An attack is imminent.
The Taskforce – a highly classified Special Forces unit – is left reeling. One of their own has been killed in action. Another is barely alive. There's only one option left...
The Taskforce recruits Pike Logan, an unstable operator with an agenda of his own, when more disaster strikes. A weapon of unthinkable power heads to the US. The one area the Taskforce cannot operate in. Will their home turf be the one place the Taskforce is forbidden to save?
Perfect for fans of Lee Child, James Deegan and David Baldacci.
The first Pike Logan novel from NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author BRAD TAYLOR.
They call it the Taskforce. Commissioned at the highest level of the U.S. government. Protected from the prying eyes of Congress and the media. Designed to operate outside the bounds of U.S. law. Trained to exist on the ragged edge of human capability.
Pike Logan was the most successful operator on the Taskforce, his instincts and talents unrivalled – until personal tragedy permanently altered his outlook on the world. Pike knows what the rest of the country might not want to admit: The real threat isn't from any nation, any government, any terrorist group. The real threat is one or two men, controlled by ideology, operating independently, in possession of a powerful weapon.
Buried in a stack of intercepted chatter is evidence of two such men. The transcripts are scheduled for analysis in three months. The attack is mere days away. It is their bad luck that they're about to cross paths with Pike Logan. Because Pike Logan has nothing left to lose.
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Former Special Forces Officer and New York Times bestselling author Brad Taylor delivers a heart-pounding thriller featuring Taskforce operators Pike Logan and Jennifer Cahill as they come face to face with a conspiracy where nothing is as it seems.
Hot on the trail of a North Korean looking to sell sensitive US intelligence to the Syrian regime, Pike Logan and the Taskforce stumble upon something much graver: the sale of a lethal substance called Red Mercury.
Unbeknownst to the Taskforce, the Syrians plan to use the weapon of mass destruction against American and Kurdish forces, and blame the attack on terrorists, causing western nations to reassess their participation in the murky cauldron of the Syrian civil war.
Meanwhile, North Korea has its own devastating agenda: a double-cross that will dwarf the attack in Syria even as it lays the blame on the Syrian government. Leveraging Switzerland's fame for secrecy and its vast network of military bunkers, now repurposed by private investors for the clandestine storage of wealth, North Korea will use Red Mercury to devastate the West's ability to deliver further sanctions against the rogue regime.
As the Taskforce begins to unravel the plot, a young refugee unwittingly holds the key to the conspiracy. Hunted across Europe for reasons she cannot fathom, she is the one person who can stop the attack--if she can live long enough for Pike and Jennifer to find her.
Retired Special Forces officer Brad Taylor's thrilling new short story sets Pike Logan and Jennifer Cahill on a hunt for an ancient Mayan temple and reveals the origin of their archaeological company, the cover for their clandestine work with the Taskforce.
Deep in the Maya Biosphere Reserve, a huge protected tract of rain forest in northern Guatemala, lies the mythical Temple of Priests. Only one man knew of the temple's location, but he was killed before he could relay the coordinates. Now, newly reinstated Taskforce operator Pike Logan has the grid location of the ruins, and he's convinced Jennifer Cahill to travel to Guatemala in search of the Mayan temple her uncle died trying to find.
But Pike and Jennifer are not the only ones heading into the rain forest in search of hidden treasure. A Canadian mining company is determined to explore the Biosphere for rare earth metals, even if it means destroying the way of life for local villagers. When they learn that Pike and Jennifer's impending historical discovery might thwart their plans, it sets the newly minted team on a crash course with a group of men hellbent on getting their hands on the prize, no matter the cost.
Former Special Forces Officer and New York Times bestselling author Brad Taylor delivers a heart-pounding thriller where Pike Logan's search for a Mossad agent and ally puts him on a collision course with a ruthless military coup in Africa-and tests his loyalties to the Taskforce.
It was to be a simple mission. Nothing more than assessing whether a merchant in the fabled Israeli Diamond Exchange was involved in a scheme that could potentially embarrass the state of Israel. But nothing is ever simple in the world of intelligence, as Aaron Bergman-a former leader of an elite direct action team under the Mossad-should have known. Executing the operation as a contractor, a cutout that gave the State of Israel plausible deniability, he disappears without a trace.
