By Don Helin
Ralph Pezzullo and Don Mann’s thriller, HUNT THE SCORPION, opens when the cargo ship, MSC Contessa, is captured by pirates off the east coast of Africa and SEAL Team Six is called into action. What looks like a simple search and rescue turns into something much more dangerous—the ship’s cargo is yellowcake, an important component in nuclear weaponry that could be deadly if it falls into the wrong hands.
The team is sent to Libya, where a supposed wealth of nuclear material is likely to attract terrorist attention. They find a war-torn country still reeling from its recent revolution, a virtually lawless collection of sects and tribes at war, and a desperate government trying to keep the peace. There are hardly enough bullets in the team’s clips to fight their way through the madness of Tripoli, but their objective is clear: secure the nuclear materials before the terrorists can unleash nuclear hell on the free world. To make matters worse, Thomas Crocker’s wife Holly—also on government assignment to Libya—disappears from her lodging under suspicious circumstances. For Crocker it’s a brutal choice–complete the mission or save the one he loves.
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By Jeff Ayers
Claude Berube’s first novel is set against a background of modern piracy in the Gulf of Aden, the story begins as the new Ambassador to Yemen, C.J. Sumner, is assigned to negotiate access to the oil fields off the island of Socotra and enlist help countering pirates who are capturing ships at will off the Horn of Africa. Meeting with resistance to her diplomatic overtures, Sumner recruits Connor Stark, a former naval officer turned mercenary who knows the region, as her defense attache. When Stark sets up a meeting with the owner of a Yemeni shipping company and the ruling family, the challenges begin.
Against this backdrop, diplomatic security agent Damien Golzari is investigating the death of a State Department official’s son when he stumbles on an illicit khat trade involving Somali refugees in the United States. His probe leads him to Yemen and the shipping company owned by Stark’s contact. As a result of this chance discovery, the two men are forced to become unwitting allies when they discover that their mysterious roads lead to one source.
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After Lt. Rollie Waters is yanked out of his latest assignment and tossed in the brig, he’s only partly surprised when the officials in charge mention one name: Dan Waters. U.S. government money—a lot of money—has gone missing, and they think Rollie’s father took it. The only way to find Dan is to trace the frail tendrils of truth scattered among Rollie’s childhood memories. To do that, he’ll have to go deep into the undercover identity of a lifetime: his own.
Debut novelist David Rich added, “The story is about how the quest for millions of stolen dollars allows some people to face the truth about themselves. Others, who never question the quest, fall by the wayside. Rollie discovers the truth of his past, and discovers that the deficiencies of his childhood, the pain inflicted by Dan’s deceit and neglect, have given him the skills he needs to survive undercover as a Marine, and to handle the situation Dan leads him into.
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Colonel Zack Kelly escorts his friend, Blake Lannigan, to Gettysburg. Blake runs onto the battlefield at Devil’s Den to look for ghosts and disappears. Zack, who suffers from post traumatic stress disorder from his three tours in Afghanistan, has no memory of what happened to Blake. He becomes the FBI’s number one suspect.
Zack’s search for Blake takes him to Washington D.C. where an Irish Mafia assassin attempts to kill him; to Galway, Ireland to determine why there is a contract on his life; then back to Washington to unravel a mysterious Irish connection.
In Zack’s corner are Irish medium Shelia O’Donnell, and his partner on the President’s National Security Advisor’s Task Force, Lieutenant Colonel Rene Garcia.
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By John Rabb
Thomas Young’s latest book called THE RENEGADES is the third book in his series that stars characters Lt. Colonel Michael Parson and Sgt. Major Sophia Gold. Thomas has served in Afghanistan and Iraq under the Air National Guard and used his experience to pen THE MULLAH’S STORM the first book in the series. His books have been critically acclaimed, putting Thomas as an up and coming author in the political / military thriller genre. Check out below the interview we conducted with Thomas to talk about his series and also what he does outside of the pages.
