The Executioner Books in Order
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The Executioner books in publication order
460 books
Code of Dishonor
by Don Pendleton
1987
An explosion in Tokyo leads Mack Bolan to corrupt American servicemen running a drug pipeline. Their Japanese leader's revenge plans involve a nuclear weapon, forcing Bolan to stop a threat extending far beyond the narcotics trade.
Countdown to Chaos
by Don Pendleton
1987
A terrorist attack in Northern Ireland is designed to implicate Americans and damage relations with Britain. Mack Bolan must prevent the strike before it undermines a military partnership and ignites an already volatile political situation.
Devil's Horn
by Don Pendleton
1987
Following a drug operation from New York to Thailand puts Mack Bolan and pilot Jack Grimaldi in a cartel's labor camp. Cut off from their equipment, they must survive captivity and confront the traffickers controlling it.
Eternal Triangle
by Don Pendleton
1987
A young man has spent years preparing to avenge his father's death at Mack Bolan's hands. Now trained to fight, he seeks out the Executioner, bringing consequences of Bolan's earliest killings into the present.
Hong Kong Hit List
by Don Pendleton
1987
Mack Bolan travels toward China to stop militants determined to break the country's relations with the United States. His mission pits him against a group willing to use violence to destroy cooperation between the two nations.
Run to Ground
by Don Pendleton
1987
Wounded after attacking a drug lord's stronghold, Mack Bolan takes refuge in an Arizona desert town. Pursuing killers demand his surrender and threaten the residents, leaving him to defend the people caught in his fight.
Split Image
by Don Pendleton
1987
An American pilot disappears soon after returning home in a spy exchange. Mack Bolan is assigned to find him for a CIA debriefing, but a dangerous pursuit suggests the missing man has a purpose of his own.
Time to Kill
by Don Pendleton
1987
Investigating Soviet arms sales, Mack Bolan discovers Russian commandos hiding in a ruined Scottish castle. Their plans threaten the British government and NATO secrets, turning his investigation into a mission to stop an international attack.
Blood of the Lion
by Don Pendleton
1988
Colonel Hector Alchupa plans to overthrow Brazil's government with money from crime and corrupt officials. Mack Bolan stands in his way, but five hired assassins are competing for a million-dollar bounty on his head.
Border Sweep
by Don Pendleton
1988
Murdered smugglers and a boxcar full of dead migrants expose a violent struggle over cheap labor along the Arizona border. Mack Bolan follows the trail toward a trafficker exploiting desperate people for his own profit.
Circle of Steel
by Don Pendleton
1988
A Vietnam veteran builds an illegal arms empire with mercenaries and international assassins. When a former ally seeks Mack Bolan's help escaping the operation, Bolan enters a dangerous business held together by threats and betrayal.
Cold Judgment
by Don Pendleton
1988
Intelligence from Stony Man points to a revived cult of assassins selling its services to paying clients. Mack Bolan enters Syria to infiltrate the group, where devoted killers make discovery a potentially fatal mistake.
Desert Strike
by Don Pendleton
1988
The assassination of Saudi Arabia's king threatens to destabilize the Gulf. Mack Bolan investigates with an inexperienced CIA operative, tracking the killers toward a heavily armed family whose powerful backers could widen the regional crisis.
Line of Fire
by Don Pendleton
1988
Mack Bolan heads to Colombia to disrupt a cartel's cocaine supply after conventional infiltration fails. A mission goes wrong and leaves him wounded, forcing him to survive pursuit while trying to finish the assignment.
The Fiery Cross
by Don Pendleton
1988
After a human rights activist is murdered in the Deep South, his father asks Mack Bolan for help. Bolan infiltrates a white supremacist organization and discovers connections that make the crime part of a larger threat.
The Killing Urge
by Don Pendleton
1988
Mob witnesses preparing to testify against a Chicago crime boss start dying after a security leak. Mack Bolan must protect people he normally fights, because letting the killers succeed would put innocent lives at risk.
Trojan Horse
by Don Pendleton
1988
Mack Bolan goes undercover against an alliance of German and Arab terrorists planning a new Nazi empire. Their access to nuclear warheads and nerve gas turns the assignment into a race to prevent mass killing.
