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
Threat Factor
by Don Pendleton
2010
Somali pirates seize a cargo of Russian tanks and ammunition, creating an arms cache capable of fueling civil war. Mack Bolan enters territory controlled by warlords to destroy the weapons before competing buyers can turn them against more victims.
Unified Action
by Don Pendleton
2010
Able Team investigates military contractors in the Dominican Republic while Phoenix Force pursues extremists in Kyrgyzstan. A connection between their missions reveals a financier planning widespread terrorism for profit, bringing both teams into the hunt for the same enemy.
War Tides
by Don Pendleton
2010
Terrorists steal a prototype stealth submarine carrying nuclear weapons and position it to threaten America's eastern seaboard. Stony Man receives orders to recover or destroy the vessel, confronting an enemy whose speed and firepower leave little margin for failure.
Crucial Intercept
by Don Pendleton
2011
Shootings in Virginia expose competing factions hunting a former CIA cryptologist whose code could give terrorists a military advantage. Mack Bolan must reach him first, protecting both the man and his knowledge while foreign covert teams close in.
Damage Radius
by Don Pendleton
2011
Mack Bolan infiltrates a New Orleans criminal organization whose leader orders deaths alongside his trade in drugs and weapons. Gaining entry requires tests that threaten Bolan's life and principles as he prepares to dismantle the operation.
Deadly Command
by Don Pendleton
2011
Military weapons on American streets turn a Miami gang confrontation into a massacre. Mack Bolan follows the supply network to other cities, where a rival organization is preparing to seize control of the illegal arms business.
Enemy Agents
by Don Pendleton
2011
A militia uses California's Mojave Desert as a training ground for a terrorist attack. Mack Bolan must infiltrate the group and uncover its plan, with less than forty-eight hours to prevent millions of Americans from becoming targets.
Extermination
by Don Pendleton
2011
A biochemical weapon causes rapid starvation in farming communities across several continents. Stony Man confronts the anti-industrial group behind the attacks, racing to halt its spreading campaign before threats of a drastic population reduction become reality.
Fatal Combat
by Don Pendleton
2011
Fatal knife attacks across Detroit raise fears that the city is being used to test inexpensive methods of domestic terrorism. Mack Bolan is sent to investigate the killings and stop those responsible before more civilians die.
Final Coup
by Don Pendleton
2011
Protecting candidates in Cameroon's emergency election, Mack Bolan discovers a traitor targeting his team. Repeated ambushes and sniper attacks make every ally suspect as he tries to preserve lives and prevent the country's political crisis from escalating.
Hazard Zone
by Don Pendleton
2011
The murder of a senator's daughter at a Jamaican resort becomes part of a chemical attack against America. Mack Bolan tracks the bioterrorist through dangerous gangs, uncovering connections that may lead the fight back to Washington.
Orbital Velocity
by Don Pendleton
2011
A neo-Nazi group controls orbital weapons and launches devastating missile strikes on major cities. Stony Man must confront its leader and disable the threat as governments struggle to defend against attacks arriving from deep space.
Powder Burn
by Don Pendleton
2011
A Colombian drug lord targets DEA agents and American diplomats while expanding his cartel. Mack Bolan infiltrates the syndicate to destroy its leadership, facing a criminal organization reinforced by extremists and determined to silence every opponent.
Power Grab
by Don Pendleton
2011
An explosion at a New York shopping mall alerts Stony Man to a dictator planning further attacks with advanced bombs. The covert teams investigate a threat aimed at destabilizing America and spreading chaos far beyond its borders.
Shadow Hunt
by Don Pendleton
2011
A missing U.S. Marshal sends Mack Bolan into New Orleans, where a powerful Mafia leader has corrupted prosecutors and police. His rescue mission becomes a fight to survive a city whose authorities are working against him.
Stand Down
by Don Pendleton
2011
Passing through Quincyville, Kansas, Mack Bolan learns that a murdered family's teenage daughter is missing. A meth operation disguised as a pharmaceutical company and corrupt police turn his search into a confrontation with the town's criminal rulers.
Terminal Guidance
by Don Pendleton
2011
Executions of intelligence personnel in Washington, London and Pakistan lead Stony Man toward a coordinated terrorist plot. The teams must connect the killings and stop dirty-bomb attacks planned for Boston and Peshawar before time runs out.
