In the second Superhawks novel, the crack team search for the leader of a suicidal terrorist cell who threatened to detonate explosives in a Singapore skyscraper. Original.
The counterterrorism battle shifts to Southeast Asia in the second explosive Superhawks thriller from Mack Maloney, bestselling author of the Wingman series A terrorist cell with direct links to al-Qaeda’s leader captures Singapore’s Tonka Tower Hotel, one of the world’s tallest skyscrapers. The terrorists contact dozens of news organizations so the world can witness its destruction. News copters surround the building just as the Superhawks enter—rappelling from military choppers, guns blazing, disarming the terrorists’ bombs seconds before they detonate. It would seem that kudos are due, but the Superhawks are supposed to be top secret. The Pentagon bigwigs are steamed and send in a team of Navy SEALs to wrangle with the Superhawks. But al-Qaeda is hatching a new plot involving Stinger missiles. Can the Superhawks stop it in time? Or will the sprawling American military bureaucracy trip itself up before they even have a chance to try?
The scheme was insanely brilliant: teams of Al Qaeda operatives sneaking their way onto American soil under every conceivable disguise, and by any deadly means possible. The collaboration is unfathomable: emissaries in the upper-echelon of our own Government are aiding them. The potential for terror is overwhelming: a cache of deadly weapons smuggled into the country at their disposal-and positioned for firing on the Fourth of July. Burned by their own government, the Superhawks have escaped imprisonment and are vowing to take on the mission themselves-locate the weapons, hunt down Al Qaeda's men, and let loose the righteous vengeance they've earned. Using deep intelligence from super-spy Bobby Murphy, the hit squad has joined forces with the New Underground-a citizens band of all-Americans ready to stand up and fight. Time is running out. The mega-attack is at hand. But so are the Superhawks.
From the bestselling author of the Wingman series comes the first book in an action-packed series featuring the Superhawks, an ultrasecret team of patriotic US military specialists who declare war against every terrorist connected to the attacks of 9/11 Their mission was to kill bin Laden. They wound up saving the world. Assembled by mysterious superspy Bobby Murphy, trained by the best and ignoring the generals and the politicians, the Superhawks become America’s ruthless answer to the post-9/11 reality. Hidden aboard the Ocean Voyager, a floating airbase disguised as a rusty containership, this ultraelite unit of assault troops carries out brazen, daring raids all over the Persian Gulf as it seeks its number-one target: al-Qaeda’s master mission planner. When chatter comes in about the Next Big Thing, it’s up to the Superhawks to strike out with all their fury to stop the deadliest terrorists in history from taking out the free world.
In a post-9/11 world, an ultra-secret team of military specialists fights back, in four novels from the bestselling author of the Wingman series. Assembled by a mysterious superspy and operating without the political or bureaucratic oversight that can hamstring even the bravest fighting forces, the Superhawks are America’s ruthless answer to 9/11. An ultra-elite force operating on the edges, they are the world’s best sharpshooters, spies, demolition men, pilots, brawlers, and soldiers—and they all have a personal motive for revenge. In Strike Force Alpha, the Superhawks’ mission is to kill Osama bin Laden. Hidden aboard the Ocean Voyager, this elite unit of assault troops carries out brazen, daring raids all over the Persian Gulf as it seeks its number one target: al-Qaeda’s master mission planner. Strike Force Bravo begins with the Superhawks taking on a terrorist cell that’s captured Singapore’s Tonka Tower Hotel. But al-Qaeda is hatching a new plot involving Stinger missiles. Can the Superhawks stop it in time? Or will the American military bureaucracy trip itself up before they even have a chance? In Strike Force Charlie, dozens of al-Qaeda terrorists preparing to unleash attacks from the heart of America sneak into the United States under paper-thin disguises. The Superhawks team up with a group of civilians to protect the country, save thousands of lives, and purge the government of high-level traitors.. And in Strike Force Delta, a supersquad from America’s premier special ops unit, Delta Force, comes under attack in West Africa. Though they take out over fifty terrorists, the secret Delta Thunder team is captured. It’s up to the Superhawks to invade the radicals’ fortress, save the unit’s men, and flatline the “crown prince” of terrorism before he can execute the hostages on live TV.
Trained by the best, forged in the crucible of combat, the world’s deadliest counterterrorism team returns for an ultimate showdown with al-Qaeda in the fourth novel of bestselling author Mack Maloney’s super-charged Superhawks series Their mission was to kill bin Laden. They wound up saving the world. Stocked with new helicopters and weapons, master spy Bobby Murphy’s floating air base, Ocean Voyager, sails for one final journey. But in West Africa, a supersquad from America’s premier special ops unit, Delta Force, comes under attack. Though they take out over fifty terrorists, the secret Delta Thunder team is captured. It’s up to the Superhawks to invade the terrorist fortress, save the Delta Thunder guys, and flatline the “crown prince” of terrorism before he can execute the Delta team on live television.
Burned by their government, the Superhawks must take down traitors and terrorists when the global war on terror returns to America in the third book in this action-packed series by bestselling author Mack Maloney Preparing to unleash a series of attacks from the heart of America, dozens of al-Qaeda terrorists sneak into the United States under paper-thin disguises—refugees, shipwreck survivors, a team of soccer players—overcoming tight border security with help from treasonous US officials. One potential obstacle—the Superhawks—gets eliminated when the US government burns the entire team. After narrowly escaping imprisonment or worse, the Superhawks are left to die out in the cold. But rather than rolling into their graves, the men of the Ocean Voyager become ghosts. Vengeful ghosts. Alongside the mysterious Bobby Murphy, the Superhawks team up with a group of American citizens to protect the country, save thousands of innocent lives, and purge the government of high-level traitors who threaten the very freedoms we hold most dear.
John J. Gobbell's spectacular epic novel captures all the intrigue, deception, and heroism of the confrontation between the U.S. Navy and the Japanese in the South Pacific during World War II.
Rough justice has often been served in the pages of serial novels, notably beginning with Don Pendleton's The Executioner in 1969. This is the first overview of the serial vigilante genre, which featured such hard-boiled protagonists as Nick Carter, Mark Stone, Jake Brand and Able Team among the 130 series that followed Pendleton's novel. Serial vigilantes repeatedly take the law into their own hands, establishing and imposing their own moral standards, usually by force. The book examines the connections between the serial vigilante and the pulp hero that preceded him and how the serial vigilante has influenced a variety of tough guys, private eyes, spies and cops in different media. A complete bibliography for each series is featured.