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Browse Don Pendleton's books in order, including his original Executioner adventures and other fiction, with short summaries to help choose your next read.

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Moscow Massacre

by Don Pendleton

1986

Mack Bolan agrees to help a CIA mole endangered in Moscow despite his distrust of the agency. Entering the Kremlin under American sanction, he combines a rescue assignment with his own conflict against Soviet intelligence.

Save The Children

by Don Pendleton

1986

Children are disappearing in Chicago while police and federal investigators struggle to act. Mack Bolan searches for those responsible, following connections that reach from organized crime into politics as desperate families wait for answers.

The Fire Eaters

by Don Pendleton

1986

The murder of a Vietnam comrade brings Mack Bolan to a California military academy. Working undercover as a survival instructor, he investigates a conspiracy involving murder and technology while trying to keep his identity hidden.

The Trial

by Don Pendleton

1986

Mack Bolan's private war against criminals brings him before an American court, on trial for his life. The fighter who appointed himself protector of the innocent must now face judgment from the country he serves.

American Nightmare

by Don Pendleton

1987

A professional murder team crosses America carrying out killings that conceal a revenge plot. Assigned to protect a presidential contender, Mack Bolan follows the attackers' trail while trying to prevent their next planned assassination.

Assault on Rome

by Don Pendleton

1987

The murder of an American diplomat leads Mack Bolan to terrorists operating beneath Rome. Posing as an assassin for hire, he infiltrates the Red Justice Column to stop a group threatening the city's safety.

Black Dice

by Don Pendleton

1987

A Soviet defector, two American traitors and a proposed prisoner exchange draw Mack Bolan into a clash of intelligence services. In Alaska, he must navigate competing agendas while a KGB assassination team pursues the defector.

Blood Testament

by Don Pendleton

1987

Hal Brognola is accused of treachery while his wife and children are kidnapped. Mack Bolan must rescue his friend's family and clear his name, investigating a conspiracy with troubling links to American intelligence and organized crime.

Code of Dishonor

by Don Pendleton

1987

An explosion in Tokyo leads Mack Bolan to corrupt American servicemen running a drug pipeline. Their Japanese leader's revenge plans involve a nuclear weapon, forcing Bolan to stop a threat extending far beyond the narcotics trade.

Countdown to Chaos

by Don Pendleton

1987

A terrorist attack in Northern Ireland is designed to implicate Americans and damage relations with Britain. Mack Bolan must prevent the strike before it undermines a military partnership and ignites an already volatile political situation.

Devil's Horn

by Don Pendleton

1987

Following a drug operation from New York to Thailand puts Mack Bolan and pilot Jack Grimaldi in a cartel's labor camp. Cut off from their equipment, they must survive captivity and confront the traffickers controlling it.

Eternal Triangle

by Don Pendleton

1987

A young man has spent years preparing to avenge his father's death at Mack Bolan's hands. Now trained to fight, he seeks out the Executioner, bringing consequences of Bolan's earliest killings into the present.

Hong Kong Hit List

by Don Pendleton

1987

Mack Bolan travels toward China to stop militants determined to break the country's relations with the United States. His mission pits him against a group willing to use violence to destroy cooperation between the two nations.

Run to Ground

by Don Pendleton

1987

Wounded after attacking a drug lord's stronghold, Mack Bolan takes refuge in an Arizona desert town. Pursuing killers demand his surrender and threaten the residents, leaving him to defend the people caught in his fight.

Split Image

by Don Pendleton

1987

An American pilot disappears soon after returning home in a spy exchange. Mack Bolan is assigned to find him for a CIA debriefing, but a dangerous pursuit suggests the missing man has a purpose of his own.

Time to Kill

by Don Pendleton

1987

Investigating Soviet arms sales, Mack Bolan discovers Russian commandos hiding in a ruined Scottish castle. Their plans threaten the British government and NATO secrets, turning his investigation into a mission to stop an international attack.

Blood of the Lion

by Don Pendleton

1988

Colonel Hector Alchupa plans to overthrow Brazil's government with money from crime and corrupt officials. Mack Bolan stands in his way, but five hired assassins are competing for a million-dollar bounty on his head.