Toxic Terrain
by Don Pendleton
2011
A former Pentagon researcher uncovers a plan to contaminate cattle feed with deadly prions. Mack Bolan heads to North Dakota to stop the attack, facing corrupt local authorities and mercenaries while America's food supply hangs in the balance.
Trial by Fire
by Don Pendleton
2011
A plane carrying American cadets is shot down in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Mack Bolan searches for survivors, then must lead the inexperienced group through a jungle where terrorists are hunting them and escape routes are disappearing.
Unconventional Warfare
by Don Pendleton
2011
An international crime ring distributes materials for weapons of mass destruction. Stony Man sends teams into the Congo and Nicaragua to stop uranium smuggling, confronting cartels, corrupt officials and organized crime as counterattacks turn the mission increasingly costly.
Armed Resistance
by Don Pendleton
2012
Weapons stolen from a Mississippi military depot supply guerrillas involved in human trafficking in Africa. Stony Man divides its forces between America, Sudan and Uganda to recover the arms, locate captives and rescue a kidnapped CIA operative.
Battle Cry
by Don Pendleton
2012
Scottish extremists kill an American businessman, drawing Mack Bolan into their violent separatist campaign. To prevent further attacks, he must identify their financier and penetrate a guarded fortress overlooking Loch Ness where the group's support is concentrated.
Blind Justice
by Don Pendleton
2012
Mack Bolan rescues an undercover Seattle officer who discovered ties between a senator and the Russian mob. With corrupt police pursuing them, Bolan must protect the officer's family and find evidence that can expose the partnership.
Blood Vendetta
by Don Pendleton
2012
An American hacker discovers a Russian mob plot to destroy U.S. satellites and becomes its next target. Mack Bolan tries to locate her before the criminals do, but her hidden identity and compromised whereabouts complicate the rescue.
Border Offensive
by Don Pendleton
2012
Mack Bolan and a border patrol agent infiltrate smugglers bringing terrorists across the Mexican border. When their covers are exposed, they must change tactics quickly to prevent the passengers from reaching America and carrying out an attack.
Choke Point
by Don Pendleton
2012
A senator's murder and the kidnapping of officials' children lead Stony Man to a trafficking network funding terrorism. Able Team searches Florida for the captives while Phoenix Force pursues the operation's leader in Morocco.
Close Quarters
by Don Pendleton
2012
After terrorists kidnap Peace Corps volunteers in Paraguay, Stony Man launches a covert jungle rescue. A second mission pursues the organizers in Iran, forcing the teams to confront a group whose plans threaten wider conflict in the Middle East.
Final Judgment
by Don Pendleton
2012
Neo-Nazis seize a courthouse to demand their leader's release, bringing Mack Bolan into a hostage rescue. When the war criminal escapes with captives and targets a Holocaust remembrance leader, Bolan races to prevent another attack.
Incendiary Dispatch
by Don Pendleton
2012
Attacks on oil pipelines and tankers lead Stony Man to a Norwegian seeking revenge over his family's territories. Remotely triggered incendiaries threaten a global crisis, leaving the teams one urgent chance to stop further destruction.
Jungle Hunt
by Don Pendleton
2012
Massacres near Ecuador's border send Mack Bolan into the rainforest to discover who is killing villagers. His investigation places him between a power-seeking general and a multinational corporation pursuing profits at the expense of innocent lives.
Lethal Diversion
by Don Pendleton
2012
A massive bomb is hidden somewhere in Detroit, but authorities lack its location and detonation time. Mack Bolan follows leads that produce bodies rather than answers, suspecting the search itself is part of the terrorists' plan.
Line of Honor
by Don Pendleton
2012
A Janjaweed force captures American medics and refugees at a camp in Darfur. With political constraints blocking an official response, Mack Bolan assembles mercenaries for a rescue mission to free the hostages from their captors.
Nuclear Storm
by Don Pendleton
2012
An extremist environmental group prepares a nuclear attack from Yellowstone, believing humanity must be eliminated to save the planet. Unarmed Mack Bolan uses the terrain and guerrilla tactics to stop the countdown before millions are killed.