Twisted Path
by Don Pendleton
1988
Peru's Shining Path suddenly gains advanced weapons, sending Mack Bolan after its suppliers. His attempt to infiltrate the terrorists leads into a murder frame-up and imprisonment, threatening both his freedom and the mission's future.
Vendetta in Venice
by Don Pendleton
1988
Mack Bolan investigates a European network helping fugitives escape and finds the Mafia trying to seize it. Posing as an escaped prisoner, he follows its connections across Europe to uncover a wider international criminal operation.
Vietnam Fallout
by Don Pendleton
1988
An assassination attempt kills a New York cop who once served with Mack Bolan. Investigating his friend's death, Bolan finds extortion and heroin trafficking linking Little Saigon to Southeast Asia and an unresolved wartime past.
War Born
by Don Pendleton
1988
Assigned to protect weapons designer Stuart Wingate from a suspected Soviet attack, Mack Bolan discovers his charge has secrets. A dying agent's message exposes a possible betrayal and sends Bolan toward unfinished business in Vietnam.
Warrior's Revenge
by Don Pendleton
1988
A CIA operative searching for American prisoners disappears in Southeast Asia, and Mack Bolan is sent to find him. The mission brings Bolan back into a former enemy's sights, reviving a personal rivalry from Vietnam.
Blood Run
by Don Pendleton
1989
A drug lord's lieutenant agrees to testify, but federal agents fear leaks will expose his journey to Los Angeles. Mack Bolan and his brother escort the witness across country while hired killers pursue the bounty.
Dead Line
by Don Pendleton
1989
A federal agent investigating Mafia cargo hijackings is murdered at Boston's airport. Mack Bolan returns to avenge his friend, but the syndicate answers with hostages and a million-dollar contract that makes his mission more dangerous.
Dead Man's Tale
by Don Pendleton
1989
A murdered agent leaves behind an encoded hologram exposing plans for a Mafia takeover in Europe. Kidnapped by criminals seeking the missing code, Mack Bolan must navigate their pursuit while trying to stop the conspiracy.
Death Wind
by Don Pendleton
1989
Following a cocaine supply route brings Mack Bolan to Grenada and a suspected KGB operation. Hunted by criminals and pursued by law enforcement, he must discover what Soviet agents are planning beyond the drug trade.
Haitian Hit
by Don Pendleton
1989
Haiti's military rulers welcome a Mafia plan to build casinos and luxury hotels with criminal money. Mack Bolan moves against the alliance, trying to prevent the proposed development from giving organized crime a new stronghold.
Ice Wolf
by Don Pendleton
1989
Protected witnesses are murdered in Washington as an American-Soviet summit approaches. Mack Bolan investigates while advising presidential security, uncovering a scheme that uses the killings to divert police from a threat to both national leaders.
Kill Zone
by Don Pendleton
1989
A new heroin operation links Middle Eastern suppliers with Mafia distributors in Europe and America. Mack Bolan follows shipments from Cyprus to southern France, searching for the hidden refinery and the powerful interests protecting it.
Night Kill
by Don Pendleton
1989
Former sheriff Amos Carr asks Mack Bolan to investigate ritual murders that seem to follow a touring metal band. Their search in Denver leads into a dangerous network exploiting young people and hiding behind public performances.
Sudan Slaughter
by Don Pendleton
1989
A military coup backed by Libya leaves three hostages trapped in Sudan. Mack Bolan enters the country to rescue them, taking on a mission where the upheaval puts their lives at risk and complicates his approach.
The Big Kill
by Don Pendleton
1989
Dominick Fontanelli discovers that his company's subsidiaries conceal Mafia business connected to his father. As he gathers evidence, Mack Bolan protects him and his family against criminals determined to stop their secrets reaching the authorities.
Battle Lines
by Don Pendleton
1990
Mack Bolan investigates missing chemical weapons in Bulgaria and a suspicious offshore oil rig. Repeated ambushes suggest someone knows his plans, while connections between the two assignments reveal a conspiracy threatening to trigger an international war.
Chicago Payoff
by Don Pendleton
1990
Mack Bolan goes after Chicago drug lord Hector Gurrola, whose criminal business includes narcotics, prostitution and child exploitation. Gurrola's pursuit of wealth and respectability conceals an operation Bolan is determined to dismantle before more people suffer.
