Diese actiongeladene Serie entführt die Leser in die hochriskante Welt der verdeckten Geheimdienstoperationen. Folgen Sie einem hochqualifizierten Agenten, während er globale Bedrohungen navigiert und katastrophale Angriffe abwehrt, die von gefährlichen Ideologen und kriminellen Drahtziehern inszeniert werden. Mit dem Fokus auf realistische Taktiken und intensive geopolitische Intrigen liefern diese Geschichten unerbittliche Spannung und fesselnde Charakterentwicklung.
The debut novel in a new series by former Delta Force commander Brad Taylor introduces Pike Logan, a covert intelligence operative facing an imminent catastrophic attack from criminal ideologists. Taylor, a retired Special Forces Lieutenant Colonel with extensive operational experience, also works as a security consultant.
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 das 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.«
Thriller
In Südostasien gerät ein Virus, das einen Großteil der Weltbevölkerung auslöschen könnte, in die falschen Hände. Unterdessen versucht Pike Logan trotz aller Widerstände Knuckles aus einem thailändischen Gefängnis zu befreien. Dabei kommt er eher durch Zufall einem iranischen General auf die Spur, der einen gewaltigen Anschlag plant. Für das Selbstmordattentat ist eine junge Tschetschenin vorgesehen, eine sogenannte Schwarze Witwe. Um Rache für ihr trauriges Schicksal zu nehmen, hat sich die Frau dem bewaffneten Kampf für ihr Volk angeschlossen – nicht ahnend, dass sie von den Terroristen eigentlich nur für deren Ziele missbraucht wird. Wird es Pike Logan und seiner Taskforce gelingen, die Schwarze Witwe aufzuhalten? Und können sie den Feind in den eigenen Reihen aufspüren? Non-Stop-Action an globalen Krisenherden. John Lescroart: »Auf einem Level mit Jason Bourne, Jack Reacher und Jack Bauer.« Booklist: »Es gibt viele Romane über die Special Forces, aber die von Taylor zählen eindeutig zu den besten.«
Taskforce operators Pike Logan and Jennifer Cahill are used to putting their lives at risk, but this time it's Jennifer's brother who is in danger. As an investigative reporter working on the Mexican drug cartels, Jack Cahill has unknowingly got caught between two rival groups. His desperate call to his sister is his last before he's kidnapped. In their efforts to rescue Jack, Pike and Jennifer uncover a plot much more insidious than illegal drug trafficking.
Pike Logan and the Taskforce are used to being the hunters. But in this explosive “thriller that really thrills” (Publishers Weekly) from New York Times bestselling author Brad Taylor, they are the hunted... Intent on embroiling the US in a quagmire that will sap its economy and drain its legitimacy, Russia passes a potential weapon of mass destruction to Boko Haram, an extreme Islamic sect in Nigeria. The Russian FSB believes the weapon, a relic of the Cold War, has deteriorated and is no longer effective, but they are wrong. Boko Haram has the means for mass destruction, which will be set loose upon a multitude of unsuspecting innocents on one of the world’s grandest stages. Trying to uncover who might be stalking them, Pike Logan and the Taskforce have no idea what has been set in motion. But there is another secret from the Cold War buried in the Russian FSB, and exposing it will mean the difference between life and death for millions.
When ISIS plans an attack no one anticipates, one that cannot be defeated by an airstrike, Pike Logan and the Taskforce are America's only hope.
In this heart-stopping thriller from New York Times bestselling author Brad Taylor, Pike Logan returns with his most dangerous and personal threat yet: a Taskforce Operator gone rogue. For years, the extralegal counterterrorist unit known as the Taskforce has worked in the shadows, anticipating and preventing attacks around the globe. Created to deal with a terrorist threat that shuns the civilized rule of law, it abandoned the same, operating outside of the US Constitution. Though wildly successful, it was rooted in a fear that the cure could be worse than the disease. And now that fear has come home. A Special Forces soldier is killed on an operation in Afghanistan, and complicit in the attack is a government official of an allied nation. While the US administration wants to forget the casualty, one Taskforce member will not. When he sets out to avenge his brother's death, his actions threaten to not only expose the Taskforce's activities, but also destroy a web of alliances against a greater evil. Pike Logan understands the desire, but also the danger. Brought in to eliminate the risk, he's now forced to choose between his friend and the administration he's sworn to protect, while unbeknownst to either of them, the soldier's death is only the beginning...
World war is on the horizon in New York Times bestselling author Brad Taylor’s tenth heart-pounding Pike Logan thriller. The Taskforce has stopped countless terrorist threats across the globe, operating outside of US law to prevent the death of innocents. But now, along the fault lines of the old Iron Curtain, the danger is far greater than a single attack. With Russia expanding its influence from Syria to the Baltic States, the Taskforce is placed on stand-down because of the actions of one rogue operator. Meanwhile, Pike Logan and Jennifer Cahill travel to Poland, hired to verify artifacts hidden for decades in a fabled Nazi gold train, only to find themselves caught amid growing tensions between East and West. A Russian incursion into Belarus under the facade of self-defense is trumped by a horrific attack against the United States, driving NATO to mobilize even as it tries to determine who is behind the strike. On the brink of war, Pike and Jennifer discover that there is a separate agenda in play, one determined to force a showdown between NATO and Russia. With time running out, and America demanding vengeance, Pike and Jennifer race to unravel the mystery before a point of no return is reached. Unbeknownst to them, there is another attack on the way. One that will guarantee World War III.
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
"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"-- Provided by publisher
"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."-- Back cover
"Pike Logan tracks highly-trained Russian assassins to Brazil in this blistering, action-packed thriller from New York Times bestselling author and former Special Forces Officer Brad Taylor"-- Provided by publisher
"While working as a contractor at an Australian F 35 facility, former Taskforce member Clifford Delmonty, callsign Dunkin, saw something he shouldn't have, and now he is on the run from Chinese agents. Pike Logan and Jennifer Cahill discover that Dunkin's attackers are part of a much larger scheme that could launch a full-on war between China and Taiwan. The Chinese have a devious plan to bait the small island nation into all-out war by destabilizing the government while manipulating an artificial intelligence defense system. Pike is now against an invisible enemy - one he can't actually attack. Can he prevent a catastrophic conflict from consuming a whole region of the world-- and save the lives of his teammates?" --Publisher