Man on Fire
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- $7.99
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
A tense firefight on the Russian-American border heralds the start of a terrifying high-stakes mission for special forces agent Major Rake Ozenna in this gripping espionage thriller.
Instructed to guide in a speed boat crossing from Russia in the Bering Strait, special forces Major Rake Ozenna watches in horror as the operation culminates in a fatal firefight - and the loss of vital intelligence of a deadly new weapon. A weapon of unimaginable power. A weapon that, if it were unleashed, would cripple civilization as we know it. But who sabotaged the mission? Who possesses the weapon - and what is their ultimate goal?
Rake's search takes him to the remote outpost of Uelen on the Russian coast - and the discovery that he is up against a formidable enemy from his past. As world leaders gather in Bonn for the signing of the new European security treaty, Rake enters a desperate race against time to prevent a catastrophe beyond imagining.
This fast-paced, impeccably researched, highly topical thriller is perfect for readers of CLIVE CUSSLER, LEE CHILD and ROBERT LUDLUM.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Hawksley's exciting third thriller featuring Army special forces officer Rake Ozenna (after 2020's Man on Edge), Rake is at home in Alaska when he receives an assignment to facilitate a speedboat crossing from Russia across the Bering Strait. Gunshots signal the mission has gone wrong, and Rake is soon in the water battling Russian frogmen and rescuing a severely wounded Asian woman. Even though she's being cared for by Rake's trauma surgeon girlfriend, Carrie Walker, the woman dies. Harry Lucas, the government defense contractor who was running the mission, tells Rake that the woman had information about a game-changing weapon capable of overwhelming destruction. Involved in the mystery is Russian colonel Ruslan Yumatov, an old enemy of Rake's, now in American custody. The ante is considerably upped with the discovery of traces of weapons-grade uranium on material from a Russian town on the Chukchi Sea. Once the tenacious Rake and Harry run down the chilling particulars of the super weapon, it's a race against time. Readers will look forward to Rake's further adventures.
