Don Pendleton Books in Order
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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Don Pendleton books in publication order
613 books
Death Warrant
by Don Pendleton
1994
Drug smugglers slaughter a DEA special operations team after someone betrays its mission. Mack Bolan heads into the jungle to trace the informant and confront Rocha, the drug lord whose expanding alliances threaten further violence.
Extreme Force
by Don Pendleton
1994
An arms dealer known as the Vulture supplies weapons to America’s enemies through an international network. Mack Bolan follows the trade from the United States to Brazil, working with local officials to track down its supplier.
Fire Burst
by Don Pendleton
1994
Reports of neo-Nazis alongside Arab guerrillas on the Iraqi border expose an unexpected terrorist alliance. Mack Bolan investigates white supremacists in Los Angeles as Phoenix Force attacks the German cells connected to the threat.
Hostile Action
by Don Pendleton
1994
Humanitarian aid shipments conceal an arms pipeline into an African conflict. Mack Bolan follows the operation through Rotterdam, confronting traffickers and corrupt officials before entering a warlord’s territory, where an American woman is in danger.
Killing Range
by Don Pendleton
1994
South Africa’s White Wolves launch a campaign of racial terror aimed at restoring apartheid. Mack Bolan confronts their leader and the corrupt police and political connections that allow his organization to operate with protection.
Lethal Agent
by Don Pendleton
1994
A former Soviet officer seeks revenge for Afghanistan with a nerve gas operation based in a Southeast Asian jungle. Mack Bolan must confront the weapons threat while local CIA opposition and pursuing commandos complicate his mission.
Maximum Impact
by Don Pendleton
1994
A drug cartel joins terrorists in an operation spreading violence through the Caribbean’s St. Andreas islands. With American lives at risk, Mack Bolan attacks the network through its waterfront strongholds and back alley operations.
Secret Arsenal
by Don Pendleton
1994
An industrialist tries to frame America for biological warfare in Europe while threatening a mutant bacterial plague. His access to Stony Man’s computers forces Mack Bolan’s team to fight an enemy who knows their operations.
Strikepoint
by Don Pendleton
1994
Iraq hires former KGB scientists to develop a new missile delivery system. Mack Bolan and Phoenix Force follow the project through Europe and Turkey, using an undercover scientist’s identity to get closer to the Iraqi operation.
Sudden Fury
by Don Pendleton
1994
A Colombian drug cartel’s Jamaican operation leaves DEA agents dead and brings hired killers into the conflict. Mack Bolan arrives to confront the network, only to find an ambush waiting before his investigation can begin.
Target America
by Don Pendleton
1994
Puerto Rican separatists infiltrate the United States Navy as part of a planned attack on the mainland. Mack Bolan, Able Team and Phoenix Force follow the conspiracy between Miami and San Juan to uncover its targets.
War Paint
by Don Pendleton
1994
A cocaine trail leads Mack Bolan to a Sioux reservation in South Dakota. A drug lord uses armed followers and jurisdictional barriers to protect his operation, leaving local people exposed as Bolan moves against him.
Warhead
by Don Pendleton
1994
North Korean hijackers seize ten tactical nuclear missiles, placing a devastating arsenal beyond American control. The president sends Stony Man on a covert recovery mission, requiring the team to act outside normal legal channels.
Wellfire
by Don Pendleton
1994
Terrorists seeking revenge for the Gulf War ignite oil wells in Oklahoma. Mack Bolan infiltrates their operation to identify the remaining targets and stop a campaign that could spread destruction across America’s oil fields.
Armed Force
by Don Pendleton
1995
An arms industrialist builds a force of assassins controlled through hypnosis, using a former CIA operative as his prototype. Mack Bolan and Stony Man investigate a plot aimed at world leaders, including the American president.
Blood Debt
by Don Pendleton
1995
Attacks from Lima to Berlin suggest unrelated terrorist groups are working for the same paymaster. Stony Man launches a coordinated investigation into the killings, following the money toward a gathering of the organizations involved.
Combat Zone
by Don Pendleton
1995
Former Special Forces commando Adolfo Valdez sends hit teams against American businessmen in Mexico. Mack Bolan pursues the operation into the jungle, where his enemy’s military experience makes the campaign against these targets especially dangerous.
