a totally far-fetched plot, and an overall moral tone straight out of a 19th-century boys’ adventure story. Agent: Peter Lampack, Peter Lampack Agency. (May)

Publishers Weekly

This is a splendid entry in the Hawke series. As with its predecessors, the book is tightly plotted and energetically written… We get to see just how dangerous and reckless Hawke can be when the life of someone he loves is on the line… A propulsive, high-concept thriller.” — Booklist

“In the prologue of bestseller Bell’s exciting, at times affecting 10th Alex Hawke novel, Vladimir Putin, who’s on the run from his country’s oligarchs, parachutes out of the jet he used to escape Russia.… This entry boasts all the attributes Bell’s fans have come to love.” — Publishers Weekly

“Action-packed…Overkill is a spy thriller that operates on a tightrope high above the Swiss Alps. Alex Hawke’s work and personal life crash together in an excruciating fashion…and the stakes could not be higher.” — CriminalElement.com

“For those who miss the excitement of Ian Fleming’s suave special agent James Bond, they will find plenty of action in the dashing aristocrat and fighting man Alex Hawke.” — Iron Mountain Daily News

“Bell continues to put his amazing storytelling chops on display… Overkill is what used to be called a ‘ripping yarn,’ one that you won’t be able to read fast enough.” — Bookreporter.com

From the Publisher

Action-packed…Overkill is a spy thriller that operates on a tightrope high above the Swiss Alps. Alex Hawke’s work and personal life crash together in an excruciating fashion…and the stakes could not be higher.

CriminalElement.com

This is a splendid entry in the Hawke series. As with its predecessors, the book is tightly plotted and energetically written… We get to see just how dangerous and reckless Hawke can be when the life of someone he loves is on the line… A propulsive, high-concept thriller.

Booklist

Bell continues to put his amazing storytelling chops on display… Overkill is what used to be called a ‘ripping yarn,’ one that you won’t be able to read fast enough.

Bookreporter.com

For those who miss the excitement of Ian Fleming’s suave special agent James Bond, they will find plenty of action in the dashing aristocrat and fighting man Alex Hawke.

Iron Mountain Daily News

This is a splendid entry in the Hawke series. As with its predecessors, the book is tightly plotted and energetically written… We get to see just how dangerous and reckless Hawke can be when the life of someone he loves is on the line… A propulsive, high-concept thriller.

Booklist