Bøker av Brian Drake

Sam Raven is on a warpath.MI5 suspects charity mogul Thomas Granton, a friend of King Charles, is involved with terrorists-and using his charity to fund death and destruction across the world. But they need hard proof.Setting out to uncover the truth, complications arise when Raven discovers London's biggest crime syndicate may also be involved. As he sorts the players and identifies his targets, the enemy responds with action of their own-a surprise sleight-of-hand that points Raven in the wrong direction, resulting in a death toll he can't measure. As the stakes rise, Raven plans his all-out assault against an enemy who remains two steps ahead.To make matters worse, the mastermind behind the conspiracy is a terrorist Raven tangled with ten years ago, and they're about to cross paths again. But this time, only one of them will walk away alive.You've never read action like this before!

Betrayal puts Sam Raven on a course for revenge.It was the kind of job Raven couldn't turn down. A daughter dead from a drug overdose, a father who wants the man responsible dead-and not only the street pushers. Kendrick Ward wants the cartel boss responsible removed from existence. Raven agrees, and he and his team of mercenaries fly into Colombia. Mission: kill narco boss Martin Sevilla and crush his empire.But when the job is done, Ward pulls a double cross, and makes a big mistake. Only Raven survives the ambush.Now Raven is ready to give back twice as much as received. He crashes through the heart of the betrayal to find a conspiracy of epic proportions, American Big Business and other cartel bosses working hand-in-hand. Raven's fighting a war without end, and the circle of violence spares no one. It's go time.You've Never Read Action Like This Before!

"Around the glowing hearth on winter nightsThe young folks ask to be told once againThe pretty tale of Dora and her loveWho came to her from somewhere past the snows."A folk tale in verse of love and youth, of need and fear, and what comes of their mixing.

The past comes back to kill Sam Raven; this time, he may not survive. An SOS from an old girlfriend brings Raven to Washington, DC, and soon he's looking for a killer. Jennifer Denosha married Raven's best friend instead of him, but now she says his old buddy is selling secrets to foreign spies. Before she can tell him more, she's cut down by an assassin's bullet. It makes no sense-David Denosha is as big a patriot as Raven. As he begins to investigate, Sam discovers Jen wasn't lying. Her husband really is the bad guy this time. And Raven has to decide how to deal with him. But David Denosha is not alone. A conspiracy in Paris is behind his wicked game, and the man in charge doesn't like trouble. He had no problem removing Denosha's wife; he won't have any problem removing anybody else, either. In a race across half a continent, Sam Raven battles an enemy force out to win at all costs. You've never read action like this before!

MR. WOLF IS A BRAND-NEW HERO THAT YOU CAN ROOT FOR FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE HARD-EDGED SCOTT STILETTO THRILLERS - BRIAN DRAKE.When innocent people are in the crossfire and the police are unable to help, Wolf picks up where the law leaves off.As he hunts for clues through the city's dark alleys, chasing mafia killers, solving a decades-old crime, or helping a widow unravel the mystery behind a murder attempt, he quickly uncovers the hidden hands behind the violence, but even he isn't ready for the shocking twists when the last bullets are fired.THE DANGEROUS MR. WOLF is your introduction to a good man to have on your side.Better pray he stays there.

"Defecting drug cartel leaders? It's not an assignment Stiletto wants, but it's one he was built for. Carlos and Jackeline Guardado, leaders of a cartel sharing their name, have been funneling information to the US for a decade, damaging cartels world-wide, leading to billions of dollars in losses and the assassinations of high-profile drug thugs. Now they're cashing in on a promise-the promise of a new life and new identities in the US. But they have to escape alive first. Stiletto travels to Colombia to coordinate the defection, and right away finds himself hip deep in hostility. Somebody's figured out what Carlos and Jackeline have done, and now they're marked for death. With their teenage daughter in tow, Stiletto risks everything to get them to freedom, or die trying"--

A desperate SOS from an old friend sends Steve Dane to the rescue only to find that he's too late. Tom Wexler is dead and the stolen Iraqi antiquities he was trying to recover are gone again. With Nina Talikova by his side, Dane is determined to find out who killed his friend and restore a nation's history. But the game board is not in his favor, and when checkmate comes Dane discovers his enemies were once allies who know every move he'll make. In a winner-take-all contest against the toughest odds Dane and Nina have ever faced, they go on the offensive, not knowing if it will be good enough to save the treasures, or even their own lives. An international thrill ride with two of the most dynamic characters in adventure fiction.

