Prompted by the fractious relations between the U.S. and China, an updated and expanded edition of Asian Waters, Humphrey Hawksley's, highly-praised guide to rise of China and the Indo-Pacific was published in June.

Asia is now pivotal to all our futures, and it is a continent like no other, home to 4.5 billion people, an economic powerhouse where no language, religion or system of government prev

Prompted by the fractious relations between the U.S. and China, an updated and expanded edition of Asian Waters, Humphrey Hawksley's, highly-praised guide to rise of China and the Indo-Pacific was published in June.

Asia is now pivotal to all our futures, and it is a continent like no other, home to 4.5 billion people, an economic powerhouse where no language, religion or system of government prevails.



With vivid story-telling and pointed argument, Asian Waters is an accessible guide to the tapestry of the region





The third in Humphrey's political espionage Rake Ozenna series due out in the middle of next year. It began in 2019 with MAN ON ICE a knuckle-whitening drama set on the remote and wild US-Russian border. In early, 2020 came the nail-biting MAN ON EDGE set on the Norway-Russian border. The locations of MAN ON FIRE have yet to be revealed.

Rake Ozenna, a native of Little Diomede island in Alaska is the series hero. Each thriller includes trauma surgeon, Dr Carrie Walker, American intelligence contractor, Harry Lucas, and his ex-wife, British businesswoman and diplomat, Stephanie Lucas.



Humphrey's thrillers have been widely praised. Steve Berry describes 'authentic settings, non-stop action' from MAN ON ICE. Lee Child speaks of SECURITY BREACH as 'high stakes, high octane' and Alan Furst as a 'hard-driving, a good taut thriller' -- right back to the first future history thriller DRAGON STRIKE: THE MILLENNIUM WAR which Steve Coonts hailed as 'ominous and insightful.'



Humphrey's work as a BBC foreign correspondent has taken him all over the world with postings in Beijing, Hong Kong, Manila, Delhi and Colombo. He has contributed to ABC, National Public Radio and other networks in the United States and global publication of his work includes the Financial Times, New York Times, Yale Global, Nikkei Asian Review and others.