''Hawke'' is a 2003 novel written by New York Times best-selling author

Ted Bell Theodore Augustus Bell III (July 3, 1946 – January 20, 2023) was an American author of suspense novels such as ''Hawke'' and ''Assassin'', ''Pirate'', ''Spy'', ''Warlord'', ''Phantom'', and ''Overkill'', released in May 2018. He is best know ...

. It is published by Atria Books.

Plot summary

coup d'état A coup d'état (; French for 'stroke of state'), also known as a coup or overthrow, is a seizure and removal of a government and its powers. Typically, it is an illegal seizure of power by a political faction, politician, cult, rebel group, m ...

involving rogue military leaders in

Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...

leads to Alexander Hawke to investigate and stop the threat of a

nuclear submarine A nuclear submarine is a submarine powered by a nuclear reactor, but not necessarily nuclear-armed. Nuclear submarines have considerable performance advantages over "conventional" (typically diesel-electric) submarines. Nuclear propulsion, ...

External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20070707211319/http://www.tedbellbooks.com/hawke_plot.html 2003 American novels American thriller novels Novels set in Cuba Atria Publishing Group books {{2000s-thriller-novel-stub