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By Andrew Zack
Years ago, while working for Donald I. Fine, a small house run by a maniac with an ability to spot diamonds in the rough that had been proven again and again, I learned perhaps the most important lesson about writing thrillers: You must have verisimilitude. As an editor and an agent, I have lectured authors on this point repeatedly. So I was pleasantly surprised when I was asked to write about Brad Taylor’s latest, ALL NECESSARY FORCE, as if there’s one thing everyone seems to agree on, it’s that LTC Brad Taylor (USA, Ret.), knows how to “make it real.”
In his new novel, Taylor again introduces the reader to “the Taskforce,”—first seen in Taylor’s NEW YORK TIMES best-selling debut, ONE ROUGH MAN—a top-secret team that exists outside the bounds of U.S. law and is charged with finding and destroying threats to our country.
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General Muhammad Kemal, has contrived a devious plan to restore the Ottoman Empire in the Balkans and unite the Islamic world under his evil rule. To accomplish this, Kemal will launch a devastating war with all the tools in his arsenal including Islamic Jihadist terrorists and WMDs. His first targets are US alley Greece and the few remaining American forces stationed in the region.
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by Michael Haskins
Since the invasion of Kuwait by the Iraqi army up to the recent assassination of Bin Laden, military men and women have been writing stories of their adventures – true stories as well as fiction. A few of these writers go on to thrill us with more books and Thomas W. Young has proven to be a writer with a future.
Silent Enemy, Young’s second thriller scheduled for publication this month, follows on the acclaim of his first book, The Mullah’s Storm, published in 2010.
“I hope the book will put readers right into the aircrew seats and let them experience military aviation in a way they’ve not seen in other thrillers. Also, I’m introducing readers to some special friends of mine – the flight medics who transport the wounded. I’ve had the honor of flying aeromedical missions, and I have great respect for the medical pros who take care of our troops,” Young said, talking about Silent Enemy.
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A threat to the Himalayan Kingdom of Nhala unites Army Captain Mike Shafer and Lucy Merritt, an expert restorer of manuscripts. A deadly ancient prophecy of the world’s end is manifesting-and so is their attraction to each other. Can they save the world and their chance at love?
Lucy Merritt was orphaned at 14 when her parents, both CIA operatives, were killed. She wants nothing more than her quiet life as a book restorer, but her country needs her, and she can’t refuse the CIA’s request to return to the Himalayas to examine an antique document. Serving as her faux fiancé and protection, Army captain Mike Shafer is immediately drawn to her. To their attraction, add a dying king, a trapped princess, a pending coup, and terrorist plots aimed at the United States, India, Israel, and a tribe in Africa, and the recipe for disaster is complete. –Publishers Weekly
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Steven Pressfield began his career as a novelist with The Legend of Bagger Vance, about a golfer who is haunted by his wartime experiences. He has been writing about war and soldiers ever since, in such historical novels as Gates of Fire, Tides of War, Killing Rommel, and others. His new military thriller, The Profession, is set in the Middle East in 2032 and depicts a future in which war is contracted out to mercenaries. Recently he spoke about his work and his vision of war, past and present.
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Action should be Raymond Benson’s middle name. When you write six original James Bond novels, three film novelizations, and three short stories about this legendary spy otherwise known as Agent 007, you must know how to write great action. But that’s not all Benson knows. His thrillers Dark Side of the Morgue and A Hard Day’s Death immerse readers into the world of rock n’ roll. And Benson is on top of his game (and the New York Times best-seller list) when it comes to writing successful videogame novelizations.
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By Don Helin
In his debut novel, One Rough Man, Brad Taylor unleashes a plot so fiendish that New York Times bestselling Author John Lescroat says, “Brad Taylor’s One Rough Man is an auspicious, adrenaline-soaked rocket ship of a debut novel. Taylor’s protagonist, Pike Logan, is one rough man who is one bad dude – as a super hero, Pike ranks right up there with Jason Bourne, Jack Reacher, and Jack Bauer.”
Summary: They call it the Taskforce. Their existence is as essential as it is illegal. Commissioned at the highest level of the U.S. Government. Protected from the prying eyes of Congress and the media. Built around the top operators from around the clandestine, intelligence, and special forces landscape. Designed to operate outside the bounds of U.S. Law. Trained to exist on the ragged edge of human capability.
