Humphrey Hawksley Books in Order

A Chinese assault in the South China Sea triggers a fast-moving war that pulls in the United States and other powers. Written with Simon Holberton, it imagines how regional ambition and military miscalculation could spiral toward catastrophe.

When physician Sally McKillop vanishes with her children, Hong Kong policeman Mike McKillop goes after her into mainland China. His search opens onto corruption, family desperation, and the darker ambitions behind a changing superpower.

Orphaned twins Samira and Yasin grow up far from Sudan, but violence follows them into the Asian financial crisis. Yasin turns his grief and brilliance toward a devastating plot, and only his sister may be able to stop him.

A prison raid in Tibet and a surprise strike on India set off war among China, India, and Pakistan. As nuclear powers harden their positions, the crisis widens into a frightening regional showdown.

In the months before Tiananmen, archaeologist Sally Parsons chases a dream beneath the tomb of China's first emperor. What she uncovers near Xi'an could change history, and put millions at risk.

As crises erupt across Asia, the Middle East, and the Pacific, leaders scramble to stop a widening global war. Hawksley turns military brinkmanship, espionage, and collapsing diplomacy into a bleakly plausible near-future thriller.

Hacker and undercover agent Kat Polinski returns from a deadly mission to learn her sister has been murdered in England. Her hunt for answers exposes Project Peace, a surveillance-heavy pact built on corruption, secrecy, and a manufactured energy scare.

Drawing on reporting from conflict zones and fragile states, Hawksley asks why rushed democracy drives sometimes deepen violence instead of easing it. The book mixes argument with on-the-ground stories about power, dignity, and political change.

When trauma surgeon Jennifer Fox is kidnapped in Iraq, Kat Polinski breaks rules to find her. The search pulls Kat between Baghdad and Washington, where shifting loyalties and hidden motives make every rescue plan more dangerous.

Kat Polinski is sent into Asia after a secret offer arrives from inside North Korea: help topple the regime and destroy its nuclear weapons. The catch is getting a nine-year-old boy safely to America, and nothing about the mission is straightforward.

Hawksley maps the power struggle reshaping the Indo-Pacific, from the South China Sea to the wider US-China rivalry. It is a clear, reported guide to the region's alliances, pressure points, and rising risks.

On Little Diomede, Alaska, Rake Ozenna faces a sudden Russian incursion disguised as a rescue mission. Cut off by storm and distance, he has to defend American soil before a local crisis becomes an international one.

A grisly discovery on the Murmansk Road drops Rake Ozenna into covert warfare around NATO exercises in the Arctic. When his ex-fiancee Carrie Walker becomes a target inside Russia, the mission turns personal fast.

Supposed to be on leave, Rake Ozenna instead pulls a wounded courier from the Bering Strait under Russian fire. Her warning leads him to a missing code, a living ghost from Moscow, and a weapon that could devastate Europe.

Rake Ozenna goes undercover to win the trust of Sara Kato, daughter of a powerful Japanese crime family. When she is tied to the assassination of a Russian leader's son, they flee across the icy Aland Islands as Russia demands revenge.