American Traitor By Brad Taylor

Pike Logan is an awesome character that Taylor has built to be one of the top fiction characters in the thriller game. I have loved the series and was hooked from the beginning with One Rough Man. If you want dedicated, battle hardened, and weathered warriors, and maybe even a well timed Princess Bride quote, American Traitor is the one for you!

This adventure takes pike and Jennifer Cahill (Koko) on a trip to Australia, where a storm of political proportions raises to a head between mainland China and Taiwan. This is right out of the news in modern times. Taylor does a great job of sticking with current geopolitical trends that are going on in the world currently and allowing to play into his craft. The amount of intrigue in this is second to none. There is plenty of bad actors going in different directions, and Taylor does a great job of keeping it sorted well to keep you wondering what is next.

The ferociousness and levelheadedness of the Taskforce is present as you see the internal struggle of a team placed with overwhelming odds. Cahill is a warrior of epic proportions herself as she plays cool, calm, and collected while Pike is hell bent on revenge because of the death of a former teammate.

The action is topnotch, locations authentic, and story telling from a first person point of view gives you a clear picture. You can't go wrong with any Brad Taylor thriller, and this one is a 5 star read that will keep you wondering how the Taskforce is going to work their way out of trouble.

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Drone Strike By David Austin

In this follow up to his 2018 independent debut Tehran’s Vengeance, David Austin kick starts round two with a great performance from Joe Matthews. Drone Strike has one of those all too real feelings of how the Reaper program is eerily vulnerable. It makes you question the reality of computer systems and their susceptibility to being hacked and overtaken just from an internet connection.

Matthews is a very sarcastic and likeable character. The dialogue between Matthews team and the authentic battle scenes helps give you a front row seat to all the action. The buildup starts right from the beginning and is nothing short of exciting as you see the internal struggles that anyone would face having to go through what Matthews does. The intrigue factor is high in this geopolitical chess match that only ends when all the players on the other team are dead. Revenge, retribution, and devotion are the three main words that come to mind when describing Joe Matthews in his sophomore vacation. Austin has created an amazing character that has a ton of tread left on his wheels to allow for many more adventures. I was hooked on Joe Matthews after Tehran’s Vengeance and Drone Strike just cemented the fact that Austin is able to create exciting and fun thrillers!

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Assault By Fire By Rip Rawlings

If you’ve seen Red Dawn you know the predicament that Americans faced with regard to the invasion in the United States. What if one of the best movies ever made turned into a seat of your pants, modern day, page turning thriller?

Assault by Fire introduces you to Tyce Asher, a wounded combat veteran of the United States Marine Corps, who is faced with insurmountable odds and a ragtag group of military service members who dare to take a fight to an overwhelming enemy!

The scenes are vivid and realistic, with modern technology, and are destined to show the great fight and spirit in the United States military as they battle for the right to keep their own land!

This is a great read with a great storyline, good character buildup and plenty of action to keep you glued your seat! Rip Rawlings does a phenomenal job of bringing you to ground level, like you have your boots on, and you’re in the fight right next to Marine Tyce Asher fighting to preserve what’s left of America!

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Lodestone By Stephen England

In this Shadow Warriors short story, England writes a hard hitting and action-packed adventure where time is of essence. England’s Shadow Warriors are some of the best operators and are tasked with some of the most dangerous missions. The kind where life and death toe a fine line. 

England’s Lodestone is a balls to the wall mission where a coveted asset (Layla Massoud) in Lebanon has her cover blown. A team of specialized operators are sent in to safely extract the asset while CIA agents Iraida Harmon and Rebecca Petras coordinate efforts from the USS Iwo Jima. After the team of Harry Nichols, Nick Crawford and Sergeant Hale insert to find the contact, they are misled by some clever terrorist tactics. Not only do that have to find Layla fast, but they are also in the crosshairs of the Israeli army as they continue to advance on Hezbollah terrorists. The race to save Layla takes a severe sidestep as there is more to fight for and the operators can’t leave other precious cargo behind. 

England produces top notch battle scenes, immense intrigue, and keeps the gas pumping in this short story. The characters are not overly complicated while the government bureaucracy attempts to stall and prevent mission success. If you haven’t taken the time to read any Stephen England, give one of his short stories a chance and get a glimpse of his creative ability.

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Total Power By Kyle Mills (Vince Flynn)

Mitch Rapp is awesome. Kyle Mills continues to impress on so many levels.

