Ty Patterson Books in Order
Explore Ty Patterson books in order, with quick summaries, series guides, and where to start advice for Zeb Carter, Cutter Grogan, and more.
Last updated: July 10, 2026
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Publication Order
62 books
The Warrior
by Ty Patterson
2012
After witnessing atrocity in the Congo, former Special Forces operative Zeb Carter disobeys orders and goes after the men responsible. His private war opens into a larger conspiracy, and soon both enemy killers and his own side are hunting him.
The Reluctant Warrior
by Ty Patterson
2014
The Warriors are pulled into an FBI hunt for a mole with access to classified intelligence. As gangs, betrayal, and a deadly assassin close in, Broker and the team have to find the traitor before the damage spreads.
The Warrior Code
by Ty Patterson
2014
Zeb Carter turns protector in a harsh borderland where no help is coming. With a Mexican gang closing in and two sisters hiding secrets of their own, survival depends on who can stay deadliest the longest.
Behind You
by Ty Patterson
2015
Zeb finds the body of journalist Elena Petrova and decides it is not his problem, until a warning from the shadows changes everything. Then the hunt becomes personal, and the people behind the murder have one more problem to deal with.
Flay
by Ty Patterson
2015
Zeb Carter is thrown into another brutal tangle of violence, deception, and high-stakes conspiracy. The pace is relentless as he tries to stay ahead of enemies who want him stopped before he can uncover the truth.
The Warrior's Debt
by Ty Patterson
2015
When Broker is attacked by a serial killer, Zeb Carter stops caring about due process and turns the hunt personal. New York becomes the ground for a brutal manhunt against a predator who is smarter and deadlier than expected.
Death Club
by Ty Patterson
2016
When Zeb discovers a dead Special Forces operative in the desert, he follows the trail into an underground fight club with terrifying backers. To stop a planned attack on U.S. soil, he has to enter the ring himself.
Hunting You
by Ty Patterson
2016
Another Warriors case sends Zeb Carter into a relentless pursuit where the hunters may be as dangerous as the quarry. As the trail grows bloodier, he has to decide how far he will go for justice.
The Shadow
by Ty Patterson
2016
Bear, a former Special Forces operator, is hired to protect a high-profile witness in Los Angeles. The job gets complicated fast when gangsters start shooting and his client seems to want death more than safety.
The Watcher
by Ty Patterson
2016
They called him the Watcher because he was always there and always seeing more than anyone realized. This short piece gives readers a quick, sharp look at Zeb Carter from a tighter angle.
Zero
by Ty Patterson
2016
A new mission pushes Zeb back into the world of covert plots and deadly lies. The closer he gets to the truth, the clearer it becomes that starting over at zero may cost more than he can afford.
Zulu Hour
by Ty Patterson
2016
In Somalia, Delta operator Zeb Carter is sent after vicious warlord Mohammed Jama, whose attacks are blocking humanitarian efforts. Mogadishu becomes the brutal ground where hunter and target finally collide.
Defending Cain
by Ty Patterson
2017
A serial killer appears finished when the suspect turns up dead on a New York street, but the murders do not stop. Beth and Meghan Petersen have to untangle the new violence before more bodies fall.
Dividing Zero
by Ty Patterson
2017
Beth and Meghan Petersen are lethal twin operatives who never miss on missions or cases. A domestic abuse investigation opens into a far larger financial conspiracy, and for once the sisters may have met their match.
I Am Missing
by Ty Patterson
2017
Billionaire Cole Patten appears in person and says the impossible words, I am missing. For Beth and Meghan Petersen, that strange claim opens the door to a darker and far more dangerous mystery.
RUN!
by Ty Patterson
2017
A sudden threat throws Zeb Carter and those around him into a desperate race where standing still means death. Fast, violent, and full of reversals, the mission becomes a test of who can outrun the trap.
Scorched Earth
by Ty Patterson
2017
Zeb and his allies are drawn into a mission that threatens to spiral into all-out destruction. With enemies ready to burn everything down, stopping the plot means surviving a battlefield that keeps getting bigger.