Border Sweep

by Don Pendleton

1988

Murdered smugglers and a boxcar full of dead migrants expose a violent struggle over cheap labor along the Arizona border. Mack Bolan follows the trail toward a trafficker exploiting desperate people for his own profit.

Circle of Steel

by Don Pendleton

1988

A Vietnam veteran builds an illegal arms empire with mercenaries and international assassins. When a former ally seeks Mack Bolan's help escaping the operation, Bolan enters a dangerous business held together by threats and betrayal.

Cold Judgment

by Don Pendleton

1988

Intelligence from Stony Man points to a revived cult of assassins selling its services to paying clients. Mack Bolan enters Syria to infiltrate the group, where devoted killers make discovery a potentially fatal mistake.

Desert Strike

by Don Pendleton

1988

The assassination of Saudi Arabia's king threatens to destabilize the Gulf. Mack Bolan investigates with an inexperienced CIA operative, tracking the killers toward a heavily armed family whose powerful backers could widen the regional crisis.

Line of Fire

by Don Pendleton

1988

Mack Bolan heads to Colombia to disrupt a cartel's cocaine supply after conventional infiltration fails. A mission goes wrong and leaves him wounded, forcing him to survive pursuit while trying to finish the assignment.

The Fiery Cross

by Don Pendleton

1988

After a human rights activist is murdered in the Deep South, his father asks Mack Bolan for help. Bolan infiltrates a white supremacist organization and discovers connections that make the crime part of a larger threat.

The Killing Urge

by Don Pendleton

1988

Mob witnesses preparing to testify against a Chicago crime boss start dying after a security leak. Mack Bolan must protect people he normally fights, because letting the killers succeed would put innocent lives at risk.

Trojan Horse

by Don Pendleton

1988

Mack Bolan goes undercover against an alliance of German and Arab terrorists planning a new Nazi empire. Their access to nuclear warheads and nerve gas turns the assignment into a race to prevent mass killing.

Twisted Path

by Don Pendleton

1988

Peru's Shining Path suddenly gains advanced weapons, sending Mack Bolan after its suppliers. His attempt to infiltrate the terrorists leads into a murder frame-up and imprisonment, threatening both his freedom and the mission's future.

Vendetta in Venice

by Don Pendleton

1988

Mack Bolan investigates a European network helping fugitives escape and finds the Mafia trying to seize it. Posing as an escaped prisoner, he follows its connections across Europe to uncover a wider international criminal operation.

Vietnam Fallout

by Don Pendleton

1988

An assassination attempt kills a New York cop who once served with Mack Bolan. Investigating his friend's death, Bolan finds extortion and heroin trafficking linking Little Saigon to Southeast Asia and an unresolved wartime past.

War Born

by Don Pendleton

1988

Assigned to protect weapons designer Stuart Wingate from a suspected Soviet attack, Mack Bolan discovers his charge has secrets. A dying agent's message exposes a possible betrayal and sends Bolan toward unfinished business in Vietnam.

Warrior's Revenge

by Don Pendleton

1988

A CIA operative searching for American prisoners disappears in Southeast Asia, and Mack Bolan is sent to find him. The mission brings Bolan back into a former enemy's sights, reviving a personal rivalry from Vietnam.

Blood Run

by Don Pendleton

1989

A drug lord's lieutenant agrees to testify, but federal agents fear leaks will expose his journey to Los Angeles. Mack Bolan and his brother escort the witness across country while hired killers pursue the bounty.

Dead Line

by Don Pendleton

1989

A federal agent investigating Mafia cargo hijackings is murdered at Boston's airport. Mack Bolan returns to avenge his friend, but the syndicate answers with hostages and a million-dollar contract that makes his mission more dangerous.

Dead Man's Tale

by Don Pendleton

1989

A murdered agent leaves behind an encoded hologram exposing plans for a Mafia takeover in Europe. Kidnapped by criminals seeking the missing code, Mack Bolan must navigate their pursuit while trying to stop the conspiracy.

Death Wind

by Don Pendleton

1989

Following a cocaine supply route brings Mack Bolan to Grenada and a suspected KGB operation. Hunted by criminals and pursued by law enforcement, he must discover what Soviet agents are planning beyond the drug trade.

