When an elderly professor at Cambridge is murdered, a victim of bizarre, ancient Chinese torture, Alex Hawke teams up with his Scotland Yard colleague and friend Inspector Ambrose Congreve to find the killer. But the death is only the opening move in a tense and lethal game of geopolitical brinksmanship.

In the United States the president has begun behaving strangely. Is his mental health deteriorating—or is there something far more sinister behind his questionable moves? The answer is crucial, for tensions are mounting between China, North Korea, and the U.S. And China has launched fighter jets and a mega submarine vastly more sophisticated than any seen before—military technology that leapfrogs anything the U.S. and Great Britain possess.

With the situation edging toward an unthinkable abyss, Hawke must pull off his most daring mission yet: infiltrate the China and neutralize the source of their advantage . . . or risk witnessing World War III.

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April 1, 2014
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Ted Bell

Bell was a graduate of Randolph–Macon College in Ashland, Virginia, with a B.A. in English. He was a member of Kappa Alpha Order fraternity. He was a former member of the college's board of trustees. He was given an honorary degree in fine arts from Kendall College of Art and Designing Grand Rapids, Michigan. In 2011-2012, Bell was elected a visiting scholar at Cambridge University (UK) completing his studies at Cambridge's Department of Political Science and International Studies (POLIS). He was also elected to the position of writer-in-residence at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge (UK). DOCA, a Department of Defense committee, selected…