The Cab Driver
by Ty Patterson
2017
A New York cab driver thinks he has seen everything in the back of his cab until two women climb in. Once he starts noticing what others want ignored, an ordinary shift turns into real danger.
The Heavies
by Ty Patterson
2017
This Warriors-world novella turns its eye toward the kind of men hired to solve problems with force. Short, sharp, and dangerous, it adds another hard-edged corner to Zeb Carter's wider world.
The Last Gunfighter Of Space
by Ty Patterson
2017
Ty Patterson shifts into military science fiction with a hero built like a gunfighter and thrown into a dangerous future. It is fast, tough, and full of frontier-style action on a larger scale.
The Man From Congo
by Ty Patterson
2017
Bwana Kayembe cannot forget the terror he has seen and decides to hunt the ruthless Ilya Gorshkin alone. The chase leads to a brutal showdown against a man who does not fight battles, he wages war.
The Texan
by Ty Patterson
2017
Roger Feardon returns to Crown Butte only to dispose of inherited property and leave. Instead, his bitter hometown seems determined to keep him there permanently, preferably six feet under.
Trigger Break
by Ty Patterson
2017
After intelligence chiefs come under attack, Zeb leads the investigation into a plot with global consequences. The trail runs through execution squads and all the way to the yakuza, where failure could shatter the peace.
The Peace Killers
by Ty Patterson
2018
Israel and Palestine are on the edge of war when Mossad is accused of killing peace negotiators. Zeb Carter has to fight through hostile armies, furious terrorists, and deadly operatives before the region explodes.
The Thief Who Stole A Planet
by Ty Patterson
2018
Cade Stryker returns for another military science fiction adventure with stakes as large as the title suggests. It mixes big-concept danger, fast action, and a scrappy fight against impossible odds.
Wrecking Team
by Ty Patterson
2018
When billionaire Hiram Konstantin asks Beth and Meghan Petersen to protect his daughter from mysterious assassins, the twins take the case. What should be bodyguard work quickly turns into a much larger fight.
Zeb Carter
by Ty Patterson
2018
Former Special Forces operative Zeb Carter takes a lone mission into Afghanistan hoping for redemption after failing to save his family. Instead, he discovers the mission is built on lies and may force him to betray his country.
Burn Rate
by Ty Patterson
2019
Zeb thinks he is stopping one terrorist attack in New York, only to discover it is just the beginning. A deadly spymaster is aiming at the G20 summit and far more than one city is at risk.
Terror
by Ty Patterson
2019
A wave of lone-wolf attacks is pushing cities toward panic and governments toward failure. Zeb Carter is told to stop the seemingly random killings, then starts to suspect they are not random at all.
Traitor
by Ty Patterson
2019
Evidence surfaces that Zeb Carter is colluding with hostile countries, and his own side puts out the order to kill him. Hunted by former allies and trapped among enemies, he has to survive long enough to strike back.
Break
by Ty Patterson
2020
Former Delta operator Cutter Grogan now fights for people the system has failed. His first big case shows how far he will go when justice needs a man willing to ignore the rules.
Incoming
by Ty Patterson
2020
When America suffers an audacious attack, Zeb Carter does the unthinkable and offers himself as bait. It is a dangerous gamble against enemies who have grown older, smarter, and more ruthless.
Kick
by Ty Patterson
2020
This short Zeb Carter story starts with a hard jolt and never really lets up. It is a quick hit of sudden threat, blunt action, and the same ruthless decisiveness that drives the full novels.
Powder Burn
by Ty Patterson
2020
When friends are killed in gang violence in Los Angeles, Cutter Grogan makes vengeance personal. His hunt for answers turns into a hard, angry battle against criminals who picked the wrong target.
Staccato
by Ty Patterson
2020
A mass shooting hits close to home for Zeb Carter, and for once he does not leave the job to the police. He goes hunting through New York and finds a trap-filled city full of deception.