Pike Logan and his team know none of this, but he's tracking an American arms dealer in Tel Aviv who may-or may not-be attempting to sell sensitive nuclear weapons components to the highest bidder. When Pike's team breaks up an attempt at killing Shoshana, Aaron's partner, they stumble upon much more than they expected-a concerted conspiracy to topple a democratic African country.
Beginning to untangle a web that extends through both the American and Israeli intelligence community, Pike is forced to choose between his Israeli friends and his Taskforce mission, even as the execution of the coup begins to form. At the heart of it is Aaron, and his disappearance is the one mistake the plotters made. Because Shoshana is the greatest killing machine the Mossad has ever produced, and she will stop at nothing to help Aaron, even if it means killing Pike Logan.
Retired Special Forces officer Brad Taylor's thrilling new short story features Israeli operatives, Aaron and Shoshana, as the two wed at Jerusalem's Western Wall amid a backdrop of turmoil and a new plot to attack the city's holiest site.
Taskforce operators Pike Logan and Jennifer Cahill are used to traveling all over the world for counterterrorist missions, but this time they're in the Old City of Jerusalem under happier circumstances. Their friends Aaron and Shoshana, former operatives with Israeli Mossad, are getting married and they've chosen to tie the knot at the Western Wall of the Temple Mount. The holiest site in Judaism and the third holiest in Islam, the Temple Mount is a fault line between Jews and Muslims, the flash point for eons of strife--and it will still prove to be true today.
Unbeknownst to them, a cell of Palestinian terrorists has planned an attack against innocent tourists to incite the Arab world to demand that Israel retreat from the holy site. But the terrorists don't realize that they themselves are being played by an infiltrator with a subversive plot that will lead to the Arabs' loss of control of the Temple Mount. But even the infiltrator doesn't know the full scope of the terrorists' plans; they're preparing a strike much greater than he envisions--one that could split the fault line into total war. As Pike and Jennifer explore the Old City with their Israeli friends, neither the terrorists nor the infiltrator remember one immutable truth: In war, the enemy gets a vote.
Die Taskforce - von der US-Regierung gegründet, um außerhalb des US-Rechts im Geheimen agieren zu können. Ihre Existenz ist ebenso wichtig wie illegal.
Bei einem Einsatz in Ägypten kommt es zu einem Anschlag auf die Taskforce. Ein Mann stirbt, ein weiterer überlebt nur um Haaresbreite. Pike Logan und seine Partnerin Jennifer Cahill sind gezwungen, die gefährliche Mission auf eigene Faust zu Ende zu führen - und geraten dabei zwischen alle Fronten …
Aber ist noch ihr geringstes Problem: Verschwörer sind dabei, ihre Heimat mit einer gewaltigen Waffe zu vernichten.
Doch Mitgliedern der Taskforce ist es verboten, in den USA zu agieren. Darf Pike das Gesetz brechen? Oder soll Amerika wirklich das einzige Land sein, das Pike Logan nicht schützen kann?
Brad Taylor erzählt mit unvergleichlichem Realismus, und das ist kein Wunder, denn er war viele Jahre lang Mitglied in einigen Spezialeinheiten, darunter acht Jahre in der Delta Force (zuletzt bei Einsätzen im Irak und Afghanistan).
Kirkus Reviews: 'Super geschrieben, spannend, und verdammt guter Lesestoff.'
Blackfive: 'In seinen Romanen erkennt man ganz klar Taylors Erfahrungen im Antiterrorkampf. Liest man seine Bücher, muss man sich fragen: Was ist echt, und was ist erfunden?'
Die Taskforce - von der US-Regierung gegründet, um außerhalb des US-Rechts im Geheimen agieren zu können. Ihre Existenz ist ebenso wichtig wie illegal.
Pike Logan und seine Taskforce sollen für den Schutz eines US-Gesandten sorgen, der in Dubai an Friedensverhandlungen zwischen Israel und Palästina teilnimmt. Und tatsächlich gibt es einen ausgeklügelten Plan: Alle Teilnehmer sollen mitsamt den Burj Khalifa, einem der höchsten Wolkenkratzer der Welt, in die Luft gejagt werden ...
Pike und seine Partnerin Jennifer Cahill haben es aber nicht nur mit einer Terrororganisation aus dem Nahen Osten zu tun: Auftragskiller und Verbündete auf Abwegen nehmen auch die Taskforce ins Fadenkreuz.
