{"product_id":"9781668077405","title":"Pirate: A Thriller","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Ted Bell's scorching follow-up to his New York Times bestseller   Assassin, intrepid intelligence operative Alex Hawke must thwart a secret,   deadly alliance between China and France before they annihilate everything and   everyone in their headlong rush toward world domination. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAboard the Star of Shanghai in the south of France, an American spy is held   captive. He possesses vital, explosive intelligence linking two nations and one   horrifying plot. If he is not rescued, he faces certain torture and inevitable   death. Nearby, in a seaside hotel, a man still haunted by the loss of his wife   two years earlier finds comfort in the arms of a beautiful Chinese actress--but   is she to be trusted? So begins Pirate, an electrifying thriller marking the   return of international counterterrorist Alex Hawke. In Paris, a ruthless   descendant of Napoleon has risen to power, hell-bent on restoring France's   former glory. His fiery ambitions are cynically stoked by a coterie of   cold-blooded Mandarins, plotting behind the gates of Beijing's Forbidden City.   Cloaked in secrecy, this unholy alliance devises a twisted global plan, backed   by China's growing nuclear arsenal, that will send America and the world to the   brink of a gutwrenching showdown. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWith the aid of his old friend and former Navy SEAL, Stokely Jones, Hawke   sets out to investigate the deadly connections that bind the French-Chinese   axis. Together, they discover that a powerful German industrialist may hold the   key, somewhere inside the walls of his Bavarian mountain lair. Meanwhile, clues   to an old and gruesome murder in Paris lead to New York City, where horrifying   evidence could finally bring a madman to his knees. In the end, as American and   British forces prepare to defend a sovereign and oil-rich Gulf nation against   unwilling occupation, the terror is all too real. The world is once more   balanced on the knife-edge of a full-blown nuclear confrontation. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eHawke must once more prepare to hurl himself deep into the nightmare visions   of madmen. He must garner every ounce of strength, courage, and useful pain from   his past. He must defeat this enemy or else forfeit the lives of untold   thousands, including his own, to an axis of evil no historian could have ever   predicted. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePacked with unrelenting action, glamour, and high style, and featuring the   spectacular Alex Hawke, who time and again transports readers to the edge of   danger, Pirate is a spellbinding thriller. Be prepared for Alex Hawke's most   daunting and heart-pounding mission yet. Here is an author who gets you in the   palm of his hand...and then clenches his fist! \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pocket Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50079409701104,"sku":"9781668077405","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781668077405","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}