Zero Dark
by Ty Patterson
2020
Enemies from several fronts converge on New York to kill Zeb Carter while the U.S. president prepares to address the nation. The attack is set for zero dark, and Zeb is right in the middle of it.
Hangfire
by Ty Patterson
2021
In Washington, D.C., Cutter Grogan walks into a case where every side seems to want him dead. He has survived missions before, but this time the danger is coming from everywhere at once.
Paris
by Ty Patterson
2021
An Afghan informer will speak only to Cutter Grogan, so he heads to Paris expecting answers. Instead, he gets a hostile welcome and a case that grows far bigger than the meeting that started it.
Recoil
by Ty Patterson
2021
Violence snaps back fast in this short Zeb Carter thriller. Built as a compact burst of action, it drops Zeb into immediate danger and lets instinct, pressure, and payback drive the story.
Ricochet
by Ty Patterson
2021
Cutter travels to Syria looking for a missing woman and instead finds old enemies waiting with violence. What begins as a search quickly turns into a fight to stay alive long enough to finish the job.
Tightrope
by Ty Patterson
2021
The Taliban demand the release of a deadly terrorist in exchange for progress in peace talks. There is just one problem, Zeb Carter knows the man is already dead, and the truth could get everyone killed.
Cordite
by Ty Patterson
2022
San Diego is already unstable when Cutter Grogan arrives, and he becomes the spark that sets everything off. The deeper he digs, the more explosive both the city and the case become.
Highwire
by Ty Patterson
2022
Zeb Carter and his team arrive in Australia and New Zealand for vacation and find targets painted on their backs. Theft, cyberattacks, unrest, and organized violence point to a threat much bigger than a holiday gone wrong.
Moscow
by Ty Patterson
2022
As Russia invades Ukraine, Zeb Carter tries to find a missing Russian journalist carrying a story that could change the war. The search becomes a race against powerful people who need her silenced.
Mumbai
by Ty Patterson
2022
Zeb heads to India to regroup after Moscow, but a quiet visit turns deadly fast. Once he breaks the rules drilled into him, he and his team are pulled into another dangerous fight.
Blackfire
by Ty Patterson
2023
Former Special Forces operators Axton Hawke and Kael Stryker expect a routine corporate espionage case. Instead, their New York PI work opens into something larger, riskier, and much more violent.
Primer
by Ty Patterson
2023
Cutter Grogan has never had an easy relationship with law enforcement. That becomes a real problem when a case forces him close to the police while his own rule-breaking instincts keep taking over.
Rio
by Ty Patterson
2023
Zeb and his team come to Rio for a break during carnival season and end up in the middle of a deadly shooting. Their attempt to stop the killers turns a holiday into a brutal survival race with global stakes.
Tehran
by Ty Patterson
2023
Zohra Hashimi reaches out to Zeb Carter while Tehran cracks down on protesters and especially on women who defy the rules. Her desperate escape draws Zeb into a dangerous fight inside a city already on edge.
Africa
by Ty Patterson
2024
When an eight-year-old boy and his father are found dead in Cape Town, Cutter Grogan heads for Africa. What looks like just another crime becomes the spark for a much larger wave of violence.
Ax Force
by Ty Patterson
2024
Axton Hawke and Kael Stryker are back for another case that pushes their private-eye work into dangerous territory. Expect fast escalation, military-grade action, and a duo that never backs away from trouble.
Bali
by Ty Patterson
2024
Cutter Grogan comes to Bali wanting rest, sunlight, and no trouble at all. Then a friendly server goes missing, turns up dead, and suddenly both the law and the criminals want him as target practice.
Delhi
by Ty Patterson
2024
While training with India's RAW, Zeb Carter and his team are hit by masked shooters and a city soon goes into lockdown. The attacks look random at first, but Zeb sees a deliberate war against an ally.
Hawke's Code
by Ty Patterson
2025
Another Hawke and Stryker investigation tests instinct, loyalty, and the habits these former Special Forces operators never really lost. The case starts like detective work and quickly turns into a fight for survival.
