Product Description

“A border ain’t nothing but a law drawn in the sand.” So says a small-town Texas sheriff in Ted Bell’s most gripping espionage thriller to date. Things along America’s southern border are rapidly reaching the boiling point. American girls are being snatched from their homes, ranches are burning, and the number of deadly confrontations along the Mexican boarder grows daily. At night, armed Mexican troops cross the border at will in support of narcotics smugglers and illegal immigrants. By day, Americans take up arms and plan reprisals. An all-out border war is no longer inconceivable. It’s happening!

On assignment for the British Secret Service, a man leads a mysterious expedition into the heart of darkness. Sailing up the furthest reaches of the Amazon River, he is captured by a brutal tribe of indigenous cannibals. Forced into slave labor, he witnesses the unimaginable. Golden domes and minarets rise beneath the rainforest canopy. Vast terror armies are being recruited and trained in the jungle. Their goal: a vicious jihad that will unite one continent…and destroy another. They possess weapons only dreamed of by the Western allies. Somehow he must escape his captors and live to tell his tale.

With tensions on its southern border threatening to ignite into war, America must look to the one man who might be able to confront the demons in the jungle…and destroy them. Alex Hawke, with the aid of brilliant Scotland Yard Inspector Ambrose Congreve, and an unstoppable force of nature named Stokely Jones, begins a river journey fraught with peril. He must confront all the terrors that man and nature can hurl at him. From black magic, poison-tipped arrows, and blowguns to an awesome arsenal of the most advanced military hardware, Hawke must overcome insurmountable odds on his quest for victory.

Here is an author who gets you in the palm of his hand and then clenches his fist. And here is a saga loaded to the gunwales with action, glamour, and spellbinding suspense. Alex Hawke once again takes listeners right to that thin border between fear and overwhelming terror. It’s merely a line drawn in the sand. Cross it at your peril.

Cross it if you dare.

Product Details

• Published on: 2007-07-28
• Released on: 2007-07-28
• Formats: Abridged, Audiobook, CD
• Original language: English
• Binding: Audio CD

From AudioFile
Here's an espionage novel that not only lends itself to audio, but also is topically current. In this fourth Alex Hawke thriller, reader John Shea turns in an energetic performance that befits the fast-paced action called for by the story. From Amazon country to southern Texas, Hawke, an MI6 officer on special assignment, with Ambrose Congreve, a brilliant Scotland Yard inspector, and Stokely Jones, Hawke's friend, confronts possible attacks by Al Qaeda AND a plausible scenario that pits Mexico against the U.S. in an immigration conflict. Shea's characters, whether Texan, Latino, or Brit, are highly credible and give this thriller a real international flavor. A.L.H. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About the Author
Ted Bell is the former chairman of the board and worldwide creative director of Young & Rubicam, one of the largest advertising agencies in the world. He is the New York Times bestselling author of Hawke, Assassin, Pirate, Spy and Nick of Time and makes his home in Palm Beach, Florida.

Customer Reviews

An Exciting and Creative View on International Terrorism!
With the writing of such thrillers as "Spy" Ted Bell, as an internationally-acclaimed espionage writer, has earned the right to be number among the elite in his field such as Clancy, La Carre, and Ludlum. This novel deals with a very plausible theory that has the forces of Al-Qaeda and a major Mexican crime syndicate pitted against a crack team of international counter-terrorist experts led by the inimitable Sir Alex Hawke, world globe-trotter, adventure seeker and crime-stopper. What is ultimately at stake here is the future security of the American homeland in a futuristic 9-11 world. The bad guys are threatening to move across the Mexican-US border, using the drug trade as their cover, in an attempt to subvert the American government. What makes this fast-paced story such a compelling read is that its prose is smooth, its plot well coordinated, the technical aspects well researched, and, most importantly, supplies a large dollop of timely suspense to keep the reader's attention. In an era of post 9-11, this book and any others that Bell has written are worth reading for those of us who still yearn for a more secure world.

Great addition to an already amazing series...
Spy is sensational. I've read every one of the Hawke books and found them to be
among the best thrillers being written today. You've got an author who has clearly found
his stride and the latest is a tour de force, written as if it was ripped out of the headlines,
with enough action and marvelous characters for four ordinary thrillers. Do yourself a favor.
Buy Spy and make sure you've got time to finish--you will not want to put it down.
It is that good.

The heir to Robert Ludlum?
I've read not a few reviewers who say this author is the rightful heir to Ludlum. But I think his talent
is too unique to be the heir to anyone. He does his homework. Lou Dobbs at CNN, who covers the border
situation more carefully than any other newsman called this book, "Outstanding". I think I'll take Mr. Dobb's
opinion over some self-proclaimed 'ski bum' any day. So should you. This book is fabulous. Period.