Cutting Edge
by Don Pendleton
1990
Mack Bolan follows a drug trail into Mexico with an unwilling mercenary helping identify cartel targets. The investigation exposes connections to Cuba's leader, pulling Bolan deeper into a conspiracy that extends beyond the narcotics trade.
Devil Force
by Don Pendleton
1990
Members of a CIA death squad supposedly killed in Vietnam begin turning up as fresh murder victims. Mack Bolan investigates the contradiction, searching for whoever is concealing the truth about a mission from fifteen years earlier.
Direct Hit
by Don Pendleton
1990
Thefts of radioactive material and a deadly attack on Majorca point to a growing terrorist operation. Mack Bolan follows a dying policewoman's cryptic clue, trying to locate the organizers before they can strike again.
Down And Dirty
by Don Pendleton
1990
Sabotage kills workers building an undersea tunnel between Britain and Europe, provoking unrest and threatening the project. Mack Bolan investigates a network of businessmen and union leaders determined to destroy the link for their own ends.
Fatal Error
by Don Pendleton
1990
An unknown assassin murders Mafia leaders and leaves Mack Bolan taking the blame. When the syndicate kidnaps someone close to him, Bolan must confront its bosses while a killer obsessed with destroying him closes in.
Helldust Cruise
by Don Pendleton
1990
Investigating a federal agent's suspected murder brings Mack Bolan aboard a cruise gathering intelligence on cocaine trafficking. When terrorists hijack the ship, his search for answers becomes a fight against enemies who have made him bait.
Kill Trap
by Don Pendleton
1990
A secret military helicopter explodes during testing, raising suspicions of sabotage. Mack Bolan poses as a Pentagon colonel to find the traitor, but further murders and an assassin suggest a wider conspiracy behind the stolen secrets.
Whipsaw
by Don Pendleton
1990
A terrorist bomber moves through the Philippines amid political unrest, preparing a devastating attack. Mack Bolan works under government cover to infiltrate the network, find the bomber and stop a plot threatening the country's already fragile stability.
White Line War
by Don Pendleton
1990
A Colombian drug lord challenges Mafia control of East Coast cocaine distribution, leaving civilians dead along the Miami-New York route. Federal officials call in Mack Bolan to intervene as the struggle for territory grows bloodier.
Wild Card
by Don Pendleton
1990
Attacking a cocaine route into Miami puts Mack Bolan between Mafia-backed bikers, federal agents and a troubled undercover operative. With ten million dollars in drugs at stake, conflicting interests make identifying his enemies increasingly difficult.
Blood Rules
by Don Pendleton
1991
Mack Bolan strikes Colombian cocaine operations as Stony Man launches a coordinated campaign against the drug trade. Phoenix Force tackles corruption in Panama, while Able Team hunts Miami's cartel connections and an elusive female killer.
Cayman Strike
by Don Pendleton
1991
A DEA agent carrying evidence against a drug cartel survives a plane crash on Grand Cayman, where assassins hunt him. Mack Bolan must extract the agent while turning the rescue into an opportunity to strike the cartel's leadership.
Combat Stretch
by Don Pendleton
1991
Terrorists kidnap a Japanese scientist and steal a virus capable of spreading a fatal worldwide plague. Mack Bolan receives a desperate presidential assignment to stop their blackmail scheme before the stolen biological weapon can be released.
Deadly Tactics
by Don Pendleton
1991
Rescuing a captured CIA operative in Tongasa leads Mack Bolan to renegade intelligence agents developing a drug that destroys minds. The network extends into Europe, threatening powerful figures and forcing Bolan to confront more than a single dictator.
Death Load
by Don Pendleton
1991
Khmer Rouge guerrillas seize refugees near Thailand's border and abduct a State Department agent. Mack Bolan returns to Southeast Asia to rescue the captive and dismantle the jungle army responsible for enslavement and terror.
Deep and Swift
by Don Pendleton
1991
Vietnamese traffickers known as the Watchful Hawks challenge Colombian cocaine dealers for control of New York's drug trade. Mack Bolan enters the escalating street war, targeting killers whose bombings and murders are spreading through the city.
Firebase Florida
by Don Pendleton
1991
Old friends call Mack Bolan to Miami to stop a wave of terror tied to a heavily armed Cuban brotherhood. Working with young descendants of refugees, he must strike quickly while keeping the operation outside police attention.
Hawaiian Heat
by Don Pendleton
1991
Japanese Yakuza and Chinese Triads wage war for control of Hawaii's criminal businesses. Mack Bolan intervenes across the islands' casinos and brothels, confronting both factions as their struggle threatens people caught between the competing underworld powers.
Message to Medellin
by Don Pendleton
1991
Mack Bolan joins Phoenix Force and Able Team in a coordinated campaign against the Medellin cartel. After operations in Panama and Miami, he prepares an assault on the cartel's home ground while mounting casualties test the mission's cost.
Night Hit
by Don Pendleton
1991
Unknown terrorists devastate major American cities, disappear after each attack, and keep their next target hidden. Mack Bolan accepts a dangerous mission to stop the group, whose possession of a young hostage complicates the hunt.
Payback Game
by Don Pendleton
1991
The execution of a Marine colonel drives Mack Bolan to pursue terrorists holding more Americans in the Middle East. Ordered to stand aside for negotiations, he instead acts without official support, weapons, or reliable intelligence.
Phantom Force
by Don Pendleton
1991
An attack on Japan's underworld makes Mack Bolan the enemy of the Unseen Powers, a militant cult seeking a return to feudal rule. Its warriors demand revenge for a fallen comrade, placing innocent lives in danger.
Assassin's Creed
by Don Pendleton
1992
Mack Bolan investigates West Bank atrocities linked to the Samson Warriors, an extremist group with American roots. Its leader seeks to reshape the Middle East through terrorism, and Bolan must stop a campaign that threatens regional peace.
Blood Price
by Don Pendleton
1992
A Middle Eastern leader holds eight international hostages, including a senior CIA operative, and prepares deadly public trials. Mack Bolan leads a rescue through hostile desert territory, where armed pursuers and suspicions of a traitor complicate the mission.
Colors of Hell
by Don Pendleton
1992
Gang violence terrorizes San Francisco's Hunters Point, leaving civilians exposed and police struggling to respond. Mack Bolan enters the conflict between the Skulls and Savage Nomads, using deception to turn the rivals against each other.
Death Trail
by Don Pendleton
1992
Arms dealer Gus Webster supplies terrorists and stockpiles enough weapons for a major attack. Mack Bolan infiltrates his hired gunmen to discover the target, racing to interrupt a shipment before it can be used against innocent people.
Double Action
by Don Pendleton
1992
A raid on a California winery puts Mack Bolan on the trail of terrorists planning attacks in North America. Their operation leads to Alaska, where a conspiracy backed by oil interests threatens to destroy the pipeline.
Eye Of The Storm
by Don Pendleton
1992
Mack Bolan and Phoenix Force pursue a terrorist alliance in the Middle East while Soviet special forces hunt them. Back in America, Able Team faces an assassination plot against the President, splitting Stony Man's attention between linked crises.
Fire Sweep
by Don Pendleton
1992
A threatened conference in the Netherlands brings Mack Bolan into a conspiracy involving a defecting Czech physicist, an endangered king, neo-Nazis, and hardline Communists. Working with a female spy, he must interrupt the planned attack.
Firing Line
by Don Pendleton
1992
Investigating a right-wing terrorist organization takes Mack Bolan into Seattle's Mafia territory, where a bounty remains on his head. He forms a dangerous partnership with a crime family's leading hitman to undermine competing underworld powers.
Steel And Flame
by Don Pendleton
1992
Drug traffic along the Ohio River finances a terrorist plot that threatens regional commerce and pressures the President. Mack Bolan goes undercover aboard the barges to identify the leader behind the sabotage and extortion.
Storm Warning
by Don Pendleton
1992
Terrorist reprisals after the Gulf War send Mack Bolan and Phoenix Force back to the Persian Gulf while Able Team fights attacks at home. A volatile Marine commander complicates Bolan's mission against a developing regional alliance.
Warrior's Edge
by Don Pendleton
1992
Mercenaries kidnap the president and cabinet of a small African nation, leaving its people under siege. Mack Bolan becomes America's covert response, confronting the Desert Knights and their ambitious leader amid urban violence and desert fighting.
