Black Flagged Books in Order
Part ofSteven Konkoly Books in OrderThis page shows the Black Flagged books by Steven Konkoly in order, with quick summaries, series background, and a clear path into the saga.
Last updated: June 7, 2026
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Publication Order
8 books
Black Flagged Alpha
by Steven Konkoly
2011
Former Black Flag operative Daniel Petrovich is blackmailed back into a world he thought he'd escaped. Old secrets, assassins, and government betrayals turn one last mission into a race to stay alive.
Black Flagged Apex
by Steven Konkoly
2012
Missing virus canisters and a wave of killings inside the United States point to a homegrown terror plot. Daniel Petrovich and Ryan Sharpe race to stop a bioweapons attack before it detonates politically and physically.
Black Flagged Redux
by Steven Konkoly
2012
The hunt for rogue bioweapons scientist Anatoly Reznikov drives Daniel and his allies into Russia. What begins as a covert pursuit spirals into a horrifying Zulu Virus outbreak and an international crisis.
Black Flagged Vektor
by Steven Konkoly
2013
With Reznikov in custody, Black Flag is sent deep into Russia to erase the source of his research. A Russian counterhunt and Karl Berg's off-book maneuvers threaten to turn one raid into a much bigger crisis.
Black Flagged Omega
by Steven Konkoly
2017
A raid on a secret lab reveals that Reznikov has slipped away again, while True America gains power in Washington. Daniel and Jessica Petrovich are dragged back toward a conspiracy tied to their past.
Covenant
by Steven Konkoly
2018
This shorter Black Flagged entry bridges larger battles still to come. Old enemies, uneasy alliances, and unfinished business keep the pressure on as the series pivots toward its next major conflict.
Inception
by Steven Konkoly
2018
A compact prequel to the Black Flagged story, this novella shows the early choices and training that shape Daniel Petrovich. It adds context to the secret program and the man caught inside it.
Vindicta
by Steven Konkoly
2022
In the aftermath of Omega, the surviving Black Flagged operatives launch a final bid to break True America's grip on power. It is a fast-moving endgame of revenge, sabotage, and one last chance to stop the rot.
Series background & context
The Black Flagged series is Konkoly at his most overtly military and espionage driven. At the center is Daniel Petrovich, a former operative tied to the Department of Defense's secret Black Flag program, a world of deniable missions, deep-cover work, and people the government would rather erase than acknowledge.
Daniel would like that life to stay buried. It does not.
The books start with old secrets forcing him back into action, then widen into a long-running web of covert operations, intelligence games, political maneuvering, and bioweapons terror. Along the way, other major players take on real weight, especially General Sanderson, CIA figure Karl Berg, and federal investigator Ryan Sharpe. This is one of those series where the supporting cast gradually becomes part of the machinery, not just people standing around the hero.
One of the biggest connective threads is the work of rogue scientist Anatoly Reznikov and the Zulu Virus. That thread pushes the series from straight black-ops suspense into something darker and more unstable. Some books feel like classic espionage thrillers. Others lean harder into bioterror, domestic extremism, or geopolitical brinkmanship. The point is not neat genre boundaries. The point is pressure.
Settings shift constantly, from Washington to Europe to Russia and back again, and the international movement helps the series feel big without losing its tactical edge. Konkoly likes the planning, the tradecraft, and the consequences. Raids go wrong. Intelligence is incomplete. Political leaders use operators for goals that are not always clean or honest.
By the time the series reaches Omega and Vindicta, the fight is not just about one scientist or one covert mission. It is about rot inside the American political system, the rise of the True America movement, and whether the surviving Black Flagged operatives can stop a conspiracy that has moved from the shadows toward power in plain sight.
The tone is hard, fast, and unapologetically kinetic. These books are built for readers who like covert teams, compromised institutions, shifting loyalties, and action scenes that come with actual operational detail.
It is a big series, but it stays anchored by one idea: the people sent to do the dirtiest work rarely get to walk away clean.
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