Rebel Trade
by Don Pendleton
2012
Pirates murder a U.S. merchant ship's crew off Namibia, exposing a rebel organization protected by corrupt authorities. Mack Bolan is sent to dismantle it, but the leader calls in reinforcements rather than surrender his control.
Seismic Surge
by Don Pendleton
2012
A corporation linked to Chinese conspirators plans to trigger a tsunami from a volcanic island near Spain. Stony Man's commandos and cyber specialists mount coordinated attacks to stop the operation before the wave reaches two continents.
Survival Mission
by Don Pendleton
2012
A former Navy SEAL is captured while searching Prague for his abducted daughter. Mack Bolan becomes their remaining hope, confronting a kidnapping ring protected by corrupt police and a leader determined to destroy anyone helping the rescue.
Terror Trail
by Don Pendleton
2012
An extremist group prepares attacks on American schools, malls and public spaces. Stony Man infiltrates its training camp while other operatives pursue the financier, trying to dismantle the organization before its coordinated campaign reaches civilians.
Throw Down
by Don Pendleton
2012
Three terrorist organizations hide weapons of mass destruction in different locations around the world. Mack Bolan relies on an ex-Hezbollah informant to locate them, while weighing whether the man's claimed knowledge can be trusted before attacks begin.
Breakout
by Don Pendleton
2013
An organization sells criminals insurance against imprisonment by arranging elaborate jailbreaks. Mack Bolan poses as a rival operator, recruiting con artists to reach the leader before the escapes further undermine the justice system and provoke martial law.
Cold Fusion
by Don Pendleton
2013
Two scientists intend to auction a cold-fusion prototype in Syria, but former KGB operatives kidnap them first. Mack Bolan follows the captors toward Libya, trying to stop the scientists and their powerful technology from being sold again.
Counter Force
by Don Pendleton
2013
Iraqi insurgents detain Marines attempting to withdraw, triggering retaliatory killings by a veterans' militia in Montana. Phoenix Force races to rescue the soldiers as Stony Man confronts a crisis spreading from an overseas deployment to American soil.
Double Cross
by Don Pendleton
2013
Haitian gang leaders stage a deadly courthouse breakout and join an arms-dealing motorcycle club to control Miami. Mack Bolan confronts their expanding operation while intimidated police and residents struggle to resist the violence consuming their communities.
Extraction
by Don Pendleton
2013
Terrorists kidnap the U.S. Secretary of State in Madagascar, forcing Mack Bolan into a covert rescue. Joined by an operative from his past and pursued by an assassin, he must navigate uncertain loyalties before the ransom deadline.
Hard Targets
by Don Pendleton
2013
Mack Bolan's brother Johnny uncovers links between Buffalo police and the Mafia while investigating a missing person. After killing a corrupt officer, Johnny becomes a target, and the brothers confront the partnership before more innocent people are harmed.
Hostile Force
by Don Pendleton
2013
Two agents are dead and another is missing after a mole leaks information to human traffickers. Mack Bolan goes undercover to rescue the operative, while a professional cleaner races to silence him before Bolan can intervene.
Ivory Wave
by Don Pendleton
2013
A lethal drug sold as Ivory Wave causes deaths across the Midwest, drawing Mack Bolan into a Mafia operation. With official support restricted, he must exploit a rivalry between two brothers to destroy their supply network.
Nigeria Meltdown
by Don Pendleton
2013
Mack Bolan enters Nigeria to expose a secret military brotherhood planning revolution. Working with local fighters and soldiers, he discovers that one of his own teammates is an assassin hired to kill him before the mission succeeds.
Night's Reckoning
by Don Pendleton
2013
A Balkan warlord escapes prison shortly before trial, but his rescuers want him dead as a martyr. Mack Bolan must retrieve and protect him while powerful figures try to bury the secrets his testimony could reveal.
Nuclear Intent
by Don Pendleton
2013
A plot to trigger nuclear conflict between Israel and Iran sends Stony Man into action. Phoenix Force hunts the weapon in Yemen, while Able Team pursues the masterminds in America before the scheme forces a wider war.
Perilous Skies
by Don Pendleton
2013
Cheap stealth technology reaches governments and drug cartels, threatening military security worldwide. Able Team searches for its creator while Phoenix Force infiltrates a Chinese manufacturing plant, racing to stop the equipment from turning regional crises into war.
