Another smashing tale in the Alexander Hawke series! Sea Hawke is equal parts awesome and outlandish, capturing the spirit of the best 007 stories and then taking it up a notch. It’s wildly entertaining.
Lord Alex Hawke takes delivery of Sea Hawke, the world’s premier and possibly most expensive sailing yacht that doubles as a fortified warship with an armament that rivals any naval battleship. For her maiden voyage, Hawke has decided to take 6 months to sail around the world to bond with his son Alexi and impart worldly wisdom on the young lad. However, the trip has an ulterior motive at the behest of MI-6. Communist states are attempting to form an alliance and must be stopped or WWIII is a distinct possibility. So Hawke, his crew, and usual suspects including Pelham, Stokely Jones, Chief Inspector Congreve, Harry Brock, Thunder and Lightning and the like are thrust into the middle of world changing events, including stopping a coup d’état in Cuba and crashing a secret summit deep in the Amazon. It’s a treacherous adventure on the high seas with nothing short of the fate of the world at stake.
Ted Bell has a pleasantly unique writing style that’s hard to define and can take a few chapters to get used to, but it’s effective due to witty dialogue and clashes between titillating characters within a tremendously enthralling plot set in exotic locales. In addition, the inclusion of real-life individuals such as Vladimir Putin and Elon Musk add playful realism to a story, that while plausible, is also quite mad (in a good way).
All told, Sea Hawke is another enjoyable romp around the globe with Lord Hawke and friends. A delightful mashup of James Bond, Captain Jack Sparrow, Richard Branson and the Dos Equis Most Interesting Man in the World, Alex Hawke is the most interesting protagonist in the thriller genre today and this book is a lot of fun!
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