Steve Dane faces a day of reckoning long coming when he learns the truth about his father. But the truth is a bitter pill when he discovers his father's death ties to rogue agents within US intelligence who use Agency assets to further their own agenda. With battle lines drawn, Steve Dane and Nina Talikova do what they do best: attack! From the shores of Maryland to the blistering heat of a South American jungle, Dane and Nina destroy each tentacle of the enemy before finally coming face to face with the top dog himself, and a final, crippling betrayal. Will Dane be able to do what is required?

Monaco was a nice vacation-until Steve Dane and Nina Talikova witness a secret agent's murder. They are now loose ends in a Russian conspiracy to steal a direct-energy weapon from the U.S., but the assassins pursuing them have made a grave miscalculation. Dane and Nina are former spies who know all the tricks and invented a few themselves. Their trail of vengeance leads from Monaco to Texas to a showdown in the Gulf of Mexico, where Dane is taken prisoner by an opponent who intends to settle old hatreds long thought buried. Outgunned and alone, Steve Dane doesn't soft-sell his brand of payback. He negotiates the only terms the enemy understands: certain death.

International adventurer Steve Dane never should have set foot in Italy. Witnessing a young woman's kidnapping, he is drawn into the decades-old vendetta behind the crime. Hired by the girl's father, racing against time as her life hangs in the balance, Dane battles the mafia who want him dead and the police and international agents who want him out of the way. With the help of his lover, Nina Talikova, Dane plunges along a path leading him past a mere kidnapping and into an ever-more complex world of high stakes, ruled by a powerful and mysterious woman known only as The Duchess. Life, it seems, is getting cheaper than Dane could ever imagine and The Duchess has put a price on the ultimate weapon that will make it worthless. Only he and Nina have the power to stop a clock ticking away the life of both the girl and the world. Steve Dane & Nina Talikova race around the world delivering justice one bullet at a time.

STEVE DANE AND NINA RETURN! When the deadly duo witnesses a catastrophic terrorist attack, they don't stand idly by. They run into the fray, engaging the enemy and stumble upon a message the killers leave behind. Graypoole has resurrected. It's an impossible development. Dane knows Graypoole, a terrorist who targeted capitalists, is dead - killed by a black ops team. But as he and Nina follow the evidence, they learn Graypoole's son has taken over his father's organization. And Junior wants revenge. One incident of mass murder, and killing the men who murdered his father, isn't enough. He's planning a bigger attack for an encore, and thousands of lives are at risk. Only Steve Dane and Nina Talikova stand in his way. If they fail, the blood of innocents is on their hands.

The Petrova Betrayal is book four in the hard-edged, action thriller series - Scott Stiletto.When valuable high-tech radar plans are stolen from a U.S. defense contractor, chaos breaks loose as friends and enemies snipe at each other to acquire the data.Scott Stiletto's mission is to retrieve the plans before they fall into the wrong hands, and potentially render the U.S. stealth fleet useless.The enemy wants to spill blood. Stiletto will make certain it's their own.A must read for fans of spy-thrillers in the James Bond and Ethan Hunt style.