Non-Stop-Action an globalen Krisenherden
John Lescroart: 'Auf einem Level mit Jason Bourne, Jack Reacher und Jack Bauer.'
Vince Flynn: 'Frische Ideen, großartige Action. Taylor weiß genau, worüber er schreibt.'
Booklist: 'Es gibt viele Romane über die Special Forces, aber die von Taylor zählen eindeutig zu den besten.'
Former Delta Force officer and New York Times bestselling author Brad Taylor delivers a relentlessly fast-paced, gripping thriller featuring Taskforce operators Pike Logan and Jennifer Cahill as they come face-to-face with an insidious threat to strike terror into the heart of America.
Fifteen years ago, in order to win a contract in the Kingdom, a desperate defense contractor used a shell company to provide a bribe to a wealthy Saudi businessman. Now a powerful player in the defense industry, he panics when the Panama Papers burst onto the public scene. Providing insight into the illicit deeds of offshore financing, they could prove his undoing.
To prevent the exposure of his illegal activities, he sets in motion a plan to interdict the next leak, but he is not the only one worried about spilled secrets. The data theft has left the Taskforce potentially vulnerable, leaving a trail that could compromise the unit. Back in the good graces of the new president, Pike Logan and Jennifer Cahill are ordered to interdict the next leak as well, in order to control the damage.
Unbeknownst to either group, the Saudi has been using the shell company to fund terrorists all over the world, and he has a spectacular attack planned, coinciding with the fifteenth anniversary of 9/11. The information Pike and Jennifer uncover will put them on the trail of the imminent threat, but it's one that they might be unable to stop.
Called Ring of Fire, it will cause unimaginable destruction across the United States, and it's already in motion. Pike Logan will be challenged like never before, and the ensuing chaos and terror will distract the Taskforce from a truth no one sees: The Panama Papers hold a secret more explosive than any attack, and Ring of Fire was only the beginning. The danger is far from over...
Retired Delta Force officer Brad Taylor’s thrilling new short story takes us back to before the Taskforce was created, revealing the origins of Israeli agents Aaron and Shoshana as they are tasked with eliminating a former Nazi officer hiding in plain sight.
1998. A year after a disastrous mission in Amman, Jordan, Israeli operative Aaron Bergman and his Samson team feel more like outcasts than ever. Fearful that his team is about to be disbanded, Aaron is thrown another curve: a cast-off operative named Shoshana, who nobody in the Mossad trusts, and who all feel is a traitor. When the new commander of the Mossad summons them immediately after being sworn in, Aaron’s fears are confirmed. The team is cut free from the Mossad but not from serving their new leader.
Unsanctioned by the Israeli government, their mission is to assassinate a Nazi murderer from Auschwitz: a man who stood guard on the wall of death and has since escaped to Argentina, and who is running a lucrative business with his sons. When Aaron and Shoshana accept the mission, it sets them on a collision course with an active operation involving a reborn Nazi web intertwined with Iran, forcing the pair to trust each other as the evil they were tasked with destroying sets its sights on one last strike against Israel no one sees coming.
Die Taskforce wurde von der US-Regierung gegründet, um außerhalb des US-Rechts im Geheimen agieren zu können. Ihre Existenz ist ebenso wichtig wie illegal.
Pike Logan ist einer der erfolgreichsten Teamchefs der Taskforce - bis eine persönliche Tragödie seinen Blick auf die Welt für immer verändert.
Pike weiß, was die Regierung niemals zugeben würde: Die wahre Bedrohung kommt nicht aus einem fernen Land. Die wahre Bedrohung sind Männer, die in Amerika leben, Männer mit einer kranken Weltanschauung. Männer im Besitz furchtbarer Vernichtungswaffen, die sie auch einsetzen wollen.
Es ist das Pech dieser Männer, dass sie Pike Logans Weg kreuzen - denn Pike hat absolut nichts mehr zu verlieren ...
Library Journal: 'Das tödliche Duell zwischen Pike und den Terroristen ist intelligent und brutal ... Taylor schreibt sehr authentisch. Man glaubt, einen echten antiterroristischen Einsatz zu erleben.'
FreshFiction.com: 'Ein verflucht gutes Buch ... Ein Thriller von unerbittlichem Realismus.'
Joseph Finder: 'Das kann nur jemand schreiben, der wirklich erfahren im Antiterrorkampf ist, so wie Brad Taylor.'
