The Executioner Books in Order
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The Executioner books in publication order
460 books
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Chicago Vendetta
by Don Pendleton
2018
A killing spree targeting Chicago police officers leads Mack Bolan to a terrorist smuggler seeking revenge for his brother's death. Bolan must penetrate the man's organization and evade hired assassins before more officers become victims of the vendetta.
Dying Art
by Don Pendleton
2018
Two American customs officials are killed at a Mexican resort, and an artifact disappears. Protecting a witness draws Mack Bolan into a conflict involving a drug lord, a weapons contractor, and technology that threatens world leaders and civilians.
Enemies Within
by Don Pendleton
2018
Six Army Rangers declare allegiance to a terrorist group and threaten devastating attacks unless Washington broadcasts their manifesto. Mack Bolan hunts the deserters along the Eastern seaboard, but their coordinated defection raises questions about a deeper conspiracy.
Thunder Down Under
by Don Pendleton
2018
An attack on an Australian mineral plant is blamed on an Aboriginal rights group. Mack Bolan questions the accusation, but mercenaries anticipating his movements threaten his investigation into the corporate interests and conspiracy behind the violence.
Cold Fury
by Don Pendleton
2019
A mass grave and a murdered trooper in Alaska point Mack Bolan toward more than weapons smuggling. A Russian colonel moving dangerous cargo across the Arctic threatens a biological attack, forcing Bolan to pursue him before he reaches American targets.
Killing Kings
by Don Pendleton
2019
Rumors of a revived Pablo Escobar empire send Mack Bolan after its hidden organizer. Rival cartels, trained hitmen, and a torturer stand between him and the figure attempting to rebuild a powerful drug operation under the dead kingpin's shadow.
Lethal Vengeance
by Don Pendleton
2019
Stony Man chief Hal Brognola is kidnapped and held by a secretive serial killer in Ciudad Juarez. Mack Bolan attacks cartel networks to uncover the captor's identity, racing to find his friend before the killer's deadline runs out.
Stealth Assassin
by Don Pendleton
2019
After a CIA team's plane crashes, drones like those it carried begin assassinating world leaders and civilians. Mack Bolan pursues contractors, terrorists, and hidden traitors as the American president becomes a target of the same technology.
Blood Vortex
by Don Pendleton
2020
A Venezuelan dictator hosts a secret gathering of terrorist groups at a secluded resort. Mack Bolan infiltrates the meeting, pursued by secret police and commandos, hoping to turn the factions against one another before they coordinate a wider campaign.
Cyberthreat
by Don Pendleton
2020
Data terrorist Javier Octavios links his heartbeat to a digital bomb that could devastate national security if he dies. Mack Bolan must keep him alive while foreign factions, his own organization, and Octavios himself make protection increasingly difficult.
Righteous Fear
by Don Pendleton
2020
Dr. Annis Hassan survives an extremist attack overseas, then faces another at her women's health center in Alabama. Mack Bolan protects his friend while pursuing two hostile factions whose leaders are determined to inflict further violence.












