Precipice
by Don Pendleton
2013
A Phoenix Force raid on a North Korean drug ship uncovers missile components traced to an American manufacturer. The Stony Man team must confront a supply network that could give the regime devastating new reach.
Prison Code
by Don Pendleton
2013
A coded terrorist message leads Mack Bolan into an upstate New York prison under cover as an inmate. With nuclear devices hidden inside, corrupt guards and dangerous prisoners make finding the weapons a fight for survival.
Prodigy Effect
by Don Pendleton
2013
After a spy drone enters American airspace, operatives die trying to help a teenage Chinese scientist defect. Phoenix Force attempts his extraction while Able Team retrieves the drone in Alaska, facing spies determined to erase the evidence.
Pulse Point
by Don Pendleton
2013
A North Korean electromagnetic weapon disables a Coast Guard station near Hawaii, raising fears of a larger attack. Phoenix Force targets its production facility while Able Team tries to recover the equipment used in the test.
Rebel Blast
by Don Pendleton
2013
Rebels seize a Chechen town and threaten American mining surveyors, while Russia prepares a destructive response. Mack Bolan leads mercenaries on a rescue mission complicated by mineral secrets, political pressure, and betrayal within his own team.
Revolution Device
by Don Pendleton
2013
An electronics-smuggling network supplies bombs for attacks on American personnel and embassies. Able Team infiltrates its Central American operation while Phoenix Force confronts the terrorists in Iraq, trying to prevent the campaign from expanding into war.
Rogue Assault
by Don Pendleton
2013
After DEA officers are killed, Mack Bolan targets drug traffickers operating through Guinea-Bissau. Corruption reaches the country's military and police, forcing him to strike clandestinely against a network protected by the very authorities meant to stop it.
Sleeping Dragons
by Don Pendleton
2013
An operative's dying message sends Mack Bolan to Hong Kong, where an intelligence leak connects to an arms dealer. As ambushes threaten his team, a new weapon offers extremists a means to devastate Libya.
Viral Siege
by Don Pendleton
2013
Injured during an ambush in Seattle, Mack Bolan loses his memory while pursuing a deadly biological weapon. Piecing together fragments of his mission, he must stop a virus sale to North Korea before thousands are endangered.
Amazon Impunity
by Don Pendleton
2014
While pursuing a Brazilian drug lord, Mack Bolan finds two American missionaries held by the cartel. Their refusal to abandon their work complicates his rescue, leaving him balancing their safety against stopping a major cocaine shipment.
Arctic Kill
by Don Pendleton
2014
A white supremacist society discovers an ancient virus inside a former military installation and prepares to use it for mass murder. Mack Bolan tracks the group into Alaska, battling harsh conditions and trained killers to stop its plan.
Atomic Fracture
by Don Pendleton
2014
Al-Qaeda exploits a Middle Eastern civil war while stolen American nuclear weapons threaten to reach the conflict. Phoenix Force confronts the violence overseas as Able Team hunts the mole responsible for taking the weapons.
Cold Snap
by Don Pendleton
2014
Attacks on Japanese ships conceal a scheme by renegade Chinese and North Korean military forces to provoke economic conflict. Phoenix Force protects sailors in the Pacific while Able Team investigates an assault on a Japanese delegation in America.
Deadly Salvage
by Don Pendleton
2014
A missing cryptologist and his daughter lead Mack Bolan to a Caribbean island and a sunken Soviet submarine. Joining Russian agents, he uncovers a businessman's plan to use recovered nuclear weapons to provoke war with Iran.
Death Dealers
by Don Pendleton
2014
Terrorists gather in Hawaii to bid on stolen missiles powerful enough to destroy an aircraft carrier. Able Team infiltrates the auction, while Phoenix Force searches for the weapons and the organization responsible for stealing them.
Desert Impact
by Don Pendleton
2014
Murdered border agents and stolen military weapons draw Mack Bolan into the desert. He discovers a smuggling network building a private army, with an ambitious leader planning to extend his violence from Mexico into the United States.
Domination Bid
by Don Pendleton
2014
An auction for an electromagnetic weapon excludes America and draws hostile bidders to Greece. Phoenix Force must steal or destroy the device, while Able Team confronts a military contractor willing to kill to acquire it.
