Operation Icebreaker
One lie ignites the Arctic. One man can stop the war.
It was meant to be a routine friendship visit. It became a bloodbath.
Special Forces veteran Major Rake Ozenna lands at America’s remote Arctic base in Greenland with a mission to build trust between allied communities on the frontline of a changing world.
Instead, violence erupts, leaving Rake with a loss he cannot walk away from.
The devastating attack is quickly blamed on Inuit extremists. Rake knows it’s a lie. He saw the killers and vows to bring them to justice.
Then things take a sinister political twist.
Rake finds himself on the run, not from the enemy, but by his own side. Someone deep inside the Pentagon is determined to stop him and turn the base attack into something far bigger.
As global tensions harden and treaties fracture, Rake must expose the truth before war is ignited at the top of the world, pitting America against its closest allies.
The Pituffik Space Base in far north Greenland where the opening of the book is set:
The appearance of U.S. Department of War (DoW) visual information does not imply or constitute DoW endorsement. All images in the Public Domain.
Qaanaaq, the settlement 70 miles to the north of Pituffik Space Base where families were moved in the 1950s when the Americans built the base:
All photographs © Humphrey Hawksley
Action-packed. Meticulously researched. Praise for Rake Ozenna.
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
Exciting… Chilling… Readers will look forward to Rake’s further adventures
Another outstanding geopolitical thriller in Hawksley’s excellent Rake Ozenna series
Booklist
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