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Brought to you by Penguin. A fast-paced, action-adventure thriller for readers of The Martian. ONE SMALL STEP. ONE FATAL MISTAKE. On the barren plains of the Kazakh Steppe, Alyssa Wright stands on the brink of the most ambitious space flight in history: a one-way mission to Mars. But when...

In the shadow of a revolutionary clean energy breakthrough, Agent Zero and his daughter, CIA Agent Maya Lawson, face a ticking clock as they battle to thwart an insidious plot designed to plunge the world into chaos. As rogue operatives conspire to sabotage the future of power, this father/daughter duo’s mission becomes a desperate hunt for missing scientists and the key to preventing an apocalyptic energy war.

In EXTRACTION BREACH (Book #4), multiple agents' covers are blown simultaneously across Eastern Europe, forcing Clint and Shaw to separate for a series of high-risk extractions. As they race against time, Hawke realizes these failures are too coordinated to be coincidental—and that someone inside their organization may be hunting their own. In the Clint Hawke series, heart-pounding action meets razor-sharp tension that grabs you by the throat and never lets go.

A bioengineered virus is merely the opening gambit in an evil mastermind's plan, and only Agent Zero and his team—including his daughter Maya—stand between humanity and its doom. As cities fall into quarantine, they expose a conspiracy that could end millions of lives within two days. Desperate times call for desperate measures, and Agent Zero's mission against the clock is one he cannot afford to fail—as he battles not just for survival, but for hope in the darkest of times.

Beneath the ocean's surface lurks a submarine gone rogue, threatening coastal chaos with hypersonic missiles unless their ransom demands are met. With only 24 hours to halt the countdown to devastation, Agent Zero must navigate a deadly game of cat and mouse beneath the waves—a game where one wrong move could lead to catastrophic consequences.

When a classified Antarctic base ceases communication after discovering an unprecedented seismic threat, Agent Zero and his team are thrust into an icy odyssey to halt a rogue faction's earth-shattering plans. With only 48 hours before earthquakes rip through the continents, Zero's mission takes him from the desolation of Antarctica to the brink of world annihilation – can he deactivate doom in time?

In ASSET ONE (Book #1), nuclear Armageddon becomes a pawn in a game of international terror, and CIA's elite operative Lara King is faced with no choice but to infiltrate an extremist cell threatening global security. Can she disarm the ticking doomsday clock set in motion by her own government's secrets?

In EXTRACTION ZONE (Book #3), Clint and Shaw track a deep-cover DEA agent in Colombia who refuses extraction, believing they're close to identifying a terrorist financier. Forced to join the operation, they uncover connections between drug cartels and intelligence agencies that suggest a conspiracy reaching the highest levels.

In STEALTH MISSION (Book #4), Cole plunges into the icy depths of the Baltic Sea only to surface with a much more explosive discovery–compromised missile systems set to trigger a global catastrophe. With tensions high and the clock winding down to potential doomsday, Cole and Nova must outmaneuver a terrorist organization that threatens to ignite World War III.

In ROGUE ENEMY, when Europe's tranquility is shattered by the threat of stolen nuclear suitcase bombs, only undercover operative Troy Stark can disarm the ticking timebombs. Navigating through a labyrinth of nationalist conspiracies, Stark must outwit extremists hell-bent on resurrecting a fallen empire and plunging modern cities into historic ruin.

When Agent Zero visits his doctor in Switzerland, hoping to salvage his deteriorating health, he is met with a shocking surprise: another agent who has been given a memory implant, just like him. And, just like him, this agent has deadly skills - and a singular mission: to kill Agent Zero.

In EXTREME MEASURES (Book #4), Axel Strike is back in a high-stakes mission that soars above the rest: stopping unmanned drones hijacked by an unseen foe from unleashing nuclear havoc. A night-time HALO descent into hostile territory is just the first step as he confronts a web of deceit and danger with nothing but his courage and audacity to guide him.

A crashed satellite's secrets spur CIA Agent Maya Lawson on a perilous mission to the jungles of Africa—only to find herself betrayed and captured deep in enemy territory.

When the President of the United States or his family are threatened, it is up to Jake Mercer, former Marine sniper turned Secret Service agent, to protect them from dangers—both foreign and domestic. Amidst a chaotic presidential inauguration, Secret Service Agent Jake Mercer guards the new Commander-in-Chief, while subterfuge and riots tear at the nation's capital. But as Mercer navigates treacherous underground tunnels, he suspects a deeper conspiracy that could endanger the very heart of American democracy.

When a minor terrorist group, looking to make its mark, aims to take out a “soft target” in the United States — one relatively unguarded yet which can be hugely damaging to the US — the race is on for Agent Zero to discover their object and stop them before it’s too late. Yet Zero faces his own battles: When he is targeted for assassination and someone close to him ends up the victim instead, it sends his life into a downspin, and allows him only course of action: vengeance.

Former Airborne-turned-Homeland Security Agent Axel Strike is a special asset: he is only summoned as a last resort, when a crisis situation offers no other alternative but for an elite, daredevil agent to drop in from the sky.

This original short story takes us back in time to show us how it all began. On a whirlwind, action-packed thriller ride through Italy, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, it shows us the beginning of CIA operative Agent Zero's career - and brings us up to the fateful moment when his memory came to be lost.

Agent Zero, trying to come up for air on the heels of the president’s impeachment and Sarah’s close brush with danger, wants to retire from the service and try to get his family back together. But fate has other choices for him. With the safety of the world at stake, Zero knows he must follow the call to duty. Yet, his memories are shifting, and with it, new secrets are flooding back. Tormented, at his low point, Agent Zero may be able to save the world, but he may not be able to escape from himself.

In EXTREME VENGEANCE (Book #5), Homeland security agent Axel Strike takes to the skies to plunge into an icy fortress armed with nothing but his wits and parachuting prowess. As a former intelligence operative threatens to unleash a terrifying bioweapon from within the Rocky Mountains' labyrinthine terrain, can Axel defuse disaster with seconds to spare?

In LETHAL STRIKE (Book #2), as a sabotaged cargo ship loaded with experimental weapons barrels toward the Eastern Seaboard, Derek Vesper has one impossible option: chase it down through hurricane waters. As communications fail and mercenaries close in, the deadliest storm may be the one waiting on deck.