There are always the movies and books that you've read or watched that just seem to be eerily possible. We all know Hollywood spices things up, writers take certain things into their realm although they might not be that possible. What did you think of Red Dawn? Do you think the United States could be invaded, much less so easily? What about the simple things in life that you depend on day in and out. Have you ever considered how you would live without electricity, water, and food? Would you be able to survive the days, week and months that follow the initial loss of things so vital to you?

Kyle Mills presents this issue to us vividly, wide screen if you'll see it that way. What one thing does Mitch have that enables him to be the steely eyed killer of terrorists and the like? Electricity. It's his communications, transportation, ability to see things far away. He's now on a more even playing field without the ability to find what he's looking for in real time without his normal tools.

Mills is able to pull on his version of Rapp while blending in the humble and violent Flynn Rapp. This one is so believable that after reading I wanted to work on my families go bag, emergency kit, and food and water ration supply.

With the curiosity of how something like this could potentially happen, especially in America, just think of how many people are critical, highly sensitive, top tier jobs. They know things that would probably cause overwhelming panic among American citizens. Now think if just one person decided to take their knowledge and harm the United States. It's not that this storyline is just believable, it makes you think!!!

It makes you think, How will Mitch Rapp save us? How will Mitch Rapp rain down hell on these bad men. Then it all becomes clear. With the team that Rapp has worked with for years, his dedication to making this country safe, and to the people that have backed him up and given him the right tools to be the 'tip of the spear' he will make things right. Rapp is a unique character, he's been all over the world, today he's in his backyard, saving America.

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Collateral By Andrews & Wilson

Brian Andrews and Jeffrey Wilson continue to make the Tier One series a non-stop action adventure that anyone can appreciate!

John Dempsey and the Ember group continue to find a way to be relentless and ruthless in the retaliation of the attack on their site in Virginia. You get to see Dempsey, Grimes, and Munn decimate the Zetas who attacked them. This trip takes you to quite a few places which are vividly depicted through Andrews and Wilson writing. The nonstop ruthlessness by Dempsey and Ember keep you on your toes the whole time.

Different locales and vengeance make sure the Ember group are keen on making the Zetas for their actions.

This is another phenomenal work by the Andrews and a Wilson duo and they continue to rock the store zone series. You get everything from ballistic missiles, epic battles, and the deep dedication to teammates. Naval air battles, sea dominance and devotion to protecting God and Country make this another must read!! BZ guys!

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Assassin's Strike By Ward Larsen

Great book here. Storyline was in depth but adventurous enough to not to bore you. The characters are fully developed and authentic, no nonsense. Great location and action!!! Ward knows what he’s doing!!!

Ward Larsen has set himself well with the David Slaton series. This installment, number 7 in the series, starts of with a Russian interpreter overhears things that wasn't meant for her. Then she's on the run from being brutally murdered by the Russian thugs used by their government officials.

Slaton is an action packed time bomb waiting to go off anytime his services are needed. Does he need to go? Does he want to relax? What does his wife and family want? does it matter? What matters is that the government wants to use the skills of this highly trained operative to help solve the problem if getting a Russian interpreter out of Syria and to the United States. This plot line is very believable and could easily be a front page news story.

Larsen uses his experience and training as a former United States Air Force fighter pilot to help sculpt and bring to life action scenes, all while being able to draw feeling into the story. This is a great read, one you shouldn't pass up.

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Reaper: Drone Strike By Irving & Tata

Brigadier General, U.S.A. (Ret.) A.J. Tata and Special Forces Sniper Nicholas Irving (The Reaper) use their combined battlefield and leadership experiences from countless years in the United States Army to provide highly contagious and unbelievably real storylines in the Vick Harwood series. The amount of time each has spend in hostile regions during war time have helped create authentic and heart wrenching storylines that keep you rooting for the good guy.

The continuation of the Vick Harwood series hits right off the start with shadow operations where members are not supposed to be where they are. In the real world, we'd like to think that this is how the military actually does things. The story hits you right in the feels later on while a member of a goodwill expedition finds something extremely stunning and potentially world changing in the field. This story also shows a lot on internal dialogue of Harwood, his vulnerable side, and the ability of him to work his way out of tricky situations!

The actions scenes are great due to the real life battles experienced and put into the hair raising situations these two have created. It is a read you should definitely not miss.

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Near Dark By Brad Thor

I have been a huge Brad Thor fan for years following my first reading of Lions of Lucerne. I have always been able to give Thor rave reviews because of his creativity, dedication to detail, and the ability to create intrigue out of this air. So with that, this fell short of the bar that Thor has set for himself.

Thor has been on some amazing trips, he's been able to create Harvath as a larger than life character with the wits do outsmart anyone, the physicality to do it that way, and the team to help put him in the position to save the day.

Harvath is an easy character to get along with. He's a badass American that is hellbent on making things right. The actions scenes are never boring or dull. Thor has done his research and makes the fights like Saturday UFC matches that you won't want to miss. Although this isn't the 9th inning down three grand slam we've come to expect from Thor this is still a great read.

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Scars By Andrews & Wilson

I really enjoyed this. Jack Kemper/John Dempsey is an amazing character, but this takes him back let’s you understand some back story from him. Andrews and Wilson continually provide authentic feeling reads with amazing detail and paint the clearest of pictures in their battles!!!

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Savage Son By Jack Carr

I was fortunate to receive an ARC from the publisher for this amazing thriller, and it exceeded every expectation I ever though I had.

Jack Carr is a been there, done that kind of guy. As a decorated Navy SEAL, he has been in the thick of it. But one of the best things about his writing is that the pictures he paints with words are so vivid. This is a literal non-stop, action packed, page turning thriller that I am finishing up my second reading in as many weeks. The amount of detail, intrigue, and real world feelings that he puts into this book are amazing. I have been impressed with his work since The Terminal List and True Believer, but this takes it to a whole new level. His writing has improved and this is dedication to being one of the best authors in the game is going to make this a New York Times Bestseller. Congrats Jack, BZ sir, this is outstanding and I have this as one of my all time favorite reads!!!!

James Reece is a simple man. you do him wrong, he will deal wrong to you in more ways than you could imagine. After the trials and tribulations of being all but blown up overseas, losing his family to a group of gangbangers, and losing his entire team in the SEAL community he goes overseas again but this way to get away, start a new life afar. That doesn't even last long as he's quickly sought out to help in the fight against extremists and terrorists who have been targeting innocent civilians again. Even a wayward CIA officer is in on the crimes and will pay his dues.

This brings us to Savage Son. The point in James Reece's life where he wants to relax, kick back, enjoy a little down time after being targeted and having his life ripped apart. Carr brings the story to life with amazing picturesque mountain ranges, beautiful wood cabins, and the joy of a tremendous brotherhood with Raif Hastings. He's got a girlfriend, he's got friends that are more like family and he's got a few bad guys trying to kill him. The vacation ends in a hurry and Carr brings the badass that Reece is out to play as he battles to save his friends and then conducts one of the most brutal interrogation scenes a man can handle, or really, not handle. This story takes you all over the globe, shows the true viciousness of James Reece and what he's willing to do for family! Don't miss this one, I wish there were more than 5 stars because this is a New York Times Bestseller!!

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Fight Fight By Kevin Miller

Decorated Tactical Naval Aviator Kevin Miller has seen the world from the cockpit of many fighter planes. That is what makes this modern day geopolitical thriller tick from beginning to end.

The amount of detail in this is outstanding as Miller uses his countless hours of flight, hundreds of aircraft carrier landings, and combat training to produce one of the best books with aerial combat in a real life game of Battleship. The story follows military strategy worldwide with sea, land, and air assets that the United States uses to try and dissuade the perpetrators from continuing their unconventional attempt at dominance. American military units worldwide are attacked continuously and viciously. Overwhelming odds continue to build against CAG Wilson and the groups involved with trying to stop the Chinese advances to claim portions of regulated international waters. Multiple characters, hero and villain, are given plenty of facetime and this enables you to fully immerse yourself into the different locations through different perspective easily.

The South China Sea is a highly contested piece of real estate in real life. What happens when the United States is abruptly but intentionally attacked by a weapon of unknown origin? With the state of American political tension being so high, how do you think people would react to the vicious and malicious deaths of a number of American service members for a piece of land that is worlds away doesn't affect them directly? Have you ever thought about how the media is Johnny on the spot with news reporting to be the first to deliver a message to the American people? Have you thought about how this could affect the lives of the military members that are down range in peril? These are all questions that are asked, and answered but with the amazing amount of detail and authenticity Miller infuses into this one makes it one that you don't want to pass up.

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