Gorgon: Alex Hunter 5

Greig Beck

Jun 2014 · Alex Hunter Book 5 · Pan

About this eBook

An ancient evil awakens...



Alex Hunter has been found – sullen, alone, leaving a path of destruction as he wanders across America. Only the foolish get in the way of the drifter haunting the streets late at night.



Across the world, something has been released by a treasure hunter in a hidden chamber of the Basilica Cisterns in Istanbul. Something hidden there by Emperor Constantine himself, and deemed by him too horrifying and dangerous to ever be set free. It now stalks the land, leaving its victims turned to stone, and is headed on a collision course with a NATO base. The Americans can't let it get there, but can't be seen to intervene. There is only one option – they need their best HAWC. Alex Hunter, code name Arcadian.



But the HAWCs are not the only ones seeking out the strange being – Uli Borshov, Borshov the Beast, who has a score to settle with the Arcadian, moves to intercept him, setting up a deadly collision of epic proportions where only one can survive.



Join Alex Hunter as he learns to trust his former commander and colleagues again as the HAWCs challenge an age-old being straight from myth and legend.

Ratings and reviews

After the heights of Beneath the Dark Ice and Dark Rising, Black Mountain and The First Bird and more mundane. Gorgon is a return to Beck's near-best. The build-up was exciting. Only the ending was a little abrupt with no clue as to the Magera's fate.

This book is just awesome! I had nightmares about the gorgon and couldn't walk into dark rooms for a week but it was hard to put down and stop reading! I did hate the main Russian character but he doesn't change my view on the country which I hope to visit one day.

This series is without doubt the best I've ever read in 50 years! thank you so much I cannot get enough of these stories!

About the author

Greig Beck grew up across the road from Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia. His early days were spent surfing, sunbaking and reading science fiction on the sand. He then went on to study computer science, immerse himself in the financial software industry and later received an MBA. Today, Greig spends his days writing, but still finds time to surf at his beloved Bondi Beach. He lives in Sydney, with his wife, son and an enormous black German shepherd.