Crisis Point
by Don Pendleton
1995
A faction within the American military sponsors terrorist atrocities to discredit the administration’s policies. When Stony Man itself becomes a target, Mack Bolan and Hal Brognola must investigate a conspiracy reaching toward the White House.
Deadly Contest
by Don Pendleton
1995
Drug traffickers use New Amsterdam as a depot and money laundering center while backing a candidate in its election. Mack Bolan intervenes as the opposition struggles against a cartel seeking political control of the island.
Deep Alert
by Don Pendleton
1995
An alliance between Ukraine and Libya hijacks a nuclear submarine equipped with stealth technology. Stony Man undertakes an international search for the elusive vessel before its new owners can use it to launch nuclear attacks.
Hard Contact
by Don Pendleton
1995
Middle Eastern extremists send an execution squad into the United States to take revenge on America. Mack Bolan confronts the arriving killers, trying to stop their campaign before they can carry out further attacks.
Hell Road
by Don Pendleton
1995
A renegade agent leads mercenaries in freeing Kamal, a Middle Eastern arms dealer. Mack Bolan works with CIA and Mossad contacts to hunt the escaped dealer and his protectors through the Sinai desert.
Nuclear Nightmare
by Don Pendleton
1995
Sabotage weakens an antimissile defense system just as long range nuclear weapons appear on the black market. Stony Man must trace the dealers and prevent terrorists from acquiring missiles that the damaged defenses cannot stop.
Prime Target
by Don Pendleton
1995
Stolen American missile guidance codes draw Mack Bolan to Hawaii and an arms cartel’s hired mercenary. As the mercenary plans to betray his employers, Bolan must navigate competing schemes to recover the sensitive military information.
Rescue Run
by Don Pendleton
1995
A friend is trapped in Rwanda as war engulfs the country, but Washington refuses to authorize a rescue. Mack Bolan defies that policy and enters the conflict to reach someone the government has abandoned.
Rogue Agent
by Don Pendleton
1995
An auction for Novichok 5 threatens to put a lethal chemical weapon into dangerous hands. Mack Bolan races to interrupt the sale while an uncertain alliance with a female agent leaves him questioning whom to trust.
Select Fire
by Don Pendleton
1995
The Huntsman, an assassin Mack Bolan has apparently killed twice, returns amid arms deals and counterfeit currency. Bolan and Stony Man investigate the connection between his reappearance, an ancient legend and the mastermind behind the operation.
Shoot Down
by Don Pendleton
1995
A Golden Triangle drug lord adds an advanced fighter jet to the defenses of his poppy empire. Mack Bolan and pilot Jack Grimaldi are sent to destroy it, but being shot down leaves them fighting through the jungle.
Stinger
by Don Pendleton
1995
Indian and Pakistani airliners are destroyed with American Stinger missiles, giving extremists grounds to blame the United States. Stony Man receives orders to recover the remaining weapons before the attacks trigger a wider religious war.
Terms Of Survival
by Don Pendleton
1995
The televised murder of an American general exposes the failure of a peacekeeping mission in southern Africa. Stony Man enters a conflict sustained by black market weapons and competing warlords to stop the spreading violence.
Triburst
by Don Pendleton
1995
A terrorist conspiracy places killers around the world and repeatedly stays ahead of its pursuers. Mack Bolan, Able Team and Phoenix Force undertake a coordinated hunt for the mastermind directing the attacks from behind the scenes.
Vortex
by Don Pendleton
1995
Two Somali warlords slaughter civilians and draw Stony Man into their struggle for power. The mission expands into open conflict as the team confronts the foreign backers whose interests help sustain the warlords’ violence.
Asian Crucible
by Don Pendleton
1996
A rogue CIA agent uses an American prisoner of war and Chinese Mafia attacks to stir conflict along the Thai border. Mack Bolan goes undercover in Thailand to stop a scheme that could draw America back into war.
Bird of Prey
by Don Pendleton
1996
A secret Iranian nuclear facility brings Stony Man into a mission sanctioned by the president. Mack Bolan, Able Team and Phoenix Force work with Russian allies as an advanced aircraft becomes central to their strike against the threat.
