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The invading Roman Army has one goal, the complete destruction of Jerusalem and all its people. One boy from the desert in Negev, a shepherd’s son, is bullied by his friends and ridiculed by his tribal equals. But he has a dream, a dream that haunts him every night. He wants to learn to read and write. To become a scribe. That way when he is a tribal elder no one would dare bully his children. So starts his journey through unimaginable misery and cruelty to plan the most daring intrigue ever.

On the hunt for a missing government official, Inspector Anderson arrives at picturesque Loch Morar. All is not as tranquil as it seems. A psychopathic farmer is intent on keeping an outbreak secret. A young American is searching for his missing sister. And there is something lurking in...The Loch.

While the rest of the country is worrying about the Falklands Conflict, an escaped mental patient drags Inspector Anderson away from his desk to the remote Orkney Islands. The Special Branch detective believes it's no threat to national security and is looking forward to wasting his expenses and spending a few days relaxing.

This espionage and spy thriller pits government assassin Ari Cohen and ex-Navy SEAL David Gray in a political conspiracy against their long-despised rival the Raven, an ex-mob hit man. The terrorist's plot? A cyberattack on the American dollar.

Hawke's writing excels, especially during the book's many action sequences. The dialogue in the novel is both crisp and tense but also humorous at times. Hawke spins his international counter-terrorism tale at a breakneck pace starting with the 1999 shoot down of a US super-secret stealth military jet in Bosnia and a terrorist plot to use the plane's technology for nefarious purposes.

The irascible Inspector Anderson is investigating a break-in at a medical testing laboratory at Paradise Woods, deep in the heart of Scotland's rural Cairngorms. However, when the dead don't seem to want to stay dead, Anderson soon realizes something else has escaped from the research facility. Something terrible. Something that threatens not only the peaceful surroundings of Paradise Woods but also the entire country.