Mack Bolan Books in Order
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Mack Bolan books in publication order
300 books
Stony Man Doctrine
by Don Pendleton
1983
An international terrorist alliance unleashes attacks across the United States and holds millions of people hostage. At the president's call, Mack Bolan mobilizes Phoenix Force and Able Team for a coordinated counterattack against a threat too large for one man.
Terminal Velocity
by Mike Newton
1984
Mack Bolan finds himself alone after an attack on Stony Man and a KGB operation that turns his own government against him. Hunted by former allies, he takes the fight toward Moscow while trying to survive the betrayal.
Dirty War
by Mike Newton
1985
During the Vietnam War, Mack Bolan and four fellow soldiers defy orders to attempt a rescue. Their mission to save a Montagnard woman and girl puts them at odds with military authority as well as enemy forces.
Resurrection Day
by Mike Newton
1985
Johnny Bolan steps into the violent struggle that has shaped his brother Mack's life. As the brothers confront organized crime, their shared family history and the Mafia's continuing threat bring personal stakes to another campaign against the mob.
Dead Easy
by Mike Newton
1986
A train traveling from Rome to Vienna is bombed, killing dozens of passengers. Mack Bolan investigates the attack and uncovers links between the Mafia and Soviet intelligence, following a conspiracy aimed at damaging the American economy.
Flight 741
by Mike Newton
1986
A flight from Munich to New York is hijacked and diverted to Beirut with hundreds of passengers aboard. Mack Bolan confronts the hostage crisis, entering a struggle involving terrorists and intelligence operations where civilian lives depend on his response.
Rogue Force
by Mike Newton
1987
A group of American generals decides the government is too cautious and plots a new war in Central America. Mack Bolan confronts the military conspiracy, fighting men from the same system that trained him before their private campaign spreads.
Sudden Death
by Mike Newton
1987
An elusive assassin called Baraka threatens a meeting between the American president and European leaders in Monte Carlo. Mack Bolan must identify and stop the killer, whose methods have already made political figures across Europe vulnerable to attack.
Tropic Heat
by Mike Newton
1987
Bolivian drug lord Diego Cardona plans to expand his cocaine empire into the United States. Mack Bolan attacks the organization behind the supply, taking the fight into South America before Cardona's ambition can strengthen his hold on American streets.
Anvil of Hell
by Mike Newton
1988
Mack Bolan investigates stolen uranium-235 before the thieves can turn it into an atomic bomb. His pursuit takes him across an African conflict zone, where recovering the missing material means surviving hostile forces and treacherous terrain.
Fire in the Sky
by Mike Newton
1988
In this thriller, the Challenger disaster precedes a new conspiracy within America's military establishment. A fanatical group of Pentagon officials pursues an apocalyptic plan, and Hal Brognola calls on Mack Bolan to uncover and stop it.
Flash Point
by Mike Newton
1988
Former intelligence operative Mason Harlow has grown wealthy selling weapons, but a lucrative deal in Chad threatens to ignite a larger conflict. Mack Bolan pursues the arms trader before his latest transaction turns regional tensions into bloodshed.
Flesh and Blood
by Mike Newton
1988
Ngo Tien controls an Orange County criminal empire by exploiting Vietnamese refugees. A former Hmong warrior appeals to his old wartime friend Mack Bolan, drawing the Executioner into a struggle against drugs, extortion, and trafficking.
Blowout
by Mike Newton
1989
Pursuing a drug baron in Hamburg, Mack Bolan encounters an American syndicate hitman and a growing Mafia extortion operation. Framed for murder and hunted by criminals and police, he goes underground to find the cartel's mastermind.
Tightrope
by Mike Newton
1989
Intelligence chiefs are murdered across Western Europe as the White Front attempts to destabilize governments. Mack Bolan investigates, but corruption within elite antiterrorist agencies compromises his mission and points toward a conspiracy threatening the United States.
Assault
by Mike Newton
1990
A terrorist hunt in New York exposes a drug alliance intended to finance violence against America. Posing as a heroin dealer, Mack Bolan follows the cartel through Cyprus to Lebanon, seeking help from local rebel factions.
Backlash
by Mike Newton
1990
A Miami drug investigation exposes a former intelligence operative working for a Nicaraguan power seeker. As the CIA changes its preferred ally, Mack Bolan is drawn into a covert political operation built on compromised loyalties.
Knockdown
by Mike Newton
1990
After three union members are murdered, Mack Bolan attacks Mafia control of New York's construction industry. His campaign provokes retaliation from the Five Families, a bounty on his head, and pressure from federal authorities seeking an end.
Siege
by Mike Newton
1990
Attacks on Japanese-owned American businesses send Mack Bolan into a compromised investigation in Tokyo. Intelligence leaks and mounting official pressure obscure a conspiracy targeting America's financial system, while armed opponents pursue Bolan through the escalating conflict.
Blockade
by Mike Newton
1991
An Irish terrorist faction finances weapons through drug smuggling and plans to assassinate the queen. Mack Bolan pursues the Curran Brigade in Dublin, but its leader targets a woman close to him to exploit his vulnerability.
