NightHawk (North)

Nighthawk: African Ice is a sequel to Nighthawk Crossing. Wanted by the FBI for murder and smuggling, Joseph Branson, Chief of the Midlake Indian Tribe and a former Navy SEAL, flees with his wife Hazel to the Maldives in the Indian Ocean where he is a business partner with Igor Romanoff, one of the world's biggest arms merchants. All this is carefully watched by the CIA. Joseph and Igor begin trading weapons for raw diamonds sourced from conflict zones in Africa (Blood Diamonds - African Ice). Joseph sets up a system to cut and polish raw diamonds and profit from the added value. In the process, they wind up dealing with African Jihadists establishing the Central African Caliphate threatening to engage much of Northern and Central Africa in genocide. Selling the cut high grade diamonds takes Joseph to Colombian cocaine processors who trade immobile US Dollars for more mobile diamonds. In the meantime, Hazel returns to the Midlake Indian Tribe and runs for Chief to replace Joseph. She is opposed. Her life is threatened and she kills.

Nighthawk: Chief Hazel is a sequel to Nighthawk: African Ice. Hazel Branson replaces her husband, Joseph, as Chief of the Midlake First Nations Indian band. She wins respect for her leadership skills and as a visionary advancing the welfare of the tribe. Meanwhile, Joseph, wanted by the FBI for smuggling and murder is successfully partnered with a Russian arms dealer trading arms for cash, drugs and raw diamonds with Jihadists in Africa and Maoists in India. His trading takes him to India, Sri Lanka, Central Africa and Colombia. Unknown to Joseph, the CIA monitors his movements gleaning significant intelligence. They consider him a valuable but unwitting asset. Hazel takes over the family smuggling operation in the Pacific Northwest but encounters problems. When North Koreans kidnap her daughter to force her to smuggle saboteurs into America, Joseph returns and both the FBI and CIA get involved to thwart the North Korean plot. She kills again taking revenge on the Koreans.