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    Pirate: A Thriller
    Pirate: A Thriller
    Pirate: A Thriller
    Audiobook16 hours

    Pirate: A Thriller

    Written by Ted Bell

    Narrated by John Shea

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    In Ted Bell’s scorching follow-up to his New York Times bestseller Assassin, intrepid intelligence operative Alex Hawke must thwart a secret, deadly alliance between China and France before they annihilate everything and everyone in their headlong rush toward world domination.

    Aboard the Star of Shanghai in the south of France, an American spy is held captive. He possesses vital, explosive intelligence linking two nations and one horrifying plot. If he is not rescued, he faces certain torture and inevitable death. Nearby, in a seaside hotel, a man still haunted by the loss of his wife two years earlier finds comfort in the arms of a beautiful Chinese actress—but is she to be trusted? So begins Pirate, an electrifying thriller marking the return of international counterterrorist Alex Hawke.

    In Paris, a ruthless descendant of Napoleon has risen to power, hell-bent on restoring France’s former glory. His fiery ambitions are cynically stoked by a coterie of cold-blooded Mandarins, plotting behind the gates of Beijing’s Forbidden City. Cloaked in secrecy, this unholy alliance devises a twisted global plan, backed by China’s growing nuclear arsenal, that will send America and the world to the brink of a gut-wrenching showdown.

    With the aid of his old friend and former Navy SEAL, Stokely Jones, Hawke sets out to investigate the deadly connections that bind the French-Chinese axis. Together, they discover that a powerful German industrialist may hold the key, somewhere inside the walls of his Bavarian mountain lair. Meanwhile, clues to an old and gruesome murder in Paris lead to New York City, where horrifying evidence could finally bring a madman to his knees. In the end, as American and British forces prepare to defend a sovereign and oil-rich Gulf nation against unwilling occupation, the terror is all too real. The world is once more balanced on the knife-edge of a full-blown nuclear confrontation.

    Hawke must once more prepare to hurl himself deep into the nightmare visions of madmen. He must garner every ounce of strength, courage, and useful pain from his past. He must defeat this enemy or else forfeit the lives of untold thousands, including his own, to an axis of evil no historian could have ever predicted.

    Packed with unrelenting action, glamour, and high style, and featuring the spectacular Alex Hawke, who time and again transports readers to the edge of danger, Pirate is a spellbinding thriller. Be prepared for Alex Hawke’s most daunting and heart-pounding mission yet. Here is an author who gets you in the palm of his hand...and then clenches his fist!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateAug 16, 2005
    ISBN9781597373791
    Author

    Ted Bell

    Ted Bell was the former vice-chairman of the board and creative director of Young & Rubicam, one of the world’s largest advertising agencies. He was the New York Times bestselling author of the Alex Hawke series. Ted Bell passed away in 2023.

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    • 5/5
      As always, a riveting plot composed in Ted Bell's distinctive style.
    • 5/5
      Alex Hawke continues his adventures in another wonderful tale of bravery and excitement.

      I scratch my head in wonder at some of the reviews that complain of typical genre setups, failed character development or plodding plotlines.

      Really?

      I don't believe he's trying to be the next Melville, Faulkner, Cormac McCarthy etc.

      If one has ever sat long enough to try and write a decent work of fiction you know how intimidating the blank sheet of paper can be. Or for that matter, the blinking cursor of a monitor waiting for someone to write something.

      As an avid listener of books like this I can say without equivocation that this Author does justice to the genre and might I say at points exceeds where others have failed.

      So, if you enjoy listenjng to a good yarn about a capable Englishman thwarting Evil in all manners and form, being a Gentleman throughout the process, proceed without reservation.

      I believe you will enjoy this latest installment.
    • 5/5
      exciting down to the very last drop. ripe for sequel.
    • 3/5
      This book was okay but I found the storyline had gone from semi-realistic fiction to absurd fiction. I find it a little distracting to read a book and wonder why a character is making such utterly retarded choices when they are apparently an elite private spy/cop/etc.Overall the writing was alright, but the storyline and circumstances within the plot line had me putting the book down regularly to go and do other things.Will probably be the third & last Ted Bell book I read.
    • 5/5
      I'm really enjoying the Alexander Hawke series by Ted Bell. The stories are pure escapism in a somewhat similar manner to James Bond...007. Action, adventure, heroism, a guy who has everything and appears to know everyone of importance. Alexander Hawke is the one you want around when the going gets tough! Like James Bond? Like Jason Bourne? Try the Alexander series. You'll enjoy it!
    • 4/5
      I didn't have much hope for this book since the one before it in the series was nearly unbearable with its pomposity. This story, however, was much better. Maybe because I listened to it in audiobook format. The narrator did some great accents and the characters were quite distinct. I found that Alex Hawke not being the only main character was actually a good thing - the other "main" characters were quite entertaining (Stokely) and interesting to find out about (Jet). I wasn't a huge fan of Ambrose, but he did have a role to play. And the Chinese assassin was also quite interesting.The book is long but is action packed, and the "good guys" save the day by dint of their being so excellent (James Bond anyone)... but this makes for great entertainment.
    • 3/5
      I enjoyed this book, but not as much as Hawke: A Thriller. It is a roller coaster, page turner book for a long weekend or a sunny day on the beach. Don't expect great literature or admiration to the laws of physics (and sometimes common sense) but it is a fun read especially if you like James Bond movies, Bruce Wayne persona, and Sherlock Holmes character.
    • 5/5
      In this third book, Alexander Hawke is thrust into a political nightmare that could explode into World War 3 with one wrong move. The story starts with Brock, a deep-cover agent with some really important intel who was captured and tortured by the Chinese. He escapes only to be recaptured, but rescued by Hawke. Meanwhile, a French descendent of Napoleon Bonaparte is gaining power in France, mostly by dirty means. Backed by some Germans as well, the French team up with the Chinese and cook up a plan to take Oman and its oil for their own. I don't want to give away all the details, but Hawke and his right-hand Stokely are sent on different rescue missions, and we also witness the return of Thunder and Lightning, the elite mercenary anti-terrorist force I really wanted to see in Assassin. For this book, I have to say I missed Sniper, Hawke's parrot. While Hawke's friend Ambrose Congreve did have a part in the story, it was mostly his involvement with Lady Mars. Congreve had something of a back seat in this book, but we get to see a lot of the "other side" of him.Though I typically switch genres around a lot when I read, I'm going straight into the next book (Spy). I just got an email that I've got a signed advanced reader copy of Nick of Time coming my way, I'm so excited!
    • 4/5
      audiobook - excellent "read" - great narrator. A fun story that kept my interest from word one to the end.