Haitian Hit

by Don Pendleton

1989

Haiti's military rulers welcome a Mafia plan to build casinos and luxury hotels with criminal money. Mack Bolan moves against the alliance, trying to prevent the proposed development from giving organized crime a new stronghold.

Ice Wolf

by Don Pendleton

1989

Protected witnesses are murdered in Washington as an American-Soviet summit approaches. Mack Bolan investigates while advising presidential security, uncovering a scheme that uses the killings to divert police from a threat to both national leaders.

Kill Zone

by Don Pendleton

1989

A new heroin operation links Middle Eastern suppliers with Mafia distributors in Europe and America. Mack Bolan follows shipments from Cyprus to southern France, searching for the hidden refinery and the powerful interests protecting it.

Night Kill

by Don Pendleton

1989

Former sheriff Amos Carr asks Mack Bolan to investigate ritual murders that seem to follow a touring metal band. Their search in Denver leads into a dangerous network exploiting young people and hiding behind public performances.

Sudan Slaughter

by Don Pendleton

1989

A military coup backed by Libya leaves three hostages trapped in Sudan. Mack Bolan enters the country to rescue them, taking on a mission where the upheaval puts their lives at risk and complicates his approach.

The Big Kill

by Don Pendleton

1989

Dominick Fontanelli discovers that his company's subsidiaries conceal Mafia business connected to his father. As he gathers evidence, Mack Bolan protects him and his family against criminals determined to stop their secrets reaching the authorities.

Battle Lines

by Don Pendleton

1990

Mack Bolan investigates missing chemical weapons in Bulgaria and a suspicious offshore oil rig. Repeated ambushes suggest someone knows his plans, while connections between the two assignments reveal a conspiracy threatening to trigger an international war.

Chicago Payoff

by Don Pendleton

1990

Mack Bolan goes after Chicago drug lord Hector Gurrola, whose criminal business includes narcotics, prostitution and child exploitation. Gurrola's pursuit of wealth and respectability conceals an operation Bolan is determined to dismantle before more people suffer.

Cutting Edge

by Don Pendleton

1990

Mack Bolan follows a drug trail into Mexico with an unwilling mercenary helping identify cartel targets. The investigation exposes connections to Cuba's leader, pulling Bolan deeper into a conspiracy that extends beyond the narcotics trade.

Devil Force

by Don Pendleton

1990

Members of a CIA death squad supposedly killed in Vietnam begin turning up as fresh murder victims. Mack Bolan investigates the contradiction, searching for whoever is concealing the truth about a mission from fifteen years earlier.

Direct Hit

by Don Pendleton

1990

Thefts of radioactive material and a deadly attack on Majorca point to a growing terrorist operation. Mack Bolan follows a dying policewoman's cryptic clue, trying to locate the organizers before they can strike again.

Down And Dirty

by Don Pendleton

1990

Sabotage kills workers building an undersea tunnel between Britain and Europe, provoking unrest and threatening the project. Mack Bolan investigates a network of businessmen and union leaders determined to destroy the link for their own ends.

Fatal Error

by Don Pendleton

1990

An unknown assassin murders Mafia leaders and leaves Mack Bolan taking the blame. When the syndicate kidnaps someone close to him, Bolan must confront its bosses while a killer obsessed with destroying him closes in.

Helldust Cruise

by Don Pendleton

1990

Investigating a federal agent's suspected murder brings Mack Bolan aboard a cruise gathering intelligence on cocaine trafficking. When terrorists hijack the ship, his search for answers becomes a fight against enemies who have made him bait.

Kill Trap

by Don Pendleton

1990

A secret military helicopter explodes during testing, raising suspicions of sabotage. Mack Bolan poses as a Pentagon colonel to find the traitor, but further murders and an assassin suggest a wider conspiracy behind the stolen secrets.

To Dance With Angels

by Don Pendleton

1990

Don and Linda Pendleton explore spiritual questions through interviews with medium Thomas Jacobson, who says he channels Dr. James Martin Peebles. The conversations address death, past lives, guardian angels and relationships through that claimed connection.

Whipsaw

by Don Pendleton

1990

A terrorist bomber moves through the Philippines amid political unrest, preparing a devastating attack. Mack Bolan works under government cover to infiltrate the network, find the bomber and stop a plot threatening the country's already fragile stability.

White Line War

by Don Pendleton

1990

A Colombian drug lord challenges Mafia control of East Coast cocaine distribution, leaving civilians dead along the Miami-New York route. Federal officials call in Mack Bolan to intervene as the struggle for territory grows bloodier.

Wild Card

by Don Pendleton

1990

Attacking a cocaine route into Miami puts Mack Bolan between Mafia-backed bikers, federal agents and a troubled undercover operative. With ten million dollars in drugs at stake, conflicting interests make identifying his enemies increasingly difficult.

Blood Rules

by Don Pendleton

1991

Mack Bolan strikes Colombian cocaine operations as Stony Man launches a coordinated campaign against the drug trade. Phoenix Force tackles corruption in Panama, while Able Team hunts Miami's cartel connections and an elusive female killer.

Cayman Strike

by Don Pendleton

1991

A DEA agent carrying evidence against a drug cartel survives a plane crash on Grand Cayman, where assassins hunt him. Mack Bolan must extract the agent while turning the rescue into an opportunity to strike the cartel's leadership.

Combat Stretch

by Don Pendleton

1991

Terrorists kidnap a Japanese scientist and steal a virus capable of spreading a fatal worldwide plague. Mack Bolan receives a desperate presidential assignment to stop their blackmail scheme before the stolen biological weapon can be released.

Deadly Tactics

by Don Pendleton

1991

Rescuing a captured CIA operative in Tongasa leads Mack Bolan to renegade intelligence agents developing a drug that destroys minds. The network extends into Europe, threatening powerful figures and forcing Bolan to confront more than a single dictator.

Death Load

by Don Pendleton

1991

Khmer Rouge guerrillas seize refugees near Thailand's border and abduct a State Department agent. Mack Bolan returns to Southeast Asia to rescue the captive and dismantle the jungle army responsible for enslavement and terror.

Deep and Swift

by Don Pendleton

1991

Vietnamese traffickers known as the Watchful Hawks challenge Colombian cocaine dealers for control of New York's drug trade. Mack Bolan enters the escalating street war, targeting killers whose bombings and murders are spreading through the city.

Firebase Florida

by Don Pendleton

1991

Old friends call Mack Bolan to Miami to stop a wave of terror tied to a heavily armed Cuban brotherhood. Working with young descendants of refugees, he must strike quickly while keeping the operation outside police attention.

Hawaiian Heat

by Don Pendleton

1991

Japanese Yakuza and Chinese Triads wage war for control of Hawaii's criminal businesses. Mack Bolan intervenes across the islands' casinos and brothels, confronting both factions as their struggle threatens people caught between the competing underworld powers.

Message to Medellin

by Don Pendleton

1991

Mack Bolan joins Phoenix Force and Able Team in a coordinated campaign against the Medellin cartel. After operations in Panama and Miami, he prepares an assault on the cartel's home ground while mounting casualties test the mission's cost.

Night Hit

by Don Pendleton

1991

Unknown terrorists devastate major American cities, disappear after each attack, and keep their next target hidden. Mack Bolan accepts a dangerous mission to stop the group, whose possession of a young hostage complicates the hunt.

Payback Game

by Don Pendleton

1991

The execution of a Marine colonel drives Mack Bolan to pursue terrorists holding more Americans in the Middle East. Ordered to stand aside for negotiations, he instead acts without official support, weapons, or reliable intelligence.

Phantom Force

by Don Pendleton

1991

An attack on Japan's underworld makes Mack Bolan the enemy of the Unseen Powers, a militant cult seeking a return to feudal rule. Its warriors demand revenge for a fallen comrade, placing innocent lives in danger.

Stony Man II

by Don Pendleton

1991

A Palestinian terrorist launches a global campaign planned over years, threatening a war with consequences far beyond the immediate attacks. Stony Man mobilizes its covert forces while the President waits to learn whether they can contain the crisis.

Stony Man III

by Don Pendleton

1991

Jared Quillian gains access to American and Soviet military computer systems, including Stony Man's own network. As his bid for power reaches its final stages, the covert command must stop an enemy who has penetrated its defenses.

