John R Monteith Books in Order

Lieutenant Jake Slate’s career collapses after an accident and a cover-up aboard the USS Colorado. Angry and uncertain whom to trust, he becomes entangled in a plan to hijack the submarine and sell its nuclear weapons.

A stolen Israeli submarine, an attack on an American destroyer, and nuclear weapons hidden aboard a tanker form a threat to the United States. Fugitive Jake Slate and a mercenary submarine crew must intervene before the scheme succeeds.

Simultaneous crises leave Taiwan without its usual American protection as Chinese forces establish a foothold. Facing defeat, its leaders turn to renegade Jake Slate and mercenary submariners for a desperate mission that risks escalating the conflict into nuclear war.

After a fatal drunken fight, exhausted mercenary commander Jake Slate needs to flee his past and his country. Arms dealer Pierre Renard offers him a role in a plan to provoke war against a powerful European adversary.

A struggle for valuable oil fields pits Jake Slate against a technologically advanced sea fortress and a daring submarine assault. Behind the competing military operations, Pierre Renard pursues his own designs while Slate searches for another unlikely victory.

A South Korean submarine’s raid into North Korean waters turns disastrous when returning commandos attempt to seize the vessel. Jake Slate and Pierre Renard must organize a rescue with a crippled submarine surrounded by hostile naval forces.

Still wanted after stealing a missile submarine, Jake Slate joins an arms dealer and mercenary crew to stop a Pakistani commander threatening nuclear war. A blockade of Taiwan and a conflicted intelligence operative complicate the pursuit.

Jake Slate and Pierre Renard undertake a covert campaign against Russian naval forces to disrupt supplies to occupied Crimea. Strategic infrastructure is their target, but enemy weapons and trained dolphins make the underwater mission particularly dangerous.

Mercenary submarines attack tankers supplying Greece as conspirators seek to destabilize the country and force it from the European Union. Jake Slate and Pierre Renard navigate a conflict involving Greek warships, Turkish tensions, and unfamiliar technologies of naval warfare.

Nick Slate’s ability to control predatory animals makes him a target for an unseen enemy that may be demonic. New allies offer military, intelligence, and religious assistance, but survival depends on distinguishing reliable help from disguised threats.

As Israel faces internal division and escalating conflict with its neighbors, Pierre Renard commits his mercenary submarines to battle. Jake Slate leads the outmatched fleet through a volatile struggle while questioning whether their actions serve the justice they claim.

Psychic empath Dianne discovers warnings that an immortal predator wants her as a sacrifice. Joining hunters who combine technology with ancient magic, she must learn her abilities quickly enough to guide their efforts and defend herself.

Diane has survived her first supernatural enemy, but another immortal killer threatens people of her lineage. With Irish hunters beside her, she must develop new abilities, direct a manhunt, and risk her own safety to protect others.

An exceptionally ancient supernatural killer threatens Diane and her wraith-hunting companions. Drawing on the psychic abilities she has begun to master, she must protect potential victims while confronting an adversary whose power endangers both her sanity and survival.

The last known wraith confronts Diane and the team that has helped her stop earlier immortal killers. Her developing empathic powers face another severe test as she tries to protect innocent people without losing herself to the struggle.

Commandos hijack Pierre Renard’s specialized combat and salvage submarine, turning the manipulator into a victim of another strategist. Jake Slate leads the effort to recover Goliath, confronting an enemy able to anticipate the mercenary fleet’s usual advantages.

An American attack submarine becomes trapped on the seabed during a covert mission in Iranian waters. Jake Slate and Pierre Renard attempt a rescue with their mercenary fleet, hoping to avoid war and gain acceptance from former enemies.

Diane wants to leave supernatural combat behind and build an ordinary life, but a psychic war brings another deadly enemy. Still developing her abilities, she must decide how to confront the threat when others depend on her strength.

Jake Slate’s mercenary sailors expect paid assignments after helping the United States, but a CIA official instead coerces them into a confrontation involving Turkey. Preventing a clash between NATO navies may force them to confront American warships as well.

Naval mercenary Jake Slate takes on a humanitarian mission in Yemen, where rival factions threaten an aid lifeline. Protecting civilians draws his team into a widening conflict involving regional powers, insurgents, and enemies determined to stop the operation.

Jake Slate's naval mercenaries struggle to sustain humanitarian aid in Yemen as rival forces retaliate against their operation. With several factions attacking from different directions, the team must protect civilians while surviving an increasingly complicated war.

Jake Slate's naval mercenaries enter Nigeria to secure a river against terrorists and corrupt officials. An old enemy and a blocked escape route turn the operation into a trap, forcing the team to rethink its tactics to protect civilians.

A river operation in Nigeria traps Jake Slate's team upriver, surrounded by terrorists, corrupt officials, and a familiar enemy. Escaping requires new tactics, but the mercenaries must also safeguard hundreds of innocent people caught in the fighting.

After rebels seize an Indonesian province and much of its naval equipment, Jake Slate's mercenaries undertake a nonlethal mission to disable the stolen ships. Recovering those assets could restore civil order, but the operation demands precision in hostile waters.