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By Don Helin
In the third thrilling action adventure novel in the Death Force Series, Shadow Force, Matt Lynn unleashes a plot so fiendish that the Daily Item review reads, “I was anticipating a good time and I wasn’t disappointed. A cracking action thriller. You can taste the dust and smell the blood.”
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Brad Thor’s newest title, THE ATHENA PROJECT, is certain to be a huge hit with thriller fans around the world. There’s no one better at creating such high levels of action and suspense. Brad grabs you from page one and doesn’t let go. And he reaches across cultural boundaries—his books have been translated into 20 different languages and sold on every continent.
THE ATHENA PROJECT promises to be his best work yet. It’s a seamless, fast paced thrill ride into uncharted territory. Here’s a snapshot:
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#1 New York Times bestselling author Vince Flynn returns with yet another explosive thriller, American Assassin, introducing the young Mitch Rapp, as he takes on his first assignment.
Before he was considered a CIA superagent, before he was thought of as a terrorist’s worst nightmare, and before he was both loathed and admired by the politicians on Capitol Hill, Mitch Rapp was a gifted college athlete without a care in the world . . . and then tragedy struck.
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By Brett King
Ben Coe’s powerful debut thriller, Power Down,imagines a series of tightly constructed attacks on America’s energy-producing capacity. Under the direction of the brutal and brilliant Alexander Fortuna, terrorists manage to blow up a major hydroelectric dam. But when they target the mammoth Capitana platform off the coast of Colombia–slaughtering most of the crew and destroying the oil field–they encounter a formidable challenge to their campaign of terror.
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By George Ebey
For most military aviators, an encounter with the enemy usually happens in the form of lights streaming up from the earth. It has an air of unreality about it, almost like a video game. If those lights don’t hit you, they don’t hurt you.
But what if you had an airplane blown out from under you and you met the enemy on his terms, in his territory? What would you face on the ground? What would your buddies need you to do? Under conditions of extreme duress and hardship, would you make decisions you could live with later on?
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By Aaron Brown
Ward Larsen is a writer who has led a life as interesting as the characters from his novels. As a fighter pilot in the United States Air Force, he flew over twenty combat missions in Operation Desert Storm, was awarded two Air Medals, received training in aircraft accident investigation, and attended USAF survival training where he learned, among other things, which snakes can be eaten and how to resist “interrogation under hostile conditions.”
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By In JJ Cooper’s Deadly Trust, a riveting thriller set along Australia’s eastern coast, former army interrogator Jay Ryan enjoys the quiet life after leaving the military behind–or so he thinks. Old habits die hard, and when he realizes someone is trying to kill him and make it look like an accident, he’s interested to find out who…and why.
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By George Ebey
Author Dan Fesperman is no stranger to international intrigue.
An accomplished journalist, he has worked for the Fayetteville (N.C.) Times, the Durham Morning Herald, the Charlotte News, the Miami Herald, and The Sun and Evening Sun of Baltimore. During his career he has been front row center for many history making conflicts, including his coverage of the Gulf War from Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait; his running of The Sun’s Europe bureau during the Yugoslav civil wars in Croatia and Bosnia; as well as his reporting of events in Pakistan and Afghanistan in the wake of 9-11. Through this work he has experienced his fair share of adventure, which includes accepting the surrender, along with a colleague, of ten Iraqi soldiers in the Kuwait desert in 1991, as well as surviving a fatal ambush on a convoy of journalists traveling through Afghanistan in November of 2001.
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By Dan Levy
With a family military history that reaches all the way back to the Civil War, and has Golemons on the battlefields of every American war through Vietnam, it’s easy to understand David Golemon’s love of history and its importance in his previous four novels. The same hold true for latest release–Primeval–An Event Group Thriller.
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By When it comes to writing thrillers, Ronie Kendig shoots right for the heart. Nightshade, the first book in the Discarded Hero series, tackles combat-related Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), the toll it takes on the soldier, and the courage he must muster to respond to the call of duty as part of a covert operation. Contributing editor Janice Gable Bashman chats with Ronie about Nightshade and her writing process.
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