Vicious Circle (Hector Cross Novels) - Hardcover

Wilbur Smith

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0230757626 ISBN 13: 9780230757622

Publisher: Macmillan, 2013

Synopsis

Hero Hector Cross returns in Wilbur Smith's Vicious Circle, the follow-up to the sensational action thriller, Those in Peril.

When Hector Cross's life is overturned, he immediately recognizes the ruthless hand of an enemy he has faced many times before. A terrorist group has re-emerged - like a deadly scorpion from beneath its rock.

Determined to fight back, Hector draws together a team of his most loyal friends from his former life in Cross Bow Security, a company originally contracted to protect his beloved wife, Hazel Bannock, and her company, the Bannock Oil Corp. Together, they travel to the remotest parts of the Middle East, to hunt down those who pursue him and his loved ones.

For Hazel and Hector have a child, a precious daughter, who he will go to the ends of the earth to protect. And brutal figures from the Bannock family's past - thought long-gone - are returning, with an agenda so sinister that Hector realizes he is facing a new breed of enemy. One whose shifting attack and dark secrets take Hector to the heart of Africa and to a series of crimes so shocking they demand revenge.

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Love. Loss. Revenge.When Hector Cross?s life is overturned, he immediately recognizes the ruthless hand of an enemy he has faced many times before. A terrorist group has re-emerged ? like a deadly scorpion from beneath its rock. Determined to fight back, Hector draws together a team of his most loyal friends from his former life in Cross Bow Security, a company originally contracted to protect his beloved wife, Hazel Bannock, and her company, the Bannock Oil Corp. Together, they travel to the remotest parts of the Middle East, to hunt down those who pursue him and his loved ones. For Hazel and Hector have a child, a precious daughter, who he will go to the ends of the earth to protect. And brutal figures from the Bannock family?s past ? thought long-gone ? are returning, with an agenda so sinister that Hector realizes he is facing a new breed of enemy. One whose shifting attack and dark secrets take Hector to the heart of Africa and to a series of crimes so shocking they demand revenge. An adventurous, violent and exciting novel for Wilbur Smith fans. This hardback book has 432 pages and measures: 24 x 16 x 4cm.

Review:

'As adventurous, violent and artful as ever.' --Libby Purves, Midweek on BBC Radio 4

About this edition

• Publisher: Macmillan
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0230757626
• ISBN 13: 9780230757622
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 448