Maximum Chaos
by Don Pendleton
2014
A crime boss kidnaps a prosecutor's daughter to force his release, leaving Mack Bolan to find her without provoking her murder. To penetrate the mob's defenses, he tries turning the syndicate against its rivals.
Pacific Creed
by Don Pendleton
2014
Missing tourists and murdered servicemen reveal a terrorist campaign in Hawaii. Mack Bolan works with a local ally to infiltrate the extremists, but frightened witnesses and an approaching final strike leave little room for error.
Patriot Strike
by Don Pendleton
2014
A Texas Ranger's murder exposes a separatist plot involving stolen radioactive material and a dirty bomb. Mack Bolan works with the Ranger's sister to stop an oil tycoon and his private army before their attack begins.
Pirate Offensive
by Don Pendleton
2014
Missile-armed pirates devastate merchant ships, prompting Mack Bolan to set a trap using a freighter. When the operation backfires, he faces a skilled commander whose links to European organized crime make the fleet harder to destroy.
Point Blank
by Don Pendleton
2014
After a Mafia witness and four marshals are murdered, Mack Bolan pursues the responsible crime family in Italy. The killers also target the witness's relatives, while corrupt police and informants threaten Bolan's efforts to protect them.
Slayground
by Don Pendleton
2014
A cult abducts a senator's daughter to obtain sensitive government information, sending Mack Bolan into Florida's swamps. Traps, guards, and psychological manipulation complicate his rescue mission before the captors can force her to reveal what she knows.
Triplecross
by Don Pendleton
2014
A massacre involving Pakistani soldiers and a dead American businessman threatens to trigger war with India. Phoenix Force confronts rogue generals, while Able Team investigates the victim's mining company and the mercenaries protecting its secrets.
Assassin's Tripwire
by Don Pendleton
2015
Stolen American weapons threaten a developing relationship with Syria, and Mack Bolan must destroy them before they are used. Working beside a double agent, he navigates competing loyalties while trying to prevent the theft from igniting war.
Blood Rites
by Don Pendleton
2015
A Miami mall shootout sends Mack Bolan after a Jamaican cartel whose violence includes human sacrifice. With most locals intimidated or compromised, he relies on a Kingston officer to infiltrate the gang and confront its leader.
Citadel of Fear
by Don Pendleton
2015
A money-laundering investigation in Grenada exposes a missile-building operation threatening the California coast. Able Team and Phoenix Force must combine efforts to stop the weapons before the attack can kill the president and thousands of civilians.
Dark Savior
by Don Pendleton
2015
A witness flees a money-laundering trial for a monastery in the Sierra Nevada, pursued by cartel assassins. Mack Bolan arrives during a severe winter storm and must protect him with help from the monks.
Death Minus Zero
by Don Pendleton
2015
Chinese operatives kidnap the scientist behind a secret American orbital defense system. Phoenix Force attempts a rescue in the Swiss Alps while Able Team fights a takeover of mission control, with the country's security hanging in the balance.
Double Blindside
by Don Pendleton
2015
Murders of American operatives in Turkey reveal extremists planning nuclear attacks in both Turkey and the United States. Phoenix Force and Able Team divide the mission, racing to locate and neutralize the weapons before detonation.
Dragon Key
by Don Pendleton
2015
Mack Bolan takes over an extraction mission for a Chinese activist and his family after an operative is jailed. The activist's demand to recover a stolen flash drive brings a renegade general and a formidable assassin into pursuit.
Exit Strategy
by Don Pendleton
2015
Reporters investigating corruption are attacked, leaving one dead and another imprisoned in Mexico. Phoenix Force attempts a rescue from a fortified prison while Able Team discovers the conspiracy has already penetrated American law enforcement.
Final Assault
by Don Pendleton
2015
A publicity stunt aboard a self-sustaining ship becomes a real hijacking, with terrorists bidding for the vessel. Mack Bolan joins a pirate raid to reach the hostages, then must confront mercenaries and destroy the ship before extraction closes.
Killpath
by Don Pendleton
2015
Mack Bolan targets a Colombian cartel after a DEA agent is tortured and killed. His ally, a convicted murderer seeking revenge for her sons, helps lure the kingpin into a trap that soon endangers them both.