The Termination Protocol is the first book in the hard-edged, action thriller series - Scott Stiletto. The United States is under siege, and the enemy has help from the White House!Scott Stiletto is one of the CIA's toughest assets, a veteran of numerous missions, an operative with compassion and ruthlessness in equal parts.His enemy is the New World Revolutionary Front, a terrorist organization seeking to overthrow the government of the United States and install their own puppet--a willing puppet, who is already very close to the president he wishes to replace.With freedom and justice hanging in the balance, Scott Stiletto gives no quarter. He will give the enemy a one-way ticket to hell!"...99% pure action fun, no additives. I had to stop reading the book several times just to catch my breath..."

TYRANNY MUST BE VANQUISHEDVenezuela is in the midst of a civil war. Rebel forces are facing the hardened army of dictator Lazaro Minas, who uses death squads and secret prisons to keep dissent against his regime to a minimum. Hostilities have ceased after a hurricane ravages the island, but tempers are short, and both sides are itching to resume the fight.Scott Stiletto's mission is to bring guns and medical supplies to the rebels, and the horror of what they're facing propels him into the fight. This is a battle he cannot ignore. The innocent suffer while under the boot of a dictator who presents himself to the world as a benign leader equal to others.Venezuela is a powder keg where madmen control others with fear and violence. Scott Stiletto plans to show them what real fear - and sudden death - feels like.Full of nail-biting suspense - The Minas Deception is the fifth book in the hard-edged Scott Stiletto series.

John Kane might be on a mission, but he's experiencing a crisis of confidence this time around…A jailed cartel leader buried a fortune-and it's a kill or be killed race to find it!Caesario Crisfulli is a major player in the French-Italian Corridor, the biggest drug syndicate in Europe. Crisfulli needs the cash to fund a mercenary army for his plans to dethrone the syndicate leader and take over. He's motivated not by greed, but by revenge…John Kane and Team Reaper have put the destruction of the French-Italian Corridor on the top of their priority list. If Crisfulli thinks he can simply dig up the money and control the flow of drugs through Europe, he has another thing coming.The seventh book in the adrenalin-pumping Team Reaper series is guaranteed to keep you glued to your seat!

The Glinkov Extraction is the third book in the hard-edged Scott Stiletto action thriller series.An authorized mission to rescue a friend may be the last adventure of Stiletto's career … or his life.A coup stirring in Russia to overthrow President Putin faces the wrath of Moscow police and government agents. Suspects are arrested or assassinated. Survivors run for their lives, including Vladimir Glinkov, a friend of Scott Stiletto.Glinkov desperately calls for help, but the U.S. government will not get involved. Despite his pleas to aid a friend in need, Stiletto is ordered to stand down.But Stiletto will not do nothing while a friend suffers. He'll get Glinkov and his family out of Russia before they're executed… or die trying."...Stiletto is every bit as exciting, gritty, and tough as [Vince] Flynn's Mitch Rapp!..."

The Fairmont Maneuver is book two in the hard-edged, action thriller series - Scott Stiletto.An urgent plea from a former flame brings CIA agent Scott Stiletto to San Francisco.Ali Lewis was once a capable spy herself before striking out on her own, creating a fashion empire that stretches around the world. Now her father has been murdered, and Stiletto is the only man Ali can trust to learn the truth behind the killing.Evidence points to a growing international conspiracy orchestrated by Iran involving the smuggling of nuclear bomb parts, kidnapped scientists, and a decades-old mafia / Silicon Valley alliance the government has been powerless to stop. And, somehow, Ali Lewis is caught in the middle.Stiletto knows one thing for sure-this mission is personal.For fans of Vince Flynn, Brad Thor and Don Pendleton.

A RACE AROUND THE WORLDTeam Reaper has captured Jorge Sanchez, the leader of the Chologos drug cartel. His daughter, Blanca, begins plotting to get her father out of US custody by taking hostages and planting a bomb at a school in New Jersey.Kane and his crew, having spent three months chasing Jorge Sanchez around the world, race to keep their reputation intact by stopping Blanca and destroying what's left of the Chologos cartel.Book four of The Team Reaper series is straight from the headlines. Inspired not only by the El Chapo trial, but the many cases of cartel leader's children taking over for their imprisoned parents.