Leo J Maloney Books in Order
Explore Leo J Maloney books in order, with Dan Morgan and Alex Morgan series guides, quick summaries, series background, and reading order help.
Last updated: July 1, 2026
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Publication Order
18 books
Termination Orders
by Leo J Maloney
2011
Retired black ops agent Dan Morgan returns to help a former partner and walks straight into an ambush. With crucial evidence in hand and his family in danger, he uncovers a conspiracy that reaches deep into power.
Silent Assassin
by Leo J Maloney
2013
Dan Morgan, code name Cobra, is sent to track an ex-KGB arms dealer tied to a weapons of mass destruction threat. In a world of shifting loyalties, one mistake could leave millions at risk.
Black Skies
by Leo J Maloney
2014
A deadly ambush and the kidnapping of the U.S. Secretary of State reveal a vast plot against America. Dan Morgan and Peter Conley must find the people behind it before the next strike lands.
Twelve Hours
by Leo J Maloney
2015
New York is hit by bombs, hostages, and coordinated attacks aimed at a visiting head of state. Dan Morgan races to stop a wider collapse while his teenage daughter is trapped in the middle of it.
Arch Enemy
by Leo J Maloney
2016
Dan Morgan hunts a shadowy contractor moving drugs and weapons across the globe while Alex gets pulled toward dangerous extremists. Behind it all, a patient cyberterrorist is aiming at America's security networks.
For Duty and Honor
by Leo J Maloney
2016
Dan Morgan is captured by the Russians, thrown into the gulag, and tortured by a brutal enemy from his past. To survive and protect what matters, he has to trust an unlikely ally and fight his way out.
The Dolan Sisters' Adventure in India
by Leo J Maloney
2016
Three sisters with special powers travel to India to help a girl named Kyra find her parents after a flood. Their jungle search turns into a warm adventure about teamwork, family, and kindness.
Rogue Commander
by Leo J Maloney
2017
When a four-star general is accused of stealing Tomahawk missiles, Dan Morgan steps in to help and finds a much larger plot. North Korean links, black-market deals, and a captured teammate raise the stakes fast.
Dark Territory
by Leo J Maloney
2018
After a mission in Russia, Alex Morgan boards the Trans-Siberian Railway to escape, but she is not the only passenger with a hidden agenda. Dan must choose between saving his daughter and stopping a catastrophe that could trigger war.
Threat Level Alpha
by Leo J Maloney
2018
Coordinated attacks erupt across the world, and Alex Morgan is kidnapped to help build a biochemical weapon. Dan and Zeta race through the chaos to stop a plot that could kill on a massive scale.
War of Shadows
by Leo J Maloney
2019
Dan Morgan becomes a hunted man after coordinated attacks rip through Zeta and his own family. With Alex beside him, he has to uncover traitors and stop an old enemy before the damage spreads worldwide.
Deep Cover
by Leo J Maloney
2020
Dan Morgan and Peter Conley get themselves thrown into a Turkish prison to extract a scientist before missile technology reaches North Korea. An old enemy from Dan's past turns the mission into a fight for survival.
The Morgan Files
by Leo J Maloney
2020
This collection brings together two Dan Morgan novellas, Twelve Hours and For Duty and Honor. It is a good sampler of the series, with one story set in a terror-struck New York and the other inside a brutal Russian prison.
Angle of Attack
by Leo J Maloney
2021
Alex Morgan's mission pulls her through the Formula One circuit, Iran, Monaco, Malaysia, and Montreal in search of stolen plutonium. The deeper she goes, the more the conspiracy turns personal.
Hard Target
by Leo J Maloney
2021
After a bomb attack in Chicago, Alex Morgan becomes a prime suspect and is told to run. She has to stay ahead of police and terrorists while racing to stop an attack on a major uranium facility.
Blast Wave
by Leo J Maloney
2022
A sniper attack in Trafalgar Square sends Alex Morgan from London to Tokyo in pursuit of the Ares network. To stop the next strike, she must decide whether a mysterious operative is her best ally or a new threat.
Storm Front
by Leo J Maloney
2022
Alex Morgan and Alicia Schmitt go undercover on a cruise ship in the Coral Sea after Ares marks it as a target. A violent takeover and a massive storm leave them fighting extremists at sea.
Enemy Action
by Leo J Maloney
2024
Ares moves on three fronts at once, sending Dan to Antarctica, Alex to the Caribbean, and Peter Conley to the Indian Ocean. The result is a broad, high-stakes thriller with the world edging toward disaster.
Where should I start?
If you want the core Dan Morgan story: Termination Orders → Silent Assassin → Black Skies
If you like shorter, high-pressure missions: Twelve Hours → For Duty and Honor → Dark Territory
If you want Alex Morgan in the lead: Hard Target → Angle of Attack → Storm Front → Blast Wave
If you want the later crossover arc: Threat Level Alpha → War of Shadows → Deep Cover → Enemy Action
If you want his younger-reader adventure: The Dolan Sisters' Adventure in India
Author bio
Leo J Maloney was born in Massachusetts, grew up there, and graduated from Northeastern University. Long before he published thrillers, he spent more than thirty years in black ops, taking on highly secretive missions in some of the most dangerous hot spots in the world.
That is not the usual road into fiction.
When he left that life, he did not drift into a quiet retirement. He worked in independent films and television commercials, both on camera and behind the scenes, and he has seven film credits as an actor, producer, technical advisor, and assistant director. He also kept building businesses, which fits the rest of his story.
Cars were one of the constants. Maloney bought and sold classic American muscle cars for years, and that interest grew into invitation-only indoor car shows in the Northeast and a high-end limousine service built around unusual vehicles. He later ran security and private investigation companies too, adding another layer of real-world experience that shows up in the practical feel of his fiction.
He did not come to writing from a classroom or a newsroom. He came to it from operations, logistics, travel, cover stories, and jobs where small details could change everything.
His best-known work centers on Dan Morgan, the former CIA and black ops operative at the heart of Termination Orders, Silent Assassin, and Black Skies. Those books are fast, direct, and full of missions that stretch from Washington and New York to Russia, Turkey, and beyond. Readers who click with Maloney usually come for the momentum, but they also stay for the mix of tradecraft, family pressure, and the constant question of who can still be trusted.
That background also helps explain why his thrillers rarely lean on superhero-style invincibility. His protagonists are capable, but the stories spend a lot of time on planning, consequences, and the messy overlap between official power and unofficial action. The tension often comes from divided loyalties as much as gunfire.
His shorter books, including Twelve Hours, For Duty and Honor, and Dark Territory, show another side of his pacing. They strip the setup down to a city under siege, a prison escape, or a mission gone wrong on the Trans-Siberian Railway. If you like thrillers that get to the point and stay there, those books are a good snapshot of what he does well.
He later widened that world with books that give more room to Dan's daughter Alex. In Angle of Attack, Storm Front, and Blast Wave, the focus shifts to a new lead, but the appeal stays familiar: covert teams, global threats, tight deadlines, and danger arriving from more than one direction at once. The Dan Morgan books and the Alex Morgan books are closely connected, which makes his bibliography easy to enter from either the original series or the spin-off.
Now he lives in Venice, Florida. Writing seems to take up most of his attention, but his background still reads like that of someone who is always looking at the next project, the next idea, or the next classic car worth bringing back to life.
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