Mind Bomb
by Don Pendleton
2015
Suicide bombings along the US-Mexican border reveal a drug that turns ordinary people into killers. Able Team and Phoenix Force investigate linked attacks in America and the Middle East, racing to stop further unwilling victims from being used.
Murder Island
by Don Pendleton
2015
Mack Bolan searches an uncharted Indian Ocean island for an arms dealer whose plane was shot down. A hunter who stalks human prey and rival mercenaries turn the rescue mission into a struggle to survive and recapture the prisoner.
Perilous Cargo
by Don Pendleton
2015
A stolen nuclear warhead sends Mack Bolan and a CIA operative into the Himalayas. Chinese and Russian assassins, local warlords, and a questionable ally complicate their effort to recover the weapon before it triggers an international catastrophe.
Savage Deadlock
by Don Pendleton
2015
A missing American nuclear scientist joins a women's rights guerrilla organization in Pakistan with dangerous material in her possession. Mack Bolan must extract her as rebel forces close in, even if she refuses to return to the United States.
Syrian Rescue
by Don Pendleton
2015
A plane carrying UN diplomats is shot down in Syria before secret peace talks. Mack Bolan searches the desert for survivors while rebels and government forces compete to seize hostages, and the disabled tracking device leaves him few reliable clues.
The Cartel Hit
by Don Pendleton
2015
A young Mexican man films a cartel boss murdering an innocent couple. Mack Bolan must protect the witness and deliver his evidence, but hired assassins pursue them across unfamiliar territory, determined to erase the one recording that could expose their employer.
Uncut Terror
by Don Pendleton
2015
An American defector's assassination sends Mack Bolan after a Russian businessman linked to organized crime. The trail reaches a diamond industry meeting in New York, where a plot threatens both the Western economy and hundreds of innocent lives.
War Tactic
by Don Pendleton
2015
Pirate attacks on Filipino vessels threaten to worsen tensions with China. When American weapons turn up among the raiders, Phoenix Force tackles the danger at sea while Able Team hunts the organizer before the United States is drawn into war.
Combat Machines
by Don Pendleton
2016
European leaders opposing Russian expansion are assassinated by killers with enhanced speed, pain resistance, and combat skills. Mack Bolan pursues the scientist behind them while a Russian intelligence team tries to erase both him and the secret project.
Kill Squad
by Don Pendleton
2016
Accountant Harry Sherman becomes a mob target after millions disappear from a Las Vegas casino. Mack Bolan races to find the fugitive before hired killers do, following a trail that leaves dead witnesses and endangered civilians behind.
Missile Intercept
by Don Pendleton
2016
Stolen Cuban missiles and two scientists kidnapped in Mexico point Mack Bolan toward North Korea. He must recover the technology and rescue the captives while Iranian rivals and ruthless military figures compete for weapons that could ignite a world war.
Terrorist Dispatch
by Don Pendleton
2016
A terrorist attack at a Washington memorial leaves the attackers' allegiance uncertain. Mack Bolan follows leads through Russian and Ukrainian criminal networks, pursuing those responsible while trying to untangle whether the violence is meant to disguise its true organizers.
Death List
by Don Pendleton
2017
Mack Bolan impersonates a captured assassin to steal a crime family's hit list and protect its targets. But when the real killer escapes and arrives, Bolan must race him and his mercenaries to the people marked for death.
Fatal Prescription
by Don Pendleton
2017
A deadly outbreak in an African village and murders at a Belgian research facility conceal a larger scheme. Mack Bolan discovers an industrialist planning to unleash a virus in America and exploit the antidote for political power.
Omega Cult
by Don Pendleton
2017
After a sarin attack in Los Angeles, Mack Bolan follows the terrorists' financing to a billionaire. Stopping further biochemical attacks and suitcase bombs means pursuing the campaign toward North Korea, where dangerous borders stand between him and its organizer.
Rogue Elements
by Don Pendleton
2017
Freighters carrying nuclear material disappear near the Horn of Africa, with a private security company linking both ships. Mack Bolan infiltrates the firm and joins forces with a Somali pirate to uncover what lies behind the missing cargo.































































































