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Those in peril

An adventure set in the violent world of modern piracy and terrorism follows the kidnapping of an oil heiress's daughter for a multi-billion-dollar ransom and the efforts of Cross Bow Security head Hector Cross to secure her release.

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Main Author:	Smith, Wilbur A.
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Thomas Dunne Books-St. Martin's Press, 2011.
Edition:	1st U.S. ed.
Subjects:	Piracy > Fiction. Hijacking of ships > Fiction. International relations > Fiction. Oil industries > Fiction. Suspense fiction.
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Summary:	An adventure set in the violent world of modern piracy and terrorism follows the kidnapping of an oil heiress's daughter for a multi-billion-dollar ransom and the efforts of Cross Bow Security head Hector Cross to secure her release.
Physical Description:	383 p. : ill., col. map ; 25 cm.
ISBN:	9780312567255 (hbk.) 0312567251 (hbk.)
Author Notes:	Novelist Wilbur Smith was born in Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia on January 9, 1933. He graduated from Rhodes University. He has writen more than 20 novels, which have been translated into 26 different languages. The Dark Side of the Sun, Wild Justice, and Shout at the Devil have all been adapted as films. Smith says that Africa is his major inspiration, and currently he has over 30 novels published. Many of his books have become bestsellers, including Predator, the third book in the Hector Cross series. Other recent bestsellers include Pharoah, War Cry, Courtney's War, and his first memoir, On Leopard Rock. (Bowker Author Biography)