Blood Harvest
by Don Pendleton
1996
A trail of deaths in New Orleans points Mack Bolan toward a trade in stolen human organs. His investigation carries him into the bayous, where he hunts the people supplying the market and the mastermind behind them.
Death Force
by Don Pendleton
1996
Mack Bolan’s rest in the Colorado Rockies ends when he stumbles into a firefight. Rogue lawmen and a paramilitary hate group draw him into a conspiracy whose ambitions extend beyond the mountains to violent action in Washington.
Death Whisper
by Don Pendleton
1996
A Mexican mining camp conceals a base for former Russian special forces involved in arms and drug trafficking. Mack Bolan investigates a criminal network using tunnels and military expertise to carry its operations across the American border.
Fight or Die
by Don Pendleton
1996
An American physician disappears into the hands of a Serbian warlord, sending Mack Bolan on a rescue mission. The doctor’s captor operates from a mountain stronghold, where Bolan must confront the armed men protecting his prisoner.
Fire Hammer
by Don Pendleton
1996
A radical Chinese group pursues its campaign against Communism through mass violence and nuclear blackmail. Mack Bolan faces the threat with unexpected allies, trying to stop extremists whose political aims put countless other lives at risk.
Fire Lash
by Don Pendleton
1996
Chinese Triads launch attacks in New York, San Francisco and Vancouver, drawing Mack Bolan into their expanding campaign. Following the criminal pipeline toward Asia, he finds a conspiracy connecting organized crime with powerful Communist interests.
Fission Fury
by Don Pendleton
1996
Three Russian nuclear scientists are kidnapped by a former KGB general and a Mafia boss. When Russia seeks American help, Mack Bolan accompanies the ransom mission, investigating a conspiracy that also has an American participant.
Flashback
by Don Pendleton
1996
American military officials support Puerto Rican militants and Cuban hardliners in a scheme to provoke a strike against Cuba. Stony Man confronts the conspiracy on several fronts as the operation threatens to create another missile crisis.
Freedom Strike
by Don Pendleton
1996
A terrorist assault threatens South Africa’s new president and draws Mack Bolan into the struggle surrounding the country’s transition. He pursues subversives tied to the old secret police before their campaign can destabilize the new government.
Hunting Cry
by Don Pendleton
1996
Mack Bolan investigates a European trafficking ring exploiting women from Bosnia. The trail leads toward a neo-Nazi intermediary in Holland, where he must confront the criminals turning the aftermath of war into a source of profit.
Ride the Beast
by Don Pendleton
1996
Mack Bolan and two Stony Man comrades take their fight against a Chinese Communist and Triad conspiracy into enemy territory. After a campaign stretching from San Francisco to Milan, the three men face an overwhelming military force.
Satan's Thrust
by Don Pendleton
1996
With the president unavailable, Stony Man’s usual access to power is blocked while nuclear missiles circulate through Moscow’s black market. The teams must confront terrorists seeking these weapons as political obstacles complicate their response to the threat.
Skylance
by Don Pendleton
1996
An advanced reconnaissance aircraft is shot down over New Guinea, sending Stony Man to recover or destroy it. The teams enter a civil war zone, where securing the technology means contending with the factions surrounding the crash.
Steel Claws
by Don Pendleton
1996
Mack Bolan joins two Phoenix Force operatives in a campaign against the Triads and their powerful backers. Their pursuit moves through Amsterdam, Paris and Milan as they try to reach the Asian mastermind directing the violence.
Sunflash
by Don Pendleton
1996
Nuclear plant accidents and protests at California’s Diablo Canyon draw Stony Man into an investigation. A Chinese satellite and a politician promoting a new energy source become part of a scheme that threatens an American nuclear facility.
The Perishing Game
by Don Pendleton
1996
An engineered virus known as White Death devastates two towns and brings Stony Man into a race against further attacks. The teams confront the terrorists behind the outbreak while risking infection themselves in the course of their mission.
Asian Storm
by Don Pendleton
1997
An industrialist builds a Southeast Asian alliance and employs ninja assassins in a plan to restore an empire. Stony Man investigates spreading unrest as the conspiracy threatens to pull the United States and China into war.