Assassin's Creed

by Don Pendleton

1992

Mack Bolan investigates West Bank atrocities linked to the Samson Warriors, an extremist group with American roots. Its leader seeks to reshape the Middle East through terrorism, and Bolan must stop a campaign that threatens regional peace.

Blood Price

by Don Pendleton

1992

A Middle Eastern leader holds eight international hostages, including a senior CIA operative, and prepares deadly public trials. Mack Bolan leads a rescue through hostile desert territory, where armed pursuers and suspicions of a traitor complicate the mission.

Colors of Hell

by Don Pendleton

1992

Gang violence terrorizes San Francisco's Hunters Point, leaving civilians exposed and police struggling to respond. Mack Bolan enters the conflict between the Skulls and Savage Nomads, using deception to turn the rivals against each other.

Death Trail

by Don Pendleton

1992

Arms dealer Gus Webster supplies terrorists and stockpiles enough weapons for a major attack. Mack Bolan infiltrates his hired gunmen to discover the target, racing to interrupt a shipment before it can be used against innocent people.

Double Action

by Don Pendleton

1992

A raid on a California winery puts Mack Bolan on the trail of terrorists planning attacks in North America. Their operation leads to Alaska, where a conspiracy backed by oil interests threatens to destroy the pipeline.

Eye Of The Storm

by Don Pendleton

1992

Mack Bolan and Phoenix Force pursue a terrorist alliance in the Middle East while Soviet special forces hunt them. Back in America, Able Team faces an assassination plot against the President, splitting Stony Man's attention between linked crises.

Fire Sweep

by Don Pendleton

1992

A threatened conference in the Netherlands brings Mack Bolan into a conspiracy involving a defecting Czech physicist, an endangered king, neo-Nazis, and hardline Communists. Working with a female spy, he must interrupt the planned attack.

Firing Line

by Don Pendleton

1992

Investigating a right-wing terrorist organization takes Mack Bolan into Seattle's Mafia territory, where a bounty remains on his head. He forms a dangerous partnership with a crime family's leading hitman to undermine competing underworld powers.

Steel And Flame

by Don Pendleton

1992

Drug traffic along the Ohio River finances a terrorist plot that threatens regional commerce and pressures the President. Mack Bolan goes undercover aboard the barges to identify the leader behind the sabotage and extortion.

Stony Man IV

by Don Pendleton

1992

A wave of terrorist atrocities raises fears that a state-backed campaign is drawing America toward war in the Middle East. Stony Man investigates the attacks while a threat inside Washington adds another front to the looming confrontation.

Stony Man V

by Don Pendleton

1992

The murder of a senior American drug enforcement agent exposes a powerful cartel targeting officials. Mack Bolan, Able Team, and Phoenix Force use Stony Man's intelligence network to pursue the organization under orders to dismantle it.

Storm Warning

by Don Pendleton

1992

Terrorist reprisals after the Gulf War send Mack Bolan and Phoenix Force back to the Persian Gulf while Able Team fights attacks at home. A volatile Marine commander complicates Bolan's mission against a developing regional alliance.

Warrior's Edge

by Don Pendleton

1992

Mercenaries kidnap the president and cabinet of a small African nation, leaving its people under siege. Mack Bolan becomes America's covert response, confronting the Desert Knights and their ambitious leader amid urban violence and desert fighting.

Baja Blitz

by Don Pendleton

1993

A massacre at the California-Baja border brings Johnny Bolan and his brother Mack to Tijuana. Evidence implicates corrupt police, and the existence of a witness gives their investigation a dangerous path through the border's criminal networks.

Battle Ground

by Don Pendleton

1993

As fighting intensifies in the Baltic, Mack Bolan protects South Haakovia's president and helps defend the country against the North. Phoenix Force and Able Team pursue connected threats while the enemy prepares nuclear and chemical weapons.

Battle Plan

by Don Pendleton

1993

North Haakovia's dictator threatens the Baltic with nuclear and chemical weapons. Mack Bolan helps prepare the South's army, while Phoenix Force hunts terrorists in Finland and Able Team works to stop assassins targeting the United Nations.

Black Hand

by Don Pendleton

1993

Terrorist attacks on Americans in Turkey bring Mack Bolan after the Black Hand. Diplomatic obstacles and difficult dealings with local officials slow his pursuit as the group prepares a final act of destruction that threatens mass casualties.