Baja Blitz
by Don Pendleton
1993
A massacre at the California-Baja border brings Johnny Bolan and his brother Mack to Tijuana. Evidence implicates corrupt police, and the existence of a witness gives their investigation a dangerous path through the border's criminal networks.
Battle Ground
by Don Pendleton
1993
As fighting intensifies in the Baltic, Mack Bolan protects South Haakovia's president and helps defend the country against the North. Phoenix Force and Able Team pursue connected threats while the enemy prepares nuclear and chemical weapons.
Battle Plan
by Don Pendleton
1993
North Haakovia's dictator threatens the Baltic with nuclear and chemical weapons. Mack Bolan helps prepare the South's army, while Phoenix Force hunts terrorists in Finland and Able Team works to stop assassins targeting the United Nations.
Black Hand
by Don Pendleton
1993
Terrorist attacks on Americans in Turkey bring Mack Bolan after the Black Hand. Diplomatic obstacles and difficult dealings with local officials slow his pursuit as the group prepares a final act of destruction that threatens mass casualties.
Capitol Hit
by Don Pendleton
1993
Violence in Washington appears connected to Vietnamese militants, but Mack Bolan uncovers a Jamaican drug figure manipulating the bloodshed. Deacon Whaley uses killings and false blame to expand his power, making the capital's streets a battleground.
Deadly Force
by Don Pendleton
1993
American citizens are abducted in Paris by the Armenian People's Struggle, sending Mack Bolan into a rescue mission. Uncooperative officials, suspected information leaks, and uncertain intelligence complicate his search through the city's militant underground.
Evil Code
by Don Pendleton
1993
A Burmese United Nations delegate uses diplomatic pouches to smuggle heroin into America. Mack Bolan follows the supply line to Colonel Thaung, whose intelligence position shields a narcotics empire preparing to flood American streets with drugs.
Fast Strike
by Don Pendleton
1993
Assassinations in Berlin suggest that covert forces are struggling for influence over reunified Germany. Mack Bolan receives a direct assignment to identify the people behind the killings before the violence creates a political crisis for America.
Force Down
by Don Pendleton
1993
The criminal army Forca Militar expands from Brazil through the Caribbean and threatens America. Mack Bolan launches a counterattack in Jamaica, then carries the mission into the Amazon to confront the force at its source.
Ransom Run
by Don Pendleton
1993
Italy's ransom rackets grow more dangerous when Sinistra kidnaps an heiress and threatens government security. Mack Bolan applies tactics from his Mafia war, manipulating rival criminal clans to disrupt the organization and recover the captive.
Shifting Target
by Don Pendleton
1993
Mack Bolan investigates Rosey Tosca, a Michigan criminal connecting stolen chemical weapons, biker drug operations, and illegal toxic waste disposal. Tosca's expanding business also supports Bolivian cocaine interests, creating a network of threats behind one local power broker.
War Hammer
by Don Pendleton
1993
Stolen electronics components lead federal investigators to a vanished technician and a dead undercover agent. Mack Bolan must recover parts destined for an Iraqi nuclear warhead before a plan for revenge against America takes shape.
White Heat
by Don Pendleton
1993
A Miami drug lord joins forces with a Panamanian supplier to challenge the Colombian cocaine trade. Called in by a DEA agent, Mack Bolan follows the expanding operation from Florida into Panama, facing killers along the way.
Clean Sweep
by Don Pendleton
1994
A Romanian freighter stranded near Key West carries gold intended for exiles in Cuba. Mack Bolan investigates as Romanian security agents, Castro’s men and American mobsters fight for control of the valuable cargo.
Cleansing Flame
by Don Pendleton
1994
An alliance between Iraqi terrorists and white supremacists draws Mack Bolan into a campaign against America and Israel. His investigation leads into Bolivia’s jungle while Phoenix Force confronts related Nazi operations in Germany.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.



































































