Blood and Fire
by Don Pendleton
1997
A cheap designer drug spreads through American streets with armed Jamaican gangs handling distribution. Mack Bolan investigates the secret cartel behind it, facing a compromised DEA operation and criminals whose product makes an already violent trade deadlier.
Blood Circle
by Don Pendleton
1997
Terrorist Igor Baibakov brings a campaign of violence from Sarajevo into a widening international conflict. Mack Bolan works with a female Russian intelligence agent to pursue him as the threat reaches American soil and new targets.
Blood Star
by Don Pendleton
1997
A Russian Mafia network extends its drug and terrorist operations into the United States. Stony Man follows the danger from upstate New York toward its Russian source, seeking to cut off the supplies sustaining the attacks.
Body Armor
by Don Pendleton
1997
Well-trained killers wearing advanced bulletproof helmets and body armor attack police officers, criminals and civilians. Mack Bolan investigates the group known as the Juggernauts, whose equipment and discipline conceal a purpose that remains difficult to identify.
Call to Arms
by Don Pendleton
1997
Mack Bolan pursues a far-right paramilitary organization into the Everglades. His investigation exposes connections to an American traitor and Middle Eastern backers, drawing him beyond the militants themselves toward those directing their campaign from behind the scenes.
End Game
by Don Pendleton
1997
A stolen nuclear weapon sends Mack Bolan on a pursuit stretching from Scotland through Afghanistan to the Caribbean. He follows the trail toward a fortified hideout, trying to prevent the weapon from reaching its intended use.
Eye of the Ruby
by Don Pendleton
1997
Communist hardliners seize power in Taiwan and use terror and media manipulation to isolate the government. Stony Man enters a crisis involving former enemies, unexpected alliances and a destructive weapon that raises the stakes of the confrontation.
Hour of Conflict
by Don Pendleton
1997
Mack Bolan pursues mercenary Christopher Stone after a clash with a terrorist militia in Idaho. Stone has joined an arms-smuggling religious cult in Baja, extending a conspiracy that threatens to tear the United States apart.
Law of Last Resort
by Don Pendleton
1997
A former KGB major turns a Caribbean drug hub into a meeting point for cartels and the Yakuza. Mack Bolan, Able Team and Phoenix Force enter a confrontation involving intelligence operatives and competing criminal organizations.
Night of the Jaguar
by Don Pendleton
1997
A joint American drug offensive brings Stony Man into the fight against a Bolivian cartel. Mack Bolan and the teams operate at the front of an investigation involving the FBI, DEA and CIA, confronting traffickers on their own ground.
Patriot Gambit
by Don Pendleton
1997
Mack Bolan infiltrates the Paul Revere Militia in Idaho after linking it to robberies, bombings, and assassination. His effort to dismantle its leadership uncovers a broader fight against extremists using patriotism to justify terror.
Red Horse
by Don Pendleton
1997
Firebombings in Boston initially resemble a gang struggle, but the attackers strike with military precision. Mack Bolan investigates the violence, looking beyond the apparent turf war to discover who is employing professional killers and why.
Terminal Option
by Don Pendleton
1997
Three federal agents are killed in Washington, exposing a terrorist threat with connections to a rogue CIA operation. Mack Bolan follows the conspiracy into the Himalayas, joining an American strike force against a plan involving ethnic cleansing.
Terror Intent
by Don Pendleton
1997
A suicide bombing destroys a tourist bus in Egypt and points to extremists calling themselves Holy Voice. The president sends Mack Bolan to hunt the organization before its campaign claims more American lives and expands further.
Tiger Stalk
by Don Pendleton
1997
An American peace diplomat disappears in Sri Lanka, drawing Mack Bolan into a mission involving Tamil Tigers and corrupt officials. He must locate the missing man while navigating a conflict in which profiteering and compromised interests obstruct his work.
Virtual Peril
by Don Pendleton
1997
North Korea captures American SEALs and turns them into television propaganda. Stony Man mounts a covert rescue, but missing weapons and betrayal widen the mission into a threat that also reaches the organization’s own headquarters.
Zero Tolerance
by Don Pendleton
1997
A New Orleans drug war brings Mack Bolan into conflict with the Bayou Boys and a Haitian gang. His pursuit runs through Louisiana’s swamps toward Haiti, where a criminal group’s use of voodoo adds another dimension to the confrontation.
