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Cole Hunter Action Thriller Books in Order

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Explore the Cole Hunter action thrillers by Jack Mars in reading order, with short summaries, series background, and guidance on where to enter this global hostage‑rescue series.

Last updated: December 21, 2025

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11 books

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Stealth Recon

by Jack Mars

2026

Sent in ahead of an official operation, Cole Hunter conducts deep reconnaissance on a shadow network planning a spectacular hostage grab. What he discovers forces him to act early, knowing he may have to fight his way out alone.

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Stealth Mission

by Jack Mars

2026

A covert operation meant to last hours stretches into days as everything that can go wrong does. Cole Hunter must adapt on the fly, keeping hostages alive while navigating double‑crosses, shifting alliances, and a hostile city closing in.

3
New

Stealth Crisis

by Jack Mars

2026

Multiple hostage events erupt at once, overwhelming normal responders. Cole Hunter has to prioritize threats, redeploy limited teams, and keep calm as a manufactured crisis threatens to break a nation’s sense of security.

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New

Stealth Control

by Jack Mars

2026

A sophisticated enemy seizes control of critical systems during a hostage standoff. Cole Hunter and Nova must fight both physical threats and remote sabotage, restoring control before panicked leaders trigger a disastrous overreaction.

5
New

Stealth Command

by Jack Mars

2026

Promoted to lead a multinational response, Cole Hunter suddenly has more politics than bullets to handle. As competing agencies vie for control, he has to hold the line on the ground before bureaucratic delays cost lives.

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New

Stealth Combat

by Jack Mars

2026

During an extraction in Yemen, Cole Hunter uncovers a crystalline chemical weapon capable of petrifying victims. With cities at risk and temperatures rising, he and Nova race to neutralize the device before it is unleashed on a massive scale.

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New

Stealth Attack

by Jack Mars

2026

Enemy fighters strike a supposedly safe location, trapping dignitaries and security alike. Cole Hunter moves from hunted to hunter inside the same complex, turning the attackers’ own plans against them in a brutal close‑quarters fight.

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New

Stealth Asset

by Jack Mars

2026

When an undercover source goes dark inside a terror network, Cole Hunter and Nova are tasked with getting them out. Their rescue attempt uncovers a broader plot, forcing them to choose between saving one asset and stopping a much larger attack.

9
New

Stealth Assault

by Jack Mars

2026

When extremists overrun a strategic site, Cole Hunter plans a risky assault that depends on precision and trust. With civilians scattered through the target, one misstep could turn the rescue into a massacre.

10

Stealth Strike

by Jack Mars

2025

A high‑stakes hostage crisis erupts in a politically sensitive hotspot, and Cole Hunter is dropped into the middle of it. Working with Nova, he has to stage a surgical strike that frees captives without sparking an international incident.

11

Stealth Force

by Jack Mars

2025

Former Navy SEAL Cole Hunter and his ex‑SWAT partner Nova are called in when a prestigious university becomes the target of an assassination plot. As they race through campus, they must protect future leaders while unmasking a shadowy group behind the attack.

Series background & context

The Cole Hunter series follows a former Navy SEAL who has turned his skills toward the most delicate kind of crisis: high‑stakes hostage situations where failure would echo far beyond a single room. Cole Hunter is the person called when diplomats, students, or entire cities are one bad decision away from disaster.

In Stealth Force, the opening book, a seemingly secure private university becomes ground zero for an assassination plot aimed at the next generation of global leaders. Cole and his former SWAT‑officer partner, Nova, are dropped into the middle of the campus to untangle overlapping motives, neutralize attackers, and keep a massacre from unfolding on live feeds.

The series quickly broadens beyond that first mission. Later novels send Cole and Nova into unstable regions, onto extraction missions gone wrong, and into confrontations with shadowy groups bent on using hostages as leverage for political and economic chaos. Stealth Combat, for example, finds them in Yemen, stumbling onto a chemical weapon capable of turning entire populations into statues—an image that captures the series’ blend of grounded tactics with larger‑than‑life stakes.

At the core of these stories is the partnership between Cole and Nova. They bring different temperaments and backgrounds to the job: military precision on one side, urban assault experience on the other. Their trust in each other—earned over years of shared danger—is often the only stable element in situations where allies, informants, and local authorities may turn unreliable at any moment.

Mars uses the series to explore the nuts and bolts of crisis response: planning entries, negotiating under pressure, reading panicked crowds, and making impossible tradeoffs when there is no clean outcome. The politics are present, but the camera stays close to the team moving through hallways, tunnels, and city streets.

For readers, the Cole Hunter books deliver tightly focused, action‑driven thrillers that still leave room for character moments. Cole is tough but not invincible; Nova is resourceful and sharp‑edged, with her own scars. Together they give the series a human center amid the flash‑bangs and helicopter rides.

If you like stories where one wrong move could set off an international incident, and where the solution depends on small teams making split‑second decisions, Cole Hunter’s missions are an easy series to dive into.

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Richard Reis

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Anurag Ramdasan

Lead investor at 3one4 Capital whose startup expertise and love for books helped shaped MRB and its growth.

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All 11 Cole Hunter Action Thriller Books in Order (2026)