Hammerheads

Dale Brown. Berkley, $7.99 (560pp) ISBN 978-0-425-12645-5

When the narcotics cartel hires renegade Cubans flying jet fighters to protect large shipments, enter the Hammerheads, a new paramilitary border security force. PW called this techno-thriller a ``smooth blend of plot, action and gadgetry. . . a reader's delight from first page to last, a model of the genre.'' (June)

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