Capitol Hit

by Don Pendleton

1993

Violence in Washington appears connected to Vietnamese militants, but Mack Bolan uncovers a Jamaican drug figure manipulating the bloodshed. Deacon Whaley uses killings and false blame to expand his power, making the capital's streets a battleground.

Deadly Force

by Don Pendleton

1993

American citizens are abducted in Paris by the Armenian People's Struggle, sending Mack Bolan into a rescue mission. Uncooperative officials, suspected information leaks, and uncertain intelligence complicate his search through the city's militant underground.

Evil Code

by Don Pendleton

1993

A Burmese United Nations delegate uses diplomatic pouches to smuggle heroin into America. Mack Bolan follows the supply line to Colonel Thaung, whose intelligence position shields a narcotics empire preparing to flood American streets with drugs.

Fast Strike

by Don Pendleton

1993

Assassinations in Berlin suggest that covert forces are struggling for influence over reunified Germany. Mack Bolan receives a direct assignment to identify the people behind the killings before the violence creates a political crisis for America.

Force Down

by Don Pendleton

1993

The criminal army Forca Militar expands from Brazil through the Caribbean and threatens America. Mack Bolan launches a counterattack in Jamaica, then carries the mission into the Amazon to confront the force at its source.

Ransom Run

by Don Pendleton

1993

Italy's ransom rackets grow more dangerous when Sinistra kidnaps an heiress and threatens government security. Mack Bolan applies tactics from his Mafia war, manipulating rival criminal clans to disrupt the organization and recover the captive.

Shifting Target

by Don Pendleton

1993

Mack Bolan investigates Rosey Tosca, a Michigan criminal connecting stolen chemical weapons, biker drug operations, and illegal toxic waste disposal. Tosca's expanding business also supports Bolivian cocaine interests, creating a network of threats behind one local power broker.

Stony Man VI

by Don Pendleton

1993

A cartel-funded Venezuelan mastermind threatens industrial nations with catastrophic pollution, targeting nuclear facilities, chemical plants, and oil installations. Stony Man must stop his mercenary army before environmental blackmail becomes a worldwide campaign of destruction.

Stony Man VII

by Don Pendleton

1993

Mack Bolan, Able Team, and Phoenix Force receive presidential orders to destroy a new drug pipeline in Central America. Their coordinated operation aims to dismantle the trafficking route completely, committing Stony Man's field teams to an aggressive campaign.

Stony Man VIII

by Don Pendleton

1993

A European industrialist backs assassinations and bombings to bring down South Africa’s government and restore apartheid. Mack Bolan, Able Team and Phoenix Force pursue the mercenaries and radical groups carrying out his international campaign.

War Hammer

by Don Pendleton

1993

Stolen electronics components lead federal investigators to a vanished technician and a dead undercover agent. Mack Bolan must recover parts destined for an Iraqi nuclear warhead before a plan for revenge against America takes shape.

White Heat

by Don Pendleton

1993

A Miami drug lord joins forces with a Panamanian supplier to challenge the Colombian cocaine trade. Called in by a DEA agent, Mack Bolan follows the expanding operation from Florida into Panama, facing killers along the way.

Blind Eagle

by Don Pendleton

1994

Satellite jamming leaves major powers unable to monitor an escalating Middle Eastern crisis. Mack Bolan and Stony Man’s teams pursue the people behind the interference, trying to prevent manipulated clashes from becoming a larger war.

Clean Sweep

by Don Pendleton

1994

A Romanian freighter stranded near Key West carries gold intended for exiles in Cuba. Mack Bolan investigates as Romanian security agents, Castro’s men and American mobsters fight for control of the valuable cargo.

Cleansing Flame

by Don Pendleton

1994

An alliance between Iraqi terrorists and white supremacists draws Mack Bolan into a campaign against America and Israel. His investigation leads into Bolivia’s jungle while Phoenix Force confronts related Nazi operations in Germany.

Deadly Agent

by Don Pendleton

1994

Joseph Ryba plans to build a new Bohemian empire through biological warfare against Europe. With hidden missiles threatening America as well, Stony Man must dismantle his weapons network without unleashing the plague it carries.

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