Man on Ice by Humphrey Hawksley
'Excellent' Mail on Sunday - Thriller of the Week 'This one keeps you intrigued, ready for the gut punch' STEVE BERRY 'Hawksley's hero, Rake Ozenna, is smart and tough, and we're glad to have him on our side' NELSON DE MILLE Special agent Captain Rake Ozenna watches as a fleet of Russian military helicopters heads straight for his home, a remote Alaskan island with a population of just eighty. What he doesn't know yet is why. Russia is playing a dangerous political game. In a daring act of provocation, it reclaims the American island as its own. Caught in the crosshairs of sabre-rattling big powers, Rake is determined to save his people and his island, even if it costs him his life.
Excellent. . there's only one man who can prevent the situation from escalating into a nuclear war: Rake Ozenna of the elite Eskimo Scouts * * Mail on Sunday - Thriller of the Week * *
This one keeps you intrigued, ready for the gut punch . . . authentic settings, non-stop action -- STEVE BERRY
Knuckle-whitening suspense, bloody violence, dirty tricks, and plenty of surprising twists make this a gripping, can't-put-it-down read * * Booklist * *
Hawksley is one of only a handful of writers taking the thriller in important new directions -- CRAIG THOMAS
High-stakes, high-octane thriller [ . . . ]my kind of book. (on Security Breach) -- LEE CHILD
Hawksley's hero, Rake Ozenna, is smart and tough, and we're glad to have him on our side -- NELSON DE MILLE
This one keeps you intrigued, ready for the gut punch . . . authentic settings, non-stop action -- STEVE BERRY
Knuckle-whitening suspense, bloody violence, dirty tricks, and plenty of surprising twists make this a gripping, can't-put-it-down read * * Booklist * *
Hawksley is one of only a handful of writers taking the thriller in important new directions -- CRAIG THOMAS
High-stakes, high-octane thriller [ . . . ]my kind of book. (on Security Breach) -- LEE CHILD
Hawksley's hero, Rake Ozenna, is smart and tough, and we're glad to have him on our side -- NELSON DE MILLE
Humphrey Hawksley is a foreign correspondent for the BBC, a regular speaker and panellist at Intelligence Squared and the Royal Geographical Society, and many literary festivals. Hawksley's writing has appeared in the Guardian, The Times, Financial Times, International Herald Tribune and Yale Global. Hawksley's television documentaries include The Curse of Gold and Bitter Sweet, Aid Under Scrutiny, Old Man Atom and Danger: Democracy at Work.
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| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781786894946 |
| ISBN 10 | 1786894947 |
| Title | Man on Ice |
| Author | Humphrey Hawksley |
| Series | Rake Ozenna Thrillers |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Canongate Books |
| Year published | 2019-10-03 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |