The Rake Ozenna series
With the Arctic now a global flashpoint, Joffe Books publishes new editions of Humphrey Hawksley’s highly acclaimed Rake Ozenna series, thrillers that anticipate the struggle for power in the frozen
High North.
Action-packed. Meticulously researched.
‘Hawksley’s excellent idea is to move the battleground from Eastern Europe to the Arctic north.
Mail on Sunday, Thriller of the Week
Hawksley deftly moves between high-powered diplomacy, lively scene-setting and fast-paced action on the ground to make a brisk and very contemporary read
Financial Times, Best Thrillers
The best thriller writer we have
The Sunday Times, Rod Liddle,
Another outstanding geopolitical thriller in Hawksley’s excellent Rake Ozenna series
Booklist
Exciting… Chilling… Readers will look forward to Rake’s further adventures
Publishers Weekly
Aptly showcases author Humphrey Hawksley’s genuine flair for narrative storytelling
Midwest Book Review
Brass-knuckled international intrigue
Kirkus Reviews
Hawksley’s hero, Rake Ozenna, is smart and tough, and we’re glad to have him on our side. Well written, fast-paced, and cleverly-plotted page-turner.
Nelson de Mille
As Russian military helicopters head across the American border to a remote Alaskan island Rake Ozenna is determined to protect his people and his land.
On the Norwegian-Russian border, Rake Ozenna finds a human ear sewn into the carcass of a reindeer. It’s not a warning, but an invitation to a war. Then it turns personal.
A firefight on the Russian-American border leads Rake Ozenna to evidence of a weapon that would cripple civilization as we know it.
On frozen battle grounds, Rake Ozenna takes on a lethal crime empire in a country intent on changing its past.
Who is Rake Ozenna
Rake Ozenna is an orphan raised in a tiny, remote Alaskan island community on the border with Russia. He is an officer in the Alaska National Guard, often seconded to special force operations. His roots give him a perspective and survival instincts few outsiders possess. His feelings are tightly contained. He is observant, controlled, patient and deeply loyal.
He instinctively understands cold, environment, distance, silence, and he has an ability to read people as a hunter reads his prey. That makes him dangerous to enemies and to any who believe power cannot be challenged. There is also a formidable woman whom he cannot get out of his mind.
Who is Humphrey Hawksley
As a BBC foreign correspondent, Humphrey Hawksley has covered crises all over the world. He is a regular panelist and speaker and hosts the fortnightly Democracy Forum debates. He has been guest lecturer at universities and think tanks such as the RAND Corporation, the Center for Strategic and International Studies and MENSA Cambridge. His other books include the best-selling Third World War future history series and the non-fiction Asian Waters: The Struggle Over the Indo-Pacific and the Challenge to American Power. Details of his work are on www.humphreyhawksley.com