Crimson Tide
by Don Pendleton
1998
Pirates hold cruise passengers for ransom near Jamaica, drawing Mack Bolan into a maritime rescue. The investigation uncovers connections to toxic waste and a Yakuza businessman, revealing a wider criminal operation behind the hostage crisis.
Deep Attack
by Don Pendleton
1998
A Colombian drug kingpin uses miniature submarines launched from cargo ships to move cocaine into the United States. Mack Bolan pursues the operation from waters near Key West toward a jungle fortress defended by armed killers.
Devil's Guard
by Don Pendleton
1998
A KGB general works toward a new Communist revolution in Cuba using stolen Russian weapons and mercenaries. Mack Bolan follows the operation’s drug funding and military connections, seeking to stop the force gathering behind the political scheme.
Enemy Within
by Don Pendleton
1998
A bomber attacks federal buildings across American cities, treating the destruction as preparation for a larger strike. Stony Man's operatives must identify the high-tech pyromaniac and stop his plan before he reaches his ultimate target.
Evil Reborn
by Don Pendleton
1998
A massacre at a former senator's Long Island home exposes an alliance of military insiders, former Soviet agents, and organized criminals. Mack Bolan and pilot Jack Grimaldi investigate the conspiracy and its plans for destruction.
Hellfire Trigger
by Don Pendleton
1998
Solar-energy tycoon Dexter Deveroux threatens the oil-rich Middle East with a nuclear weapon mounted on a satellite. Mack Bolan must stop his bid to control the world's energy supplies before it triggers a wider catastrophe.
Hostile Proximity
by Don Pendleton
1998
A former KGB general uses drug profits, stolen Russian weapons, and Cuban military support to build a mercenary force. Mack Bolan follows the money trail to stop a planned Communist takeover that threatens regional stability.
Jackal Hunt
by Don Pendleton
1998
An international crime syndicate plans to kill the American president because his arms-control initiative threatens its investments. Mack Bolan confronts assassins and intelligence operatives, but a compromised mission forces him to hunt for a traitor too.
Message To America
by Don Pendleton
1998
A rogue arms dealer brings nuclear artillery to a Wyoming militia planning mass murder. Stony Man's teams race to locate the Sawtooth Patriots' stronghold and identify the intended targets before the weapons can be used.
Plague Wind
by Don Pendleton
1998
A secret consortium unleashes Ebola in the United States to force the president to accept its demands. Mack Bolan enters the outbreak zone to fight an enemy whose biological weapon threatens destruction beyond any conventional attack.
Punitive Measures
by Don Pendleton
1998
Cheap weapons without identifying marks begin appearing at crime scenes and in terrorists' hands worldwide. Stony Man follows the supply chain toward an unexpected manufacturer, hoping to halt the trade before it fuels further violence.
Reprisal
by Don Pendleton
1998
A rogue intelligence agent cripples Stony Man's communications network, leaving its field teams exposed. With Phoenix Force trapped in Colombia and Able Team facing killers at home, Mack Bolan must counter the sabotage and rescue his colleagues.
Slaughter Squad
by Don Pendleton
1998
The Brotherhood of Patriots prepares a second American revolution with help from foreign enemies. Mack Bolan faces a conspiracy that exploits domestic militias as guerrilla fighters, turning their resentment into a weapon against the United States.
Stranglehold
by Don Pendleton
1998
Stony Man sends commandos around the world to assemble fragments of intelligence about a growing threat. Their investigation leads toward a Japanese cult leader whose devoted followers are preparing to spread his deadly doctrine abroad.
Target Command
by Don Pendleton
1998
A Japanese industrial conglomerate secretly arms and finances terrorist groups to destabilize Western governments and economies. Mack Bolan is sent to stop the campaign before the corporation's concealed influence can shift the balance of global power.
Tough Justice
by Don Pendleton
1998
Peruvian guerrillas kidnap a senior American official, and Mack Bolan is ordered to rescue him. The mission takes Bolan through Lima and jungle combat zones, caught between Shining Path militants and brutal police death squads.
Triple Strike
by Don Pendleton
1998
A mission to rescue a kidnapped American adviser in Bosnia uncovers a much larger terrorist operation. Stony Man's commandos confront Iranian forces and their allies preparing devastating attacks as part of a campaign of ethnic cleansing.
Vengeance Rising
by Don Pendleton
1998
Mack Bolan takes his fight to Japan after disrupting a business cartel's attacks against Western nations. A renegade faction still seeks global dominance, forcing him to confront the conspirators on their own ground before they regroup.
Assault Reflex
by Don Pendleton
1999
Exhausted by a global pursuit, Mack Bolan closes in on the final stage of an international conspiracy. He must preserve his fighting edge long enough to stop a force committed to destroying the Western world.
Betrayal
by Don Pendleton
1999
A Russian president's death opens a struggle for power involving organized crime. Stony Man's computer specialists and field teams prepare to confront the Mafia, unaware that a traitor inside their own headquarters threatens the operation.
Black Dawn Rising
by Don Pendleton
1999
American and German members of the neo-Nazi group Black Dawn join forces around a biological weapon. Mack Bolan tries to stop the Armageddon Virus from becoming the means for mass killing and a bid for global power.
Blood Of The Earth
by Don Pendleton
1999
Competition for oil in the Pacific Trust Islands turns violent when American workers are killed. Sent while diplomatic restrictions block other action, Mack Bolan faces hostile islanders and armed rivals competing for control of the resources.
Breach of Trust
by Don Pendleton
1999
Betrayed during an operation in Russia, Stony Man's covert team faces a threat to its continued existence. Its warriors pursue retaliation against those responsible, fighting to survive while taking the struggle back to their enemies.
Death Line
by Don Pendleton
1999
Mack Bolan investigates drug trafficking, assassinations, and unrest threatening Mexico's government. Targeted himself, he goes undercover with support from Able Team and Phoenix Force to stop a conspiracy designed to provoke an American invasion.
Doomsday Conspiracy
by Don Pendleton
1999
Military traitors, former KGB agents, and organized criminals prepare weapons of mass destruction for a campaign of extermination. Mack Bolan pursues their coalition across America, Europe, and the Middle East as its timetable accelerates.
Edge Of Night
by Don Pendleton
1999
A mutated anthrax outbreak spreads from Western embassies in the Middle East toward America. Stony Man confronts a cult preparing for the apocalypse while also working to prevent a nuclear conflict from erupting in India.
Judas Kill
by Don Pendleton
1999
Former Mafia hit man Nicholas Carvaggio is framed for killing a federal agent and hunted by both sides. Mack Bolan offers him a chance to fight back through a sting against a powerful New York crime boss.
Kill Radius
by Don Pendleton
1999
Assigned to protect Mexico's president, Mack Bolan suspects his charge may be directing the country's violence and drug trade. While other Stony Man teams rescue hostages and confront border smugglers, Bolan searches for the hidden conspiracy.
Risk Factor
by Don Pendleton
1999
The Russian Mafia uses terrorist couriers to sell nuclear materials on the black market. Mack Bolan and Jack Grimaldi pursue the network from Brighton Beach through Moscow and the Middle East before buyers acquire weapons of mass destruction.
Rolling Death
by Don Pendleton
1999
A surge of narcotics flooding South Florida brings Mack Bolan to Miami. With pilot Jack Grimaldi, he attacks Paul Tartaglia's extensive drug empire, confronting a criminal organization whose resources have helped it outlast ordinary law enforcement.
Shadow Target
by Don Pendleton
1999
Russian crime boss Rurik Baklanov gains a new identity by cooperating with authorities, then betrays them to build a global syndicate. Mack Bolan attacks his American alliances while trying to identify a target whose appearance has changed.
Silent Invader
by Don Pendleton
1999
Deadly nerve-gas attacks reveal that stolen American chemical weapons are being used against civilians. Stony Man follows the weapons' trail toward an enemy serving a corrupt consortium, racing to recover the stockpile and halt the attacks.


































































































