A break-neck, edge-of-your-seat thriller that moves from a resurgent Russian threat in the Aleutian Islands to North Korean spy ships to secret Sudanese prisons as former Marines Logan West and John Quick, now members of an FBI special task force, uncover a global conspiracy that threatens America's position in the current international balance of power.
Logan West and John Quick are sent to Dutch Harbor, Alaska, to investigate the possible presence of a Russian black ops team on a mission to steal United States next-generation technology. The resulting violent confrontation triggers a global search for the stolen technology and threatens to pit the US against China in a looming shadow war and technology race. As Logan and John-joined by the chief of the CIA's Special Operations Group, Cole Matthews-battle their way through Spain, the Mediterranean, and ultimately, across Sudan, an imminent threat arises at home that FBI Deputy Director Mike Benson must face and determine if it is part of the deadly global conspiracy.
Oath of Honor is an intense and gripping follow-up to former Marine Matthew Betley's "brilliantly conceived" (Clive Cussler) Overwatch and solidifies his place among the greatest contemporary thriller writers.
Set in the aftermath of Betley's "machine-gun pace" (Booklist) Oath of Honor and the discovery of a deadly global conspiracy, the president requests Logan West to form a covert task force with the mission to dismantle a nameless enemy.
With the full resources of the Justice Department, Intelligence Community, and the military (not to mention presidential pardons pre-signed), Logan must battle a secret organization with the connections and funding to rival many first-world nations. The goal of this organization is both singular and sinister-to pit the United States against China in a bid to dismantle the world's security and economy. Back on US soil, Logan and his task force pursue the elusive foe from the woods of northern Virginia to the banks of the Chesapeake Bay, from suburban Maryland across the urban sprawl of Washington DC. The stakes have never been higher for Logan or America itself...
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Following the events of the "fast, hard-hitting, and impossible to put down" (The Real Book Spy) Field of Valor, Logan West continues his mission to bring America's traitorous vice president to justice, even as the clandestine group pulling all the strings makes one last deadly bid to regain their power.
The vice president of the United States is missing, the director of the National Security Agency has been assassinated, and the mysterious organization orchestrating global instability is in tatters. While John Quick recovers from a gunshot wound that nearly killed him, Logan West is on the hunt to bring the vice president back to the US to face justice for his treason. The final stakes have never been higher and Logan and his task force are left with little to no options. Will it be this warrior's end?
"As a former Marine, Betley really knows his stuff" (#1 New York Times bestselling author Kyle Mills), and rules of Rules of War is filled with the gripping, nonstop action thriller fans crave.
“Die Hard in a gated community.”—Chris Hauty, national bestselling author of Deep State and Storm Rising
From the critically acclaimed author of Overwatch and other titles in the Logan West Thriller series, comes a can’t-miss, brand-new thriller that proves Matthew Betley is the modern master of the unputdownable page-turner.
It was supposed to be just another ordinary night …
What happens when your neighborhood harbors a secret so destructive that dangerous men are willing to kill for it?
Welcome to Hidden Refuge, a normal American subdivision full of normal American suburbanites. At least that’s what the citizens thought before men impersonating police officers show up on their doorsteps in the middle of the night. Once the entire community is under siege, so begins a long, dark night that will prove to be anything but ordinary.
But Zack Chambers, suburban family man and programmer by trade, has his own secret. One he had dearly hoped that he’d never need to use again. The deadly ex–CIA agent and trained operative plots to take back the night, doing whatever it takes to protect his neighborhood.
In the face of a small army of trained killers, he’s got his wits, his babysitter, his equally lethal brother, and a ragtag group of neighbors willing to help.
Action-packed and relentless with twists and turns and old scores to be settled, this propulsive and brilliantly plotted can’t-miss thriller brings a shocking end you won’t see coming. Fans of Matthew Betley’s trademark blend of gritty realism and edge-of-your-seat action will be delighted.
