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"[Hawke is] a secret agent who takes you into the danger zone with a ballsy wit that had me hooked."
--Vince Flynn
"Ted Bell puts a capital A in adventure....Commander Bond might choke on his martini next to Bell's superlative Alex Hawke."
--Madison County Herald
Ted Bell's remarkable literary creation, counterspy Alex Hawke, has been called, "strong, shrewd, and savvy, with an aplomb not seen since James Bond" (NPR). He's back in the explosive blockbuster Phantom, on a breathtaking hunt for a madman about to unleash a terrifying new Artificial Intelligence-powered super weapon on the world. Another superb espionage thriller by a true, New York Times bestselling master of the fictional spy game, Bell's Phantom explores a dark side of science while delivering non-stop action, as Hawke races across the globe in order to prevent a coming apocalypse--and the millions of fans of Bell's Warlord, Tsar, and Spy will be breathless every perilous step along the way.
Author Notes
Ted Bell received a B.A. in English from Randolph-Macon College in Virginia. Before becoming a full-time writer in 2001, he was president and chief creative officer of the Leo Burnett Company. He was later named vice-chairman of the board and world-wide creative director of Young and Rubicam, one of the world's largest advertising agencies. He won numerous awards for his work including Clios and Cannes Gold Lions. At age 25 he sold his first Hollywood screenplay, Screamathon, to producers Joel Michaels and Garth Drabinsky. He wrote the Alex Hawke series and the Nick McIver Adventures through Time series. He made The New York Times Best Seller List with his title Warriors.
On January 20, 2023, he died of an intracerebral hemorrhage at the age of 76.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Reviews (3)
Publisher's Weekly Review
At the outset of bestseller Bell's exciting seventh thriller featuring MI6 agent Alex Hawke (after 2010's Warlord), Alex learns that his lost love, Anastasia Korsakova, the daughter of the present-day yet recently dead Russian czar, is still alive, held prisoner in a high-security Siberian KGB facility. While Alex fears he's being lured into a trap, he travels to Siberia, where Anastasia gives him their son, three-year-old Alexi, for safekeeping. Back in England, Alex throws himself into fatherhood while fending off assassins from an organization of Russian hard-liners who blame Alex for the czar's death. Meanwhile, an Iranian scientist known as Darius has built a computer dubbed Perseus that has almost attained parity with human intelligence. Alex must find Darius and Perseus in order to foil their dastardly plan for humanity. While the two distinct threats make for a sometimes disjointed plot, a terrific, final naval battle shows Alex at his fighting finest. Agent: Peter Lampack, Peter Lampack Agency. (Mar.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Booklist Review
Alex Hawke returns in his most personal mission yet. After hearing a rumor that the love of his life might still be alive in Russia, he risks everything by heading into a potential death trap to uncover the truth. Meanwhile, strange events are ocurring around the globe. A mysterious force makes a submarine captain order the destruction of a cruise ship. A scientist kills his colleagues before turning the gun on himself. Before the situation escalates still further, Hawke is ordered to find the cause. As he globe-trots seeking answers, he fails to realize that a Russian hit squad is following his every move. The usually flamboyant Hawke is somewhat subdued this time around, but the story is tense and exciting. A perfect read-alike for Clive Cussler fans.--Ayers, Jeff Copyright 2010 Booklist
Library Journal Review
There's a new dimension to Alexander Hawke, the James Bond-like M16 operative whom men want to be and women want to bed. Hawke is now a devoted father to three-year-old Alexei, his son by the true love he must renounce. But both father and son are at the top of a Russian hit list, a problem Hawke must contend with as he goes about saving the free world. His adversary is an unseen force that is knocking out computer systems and causing disasters worldwide: rides go fatally awry at Disney World, a Russian submarine torpedoes an American cruise ship, a missile silo blows up in Alaska. Hawke heads the team sent to find and eliminate this force, which portends technological development of greater-than-human artificial intelligence. Verdict Quibbles about the ease of breaking the mother-child bond aside (Alexei's mother gives her son to Hawke), Hawke's seventh adventure (after Warlord) is an action-packed technothriller, climaxing in a naval battle in the Strait of Hormuz. As usual, Bell keeps the tone light and the level of derring-do high. Fine escapist fare. [See Prepub Alert, 9/19/11.]-Michele Leber, Arlington, VA (c) Copyright 2012. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.