Counterblow
by Mike Newton
1991
A flood of heroin on America's West Coast sends Mack Bolan to Central Asia after a new trafficking pipeline. Compromised intelligence and a former KGB officer's criminal ambitions complicate his pursuit through Pakistan's dangerous terrain.
Evil Kingdom
by Mike Newton
1991
Mack Bolan attacks Colombia's cocaine leadership while Phoenix Force pursues a Panamanian dictator and Able Team fights the cartels in Florida. A US invasion and Carl Lyons's disappearance complicate the linked operations against the trafficking empire.
Hardline
by Mike Newton
1991
Corrupt electronics executives plan to sell secret military technology, drawing Mack Bolan into a defense contractor's occult obsessions. Working with British intelligence, he investigates an increasingly strange combination of weapons trafficking, spiritual manipulation, and murder.
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.
Firepower
by Mike Newton
1992
Sabotage strikes major American defense contractors, suggesting a scheme to seize control of the weapons industry. An Arizona munitions-plant lead brings Mack Bolan and Able Team into a conflict involving arms smugglers, militants, and concealed financiers.
Intercept
by Mike Newton
1992
A dictator seeks a missile component that could defeat defensive countermeasures, and its inventor has agreed to help him. Mack Bolan and a Mossad agent pursue the technician and stolen circuitry from Europe toward the Middle East.
Lethal Impact
by Mike Newton
1992
A plea for help draws Mack Bolan into a Chinese Mafia heroin pipeline linking Australia and Asia. Starting in Sydney, he follows traffickers through the outback and regional underworlds toward the leadership controlling the operation.
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 Burst
by Mike Newton
1992
Mack Bolan and Phoenix Force fight Iraqi troops and Soviet special forces behind enemy lines while Able Team confronts terrorists threatening an American city. Escalating regional tensions threaten to turn the overlapping conflicts into nuclear war.
Battle Force
by Mike Newton
1993
As war divides Haakovia, Mack Bolan leads resistance to the communist North while its dictator exports chemical terrorism. Phoenix Force strikes his operatives, and Able Team confronts poisoned cocaine spreading through Los Angeles in a coordinated counteroffensive.
Deadfall
by Mike Newton
1993
A kidnapped CIA chief and assassinations of American agents point Mack Bolan toward a neo-Nazi conspiracy in Bavaria. With intelligence operatives under attack, he must trace the violence to leaders determined to establish a Fourth Reich.
Onslaught
by Mike Newton
1993
A Mafia family and South American drug cartel form an alliance to exploit newly free Russia. When a security leak exposes Mack Bolan's cover, he pursues the network alone from Moscow toward the Black Sea.
Rampage
by Mike Newton
1993
An anti-American terrorist organization turns the French Riviera into a killing ground. When the US president's daughter is abducted, Mack Bolan and his allies confront an expanding crisis that combines public attacks with competing covert agendas.
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.
Ambush
by Mike Newton
1994
A former Nazi's South American cocaine empire hires terrorists to murder American judges and derail the drug war. Mack Bolan attacks the organization's overseas bases, then returns to the United States while an intelligence leak undermines his mission.
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.
Blood Strike
by Mike Newton
1994
An IRA splinter group massacres federal agents to free its imprisoned leader, William Connolly. Mack Bolan pursues the renewed terrorist network across borders, seeking to stop Connolly before his escape becomes the start of another destructive campaign.
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.
Inferno
by Mike Newton
1994
After strikes against neo-Nazi bases expose an alliance with Arab terrorists, Mack Bolan and Stony Man commandos pursue its remaining leadership. Their counteroffensive moves toward a desert confrontation with a visionary plotting violent changes across the Middle East.
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.
Takedown
by Mike Newton
1994
A former Romanian secret-police chief turns displaced operatives into an international criminal force trading stolen treasure and weapons. Mack Bolan follows the network across Europe, where powerful connections protect its leaders and a skilled assassin targets him.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Killpoint
by Mike Newton
1995
A wave of assassination attempts by KGB moles brings Mack Bolan and the Stony Man teams into a coordinated response. Their efforts to rescue a defector may reveal who is directing the worldwide outbreak of violence.
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.
Omega Game
by Mike Newton
1995
Mafia boss Luigi Calo expands his syndicate into nuclear proliferation and international power brokering. Mack Bolan attacks the organization's Italian network before pursuing its suppliers in Algiers, trying to stop criminal commerce from enabling nuclear catastrophe.
Shock Tactic
by Mike Newton
1995
An environmental fanatic uses robbery, extortion, and murder to finance a series of attacks on America. Mack Bolan must stop a plan involving presidential assassination and chemical devastation before its escalating stages bring an even larger act of terrorism.
Showdown
by Mike Newton
1995
Mack Bolan's investigation of gang violence uncovers an effort to manipulate American foreign policy. As senators become assassination targets, he hunts a determined killer whose interest in Bolan makes the mission increasingly personal and dangerous.
Stalk Line
by Mike Newton
1995
African warlords attempt to drive American peacekeepers from the region, drawing Mack Bolan into their conflict. With an ex-CIA operative as his principal ally, he must confront armed factions and an informant who threatens his mission.
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.
Vendetta
by Mike Newton
1995
New York Mafia boss Julio DiBiase devises a ruthless plan to rebuild his organization as rival gangs seize its territory. Mack Bolan launches attacks across several cities, following the don toward a consolidation meeting in Barbados.
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.
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.
Dead Center
by Mike Newton
1996
A kidnapped boy's connection to a dead Mafia figure brings Mack Bolan into a rescue mission. Protecting the child's mother and tracking his captors exposes a decades-old secret and a deadly plot involving a papal assassin.
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.
Jungle Law
by Mike Newton
1996
Death squads terrorize Rio de Janeiro while officials ignore their attacks on civilians. Mack Bolan's campaign moves into the Amazon, where armed men working for a conglomerate target Indigenous communities and conceal the interests financing their violence.
Red Heat
by Mike Newton
1996
A secret American missile scientist prepares to defect to North Korea, and Mack Bolan's attempt to stop him fails. Crossing the border with an undercover ally, Bolan pursues the defector before his expertise strengthens an enemy nuclear arsenal.
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.
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.
Tooth and Claw
by Mike Newton
1996
As Hong Kong approaches its return to Chinese rule, hit teams target people seeking to escape the coming regime. Mack Bolan helps threatened dissidents organize resistance, turning a covert campaign of assassinations into a battle for their survival.
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 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.
Code of Bushido
by Mike Newton
1997
Bolan must keep captured terrorists alive for trial in Chicago, but a violent escape exposes a wider conspiracy. The trail leads to Japan, where a powerful mastermind has engineered the attacks as part of a campaign against America.
Day of the Vulture
by Mike Newton
1997
The Vulture escapes custody and leads his underground army across the United States, leaving violence behind him. Having faced the terrorist before, Mack Bolan joins the pursuit as a nationwide dragnet fails to stop the killing.
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.
Flames Of Wrath
by Mike Newton
1997
Bolan survives an Israeli raid on terrorists that goes disastrously wrong, only to become a target himself. With Mossad pursuing him and the American president heading to the Middle East, the danger grows into an international crisis.
High Aggression
by Mike Newton
1997
Russian criminals steal a secret satellite unit designed to monitor Chinese activity in Tibet and offer it for sale. Mack Bolan heads into the Himalayas to recover the technology before it reaches a dangerous buyer.
Judgment in Stone
by Mike Newton
1997
Former intelligence operative Thomas Quinn runs a security business that secretly supplies criminals and terrorists with mercenaries and advanced weapons. Protected by influential government contacts, he becomes Bolan’s target as his illicit deals grow increasingly deadly.
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.
Terror Spin
by Mike Newton
1997
A terrorist attack in New York sends Bolan after the extremist organization responsible. With support from Stony Man, he tracks its surviving operatives through Paris toward Sudan, seeking to dismantle the network before it strikes again.
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.
Blood Feud
by Mike Newton
1998
A war between the American Mafia and the Camorra places innocent people in the crossfire. Mack Bolan intervenes in the struggle between criminal organizations, seeking the mastermind directing the bloodshed before the feud claims more civilian lives.
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.
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.
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.
Rage for Justice
by Mike Newton
1998
A trapped CIA agent sends Bolan a message about a slave labor operation in China. Rescuing his old friend leads him from its organizers to a Houston crime family and a conspiracy larger than he expected.
Rebels and Hostiles
by Mike Newton
1998
Bolan infiltrates an American militia to identify the strategist behind its escalating violence. Sent to collect weapons and raid an armory, he must expose the organization before its leaders demand that he prove his loyalty through a crime.
Renegade Force
by Mike Newton
1998
Former lawmen and extremists form a covert organization that murders people under the guise of vigilante justice. Bolan moves between its urban cells, confronting a campaign that threatens to spread chaos through American cities.
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.
Retribution
by Mike Newton
1998
A vendetta rooted in an earlier generation endangers Bolan’s friend Yakov Katzenelenbogen and his daughter. Bolan joins the struggle to protect them as a determined enemy pursues revenge for a death linked to Katz’s family.
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.
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.
Ultimate Game
by Mike Newton
1998
An interactive computer game recruits ruthless players for an international campaign of real murder. Bolan enters under the name Archangel, working his way toward its inner circle before the organizers unleash their next deadly event.
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.
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.
Cloud of Death
by Mike Newton
1999
Undercover inside a doomsday cult, Bolan survives trials that make its leaders suspicious of him. Learning of a planned nerve gas attack on Las Vegas, he must act before the organization turns its apocalyptic ambitions into mass death.
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.
Hellfire Strike
by Mike Newton
1999
A new drug lord in the Golden Triangle uses military backing to expand heroin production and dominate rival cartels. Bolan launches a campaign across Southeast Asia to disrupt the trade and stop the shipments reaching Europe and America.
Initiation
by Mike Newton
1999
A doomsday cult prepares to turn its visions of the millennium into terrorist attacks. Mack Bolan infiltrates its network of charismatic leaders, computer hackers, and armed followers to uncover their plans and prevent the catastrophe they seek.
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