An electrifying new thriller series for listeners who love Vince Flynn and Brad Thor! Former Marine officer Matthew Betley introduces fearless soldier Logan West in this action-packed, globe-trotting, edge-of-your-seat debut.Former Marine Force Reconnaissance officer Logan West emerges from a blackout after drinking away the worries of his ruined marriage and PTSD, an all-too-familiar scene for the recovering alcoholic. But he wakes to more than a killer hangover: a professional mercenary has been sent to capture him. After an embattled showdown, Logan impulsively answers the dead man's ringing phone, triggering a hasty rescue of Logan's estranged wife and a global race against the clock to track down an unknown organization searching for an Iraqi flag central to a planned attack in the Middle East-one that will draw the US into a major conflict with Iran. Logan and John Quick, Logan's former platoon sergeant who has also been targeted by these shadowy mercenaries, are contracted as "consultants" to assist the FBI as part of a special task force led by Logan's close friend. From the plains of the Midwest, to the Alamo and mansions in northern Mexico, to the war-torn Al-Anbar province, the battles build in scale and scope and pit an international team against mercenaries and former Special Forces operators employed by the world's largest private security contractor, whose owner has a shadowy personal vendetta of his own. Meanwhile, Logan is battling his own demons, unable to shake the trauma of the ambush that his Force Recon unit suffered at an insurgent torture compound in Fallujah in 2004. Mixing thrilling, you-are-there fight scenes with high-stakes tactical maneuvers and complex, fully-realized characters, Overwatch is up-to-the-minute and impossible to put down.
Als Logan West ohne Nachzudenken an das klingelnde Telefon eines toten Mannes geht, löst er damit einen globalen Wettlauf gegen die Zeit aus. Und zwar eine unbekannte Organisation aufzuspüren, die ein irakisches Artefakt sucht, das eine zentrale Rolle bei einem geplanten Angriff im Mittleren Osten spielt – einem, der die USA in einen großen Konflikt mit dem Iran bringen würde.
Logan, ein ehemaliger Marine, wird daraufhin als Sonderberater des FBIs unter Vertrag genommen und dadurch Teil einer Special Task Force, die geheime Operationen im Hintergrund stoppen soll, koste es, was es wolle. Die Kämpfe laufen ununterbrochen, von den Ebenen des Mittleren Westens, über das nördliche Mexiko bis zu der vom Krieg gebeutelten Provinz Al-Anbar, ausgetragen von einem internationalen Team gegen ausgebildete Söldnern der weltweit größten Sicherheitsfirma, dessen Inhaber eine persönliche Vendetta gegen die US-Regierung führt. In der Zwischenzeit hält Logan weiter Stand, obwohl er selbst mit seiner eigenen Vergangenheit zu kämpfen hat. Besonders mit dem Trauma, das seine Force Recon Einheit durch einen Hinterhalt im Folterlager der Rebellen in Fallujah 2004 erleiden musste, und das nun droht, alles zu zerstören. .
Eine weltweite Verschwörung wird zum Härtetest für Logan West.
FBI-Neuling Logan West wird nach Alaska beordert, um ein russisches Black-Ops-Team daran zu hindern, streng geheime US-Waffen zu rauben. Amerikas Rolle im globalen Machtgefüge steht auf dem Prüfstand.
Doch die Mission scheitert. Deshalb folgt Logan der Spur der Russen quer durch die halbe Welt bis hinein in die Zellen geheimer Gefängnisse im Sudan …
Steve Berry: 'Voller Spannung, Gewalt und Dramatik. Ebenso phantasievoll wie überzeugend.'
Booklist: 'Eine energiegeladene Geschichte im Schnellfeuertempo. Betley muss man unbedingt lesen!'
Kyle Mills: 'Erbarmungslose Action, unerträgliche Spannung und beängstigende Bedrohungen. Mit seinem zweiten Roman festigt Matthew Betley seine Position als neuer Star des Genres.'
Christopher Reich: 'Pausenlose Action von Anfang bis Ende. Dieses Buch werden Sie nicht weglegen!'
Publishers Weekly: 'Betleys Kampfszenen gehören zum Besten im Thriller-Genre.'
