Patriot LP: An Alex Hawke Novel

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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 Bell's New York Times bestselling series. In 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 fantasies-including 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: Britain's foremost intelligence asset, Lord Alexander Hawke. The intrepid MI6 officer's 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 world-from London, Washington, D.C., and Maine, to Moscow, and even the glittering Cote d'Azur. 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.

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 and Phantom, along with a series of YA adventure novels. He lives in San Francisco and Maine.

"A rip-roaring thriller... Fans of Ian Fleming's novels will love Hawke... Loaded with action... this adventure is a great escape." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) on Patriot "A compelling thriller . . . Readers who enjoy their spy fiction in which the world seems to be teetering on its axis have another author to add to their reading lists." -- Booklist on Patriot "Better than any writer in the thriller genre, Bell mashes up old-fashioned boys' adventures with modern military action." -- Publishers Weekly on Patriot "Lord Alex Hawke is back, and better than ever. . . . Loaded with action and terrific characters, this story allows readers an escape from real life, while they take a wild ride with 'Hawke & Company.'" -- Suspense Magazine "Ted Bell's PATRIOT is the ninth in his Alex Hawke series - and the only one I've read - but it felt like a perfect entry point, and I enjoyed the high-octane ride enough that I'll seek out some of the earlier installments... [It's] a polar vortex of storytelling." -- New York Times Book Review