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This book begins with master spy and MI-6 intelligence officer Sir Alex Hawke being held prisoner as a slave laborer by terrorists in the Amazon Basin. He soon escapes and does his best to let the authorities know that there is a plan by terrorists to build a base of operation in the Amazon with which they plan to solidify their power and defeat the US and then take over the world. Meanwhile Prairie, Texas, a small town on the American Mexican border, is besieged by problems. Not only are drug smugglers and illegal immigrants descending on the town and the outlying ranches, but young girls are also being kidnapped in broad daylight. When a posse of their male relatives goes out to look around for them, all are murdered and returned headless, tied to their horses. Things couldn’t be worse for the town's lawman, Sheriff Franklin Dixon. The town is in mourning but he knows that violence will soon erupt. After getting proof that powerful weapons are being obtained by the terrorists, Hawke with his talented team, including Scotland Yard Inspector Ambrose Congreve and professional action man Stokely Jones, go back to the treacherous jungle where they face weapons from the future as well as deadly perils from ancient brutal indigenous tribes. They work to find a way to defeat the terrorists. Using the idea that the United States can be infiltrated through its weak Mexican border, opening itself to a takeover, SPY creates an overwhelming sense of oncoming danger to North America and the Western world's survival. In SPY, writer Ted Bell combines the old-fashioned idea of the super sophisticated, wealthy, erudite, master spy with bad guys of modern horrifying depravity. The good guys are honorable and upstanding and the evil-doers are malevolent indeed. The premise is fascinating but as with most international espionage stories, it's rather far fetched and calls for the reader to leave common sense behind to go along for the exciting ride. This isn't the type of book that usually interests me as I'm not a fan of master spy versus master criminal, but I must say SPY is so well written that, as I read, I found myself totally ensconced inside the story, completely living within the pages. I enjoyed this book because of the exceptional talent of the author. This is the first of Ted Bell's books that I've read and I am definitely going to look for more because of the quality of the writing.
Reviewed by Sharon Katz, September 2006
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