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Featured Book
About The Hawk Enigma, Book 1, VooDoo Series
“A head-spinning plot, adrenaline-fueled action, and a mind-blowing premise. The Hawk Enigma is one you won’t want to miss.” – Susan Furlong author of Shattered Justice, A New York Times Top 10 Crime Novel of the Year
Voodoo, a gifted military technician, struggles with harrowing memories of war and the emptiness that comes with loss. To cope, he’s thrown himself into his work for a secretive military research organization, purposefully leaving little time for anything else. Until one night, a familiar voice from Voodoo’s past interrupts his recurring nightmares with a cryptic prophecy.
At the same time, across the ocean in Japan, two world-renowned scientists go missing along with the secrets behind a powerful form of artificial intelligence called the “God Algorithm.”
To Voodoo’s surprise, he soon finds himself on the front lines of an A.I. arms race with the future of freedom at stake. Will Voodoo find the scientists in time? Or will the “God Algorithm,” a piece of code so terrifying it has the potential to shift global power, fall into the wrong hands? Find out in this mind-bending, relentlessly paced techno thriller sure to please fans of Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan and Jack Carr’s James Reece.
About the Author
J.L. Hancock spent twenty years in the military where he toiled away in the dark corners of the government intelligence communities, learned Korean and Japanese, and conducted over one hundred combat operations with special operations forces in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Philippines. As the senior enlisted advisor over future concepts and innovation for the Navy special operations community Hancock became a well-known subject matter expert in unmanned systems, 5G, and artificial intelligence. Drawing from a graduate level education in national security studies, foreign language expertise, and experience as a technician embedded with special operations forces, J.L. Hancock writes fiction that reflects the complexities of the modern world. He’s inspired by the many lives he has lived, the worlds he has seen, and the people he’s met along the way. Today, he lives in San Diego, CA with his wife and two daughters.
Awards / Reviews
“J.L. Hancock knows his stuff and his writing reflects it. The Hawk Enigma is a fast-paced read through a world of technology-fueled tension.”
– P.W. Singer, New York Times best-selling author of Wired for War, Ghost Fleet, and LikeWar
“All I can say is Wow! The Hawk Enigma is the complete technothriller package – international intrigue, a main character named Voodoo who steals the show, loads of action, and killer technology. I loved every minute of it!”
– David E. Grogan, award-winning author of the Steve Stilwell Thriller Series
“Tom Clancy fans, move over. Tom faces a formidable contender for the title of a top thriller writer in J.L. Hancock… [The Hawk Enigma] is a powerful, action-packed story that is mercurial in its development.”
– D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review
“Thought-provoking, adrenaline-fueled, and engaging, author J.L. Hancock’s The Hawk Enigma is a must-read techno-thriller for our time. The action-packed narrative and brilliant character development blend seamlessly into the dynamic settings and thoughtful approach to a modern-day topic of debate that will greatly impact our future.”
– Hollywood Book Review (starred review)
“A head-spinning plot, adrenaline-fueled action, and a mind-blowing premise. The Hawk Enigma is one you won’t want to miss.”
– Susan Furlong author of Shattered Justice, A New York Times Top 10 Crime Novel of the Year
“Hancock’s prose is dazzling, the plotting is clever, and the breakneck speed of the tale makes it a delightful read… It’s another winner for fans of technothrillers.”
– The Book Commentary (5 Star Review)
“The Iraq sequences are fantastic, showing both the humanity and horror found in wartime…. A meticulous, inventive, and sharply written debut.”
– Kirkus Reviews
“A sumptuous techno-thriller.”
– Amazon Vine Voice Reviewer
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