Storm Warning
A Novel of Suspense
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- 예상 출시일 2026년 3월 24일
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- US$14.99
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Wildlife biologist Alex Carter jumps at the chance to work with hawksbill turtles in Hawaii, only to face an unthinkable threat that endangers countless lives in the captivating latest entry of the acclaimed series by Alice Henderson.
Alex Carter is thrilled to be in lush, tropical Hawaii for her new assignment: to study and protect hawksbill turtles. From global warming to poaching to the simple fragility of a turtle’s nest, these creatures are under constant threat. And as excited as Alex is to swim, explore, and relax, she’s also ready to be these turtles’ fiercest protector.
Alex looks forward to a break from the danger of her past assignments, but soon finds that environmental crime can happen anywhere, even in a Hawaiian paradise. As a massive hurricane approaches, armed thieves storm onto the beach where Alex and her volunteers are desperately trying to move turtle eggs to safety out of the storm surge.
When the gunmen take one of her volunteers hostage and Alex tracks them to a nearby paleontology museum, Alex suspects that there’s more to these mysterious criminals than meets the eye and that the repercussions of their success will extend far beyond the shores of the Big Island. Whatever their treacherous plot may be, Alex must scramble to protect the turtles, her friends, and the world at large… before irreversible damage is done.
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Wildlife researcher Henderson brings a sometimes-overwhelming amount of passion and knowledge to her earnest fifth eco-thriller featuring biologist Alex Carter (after The Vanishing Kind). At the outset, Alex is working out of a tent on Honu Beach in Hawaii, where she's observing and protecting a nest of rare hawksbill turtles with the help of local volunteers. When a hurricane starts barreling toward the island, Alex and her colleagues head to the beach, where they surprise a crew of armed poachers preparing to raid the nest. Fortunately, Alex is well trained in the martial art of jeet kune do and manages to fend off the poachers—but not before they kidnap one of her volunteers. Henderson alternates lively sequences of Alex trailing the poachers with dense lectures on the international exotic animal trade, the remains of prehistoric mammals, and the devastating effects of global warming on various endangered species. The blend of action and education grows increasingly lopsided as the narrative progresses, but there's still enough derring-do on offer to satisfy thriller fans. Though bumpy in places, this has its charms.