Kashmir
by Ty Patterson
2025
Zeb Carter and his team are sent to Kashmir only to observe, not intervene. That changes when their friend Meera Bhosle, deep undercover against terror and drug networks, is burned and left exposed in a nuclear flashpoint.
London
by Ty Patterson
2025
Far-right riots tear through London while intelligence chiefs from allied countries gather in the city. Zeb Carter and his team plan to stay out of domestic politics, until the violence strikes their own people.
Samarkand
by Ty Patterson
2025
When FBI agent Gina Difiore's niece disappears in Uzbekistan, Cutter Grogan is the only man she trusts to help. On the Silk Road, he faces traffickers, warlords, and corrupt power with no backup at all.
Cairo
by Ty Patterson
2026
Cutter Grogan heads to Cairo as a favor to FBI friends, tasked with extracting a confidential informant. Within minutes he is under fire, and soon half the city wants the asset sold, silenced, or seized.
Colombo
by Ty Patterson
2026
Cutter wants nothing more than a quiet vacation in Colombo until an American tourist dies and the family asks questions. What should be a quick favor becomes a deadly moving target with Cutter in the crosshairs.
Congo
by Ty Patterson
2026
Bwana goes to eastern Congo hoping to find his roots and instead finds danger waiting for him. When he disappears, Zeb Carter and the team head into the country to bring their friend back alive.
Meera
by Ty Patterson
2026
Indian intelligence agent Meera Bhosle takes center stage in a covert mission tied to the Zeb Carter world. As danger closes in and regional tensions rise, she has to fight smart and fast to stay alive.
Quebec
by Ty Patterson
2026
A vanished Canadian icebreaker and violent separatist attacks in Quebec are part of the same crisis, even if nobody sees it yet. Zeb Carter and his team join Canada's JTF2 to stop a threat aimed at the Arctic itself.
Where should I start?
If you want the original Zeb Carter arc: The Warrior → The Reluctant Warrior → The Warrior Code → The Warrior's Debt
If you want the later Zeb Carter team thrillers: Zeb Carter → The Peace Killers → Burn Rate → Terror
If you want private-eye action: Break → Powder Burn → Hangfire → Ricochet
If you want twin-led covert action: Dividing Zero → Defending Cain → I Am Missing
If you want military sci-fi: The Last Gunfighter Of Space → The Thief Who Stole A Planet
Author bio
Ty Patterson writes the kind of thrillers that move fast, hit hard, and rarely stay in one place for long. His books jump from New York to Afghanistan, from Congo to Kashmir, from Paris to Cape Town, and they do it with the confidence of a writer who likes momentum more than fuss.
He has said that he has lived on a couple of continents.
That detail helps explain a lot. Patterson's fiction has a restless, international feel, and even when the action is huge, the stories stay focused on people under pressure. His heroes are usually former Special Forces operators, covert agents, private investigators, or some combination of the three. They are tough, but they are not machines.
Before he became a full-time novelist, Patterson worked a striking mix of jobs, including trench digger, loose tea vendor, leather goods salesman, marine lubricants salesman, and diesel engine mechanic. You can feel some of that practical, no-nonsense experience in the books. His characters tend to notice what works, what breaks, and what has to be done right now.
The move into novels did not happen in a neat, planned-out way. Patterson had been writing for years, including shorter and lighter pieces, but a push from his wife helped nudge him toward longer fiction. That eventually led to The Warrior, the book that introduced Zeb Carter and kicked open the door to the larger Warriors universe.
That universe became the foundation of his career. Zeb Carter remains his best-known creation, but Patterson did not stop with one lead character. He kept building outward, creating connected series around Cutter Grogan, the twin operatives Beth and Meghan Petersen in the Gemini books, and the private investigator duo Axton Hawke and Kael Stryker.
He also took a side road into military science fiction with The Last Gunfighter Of Space.
What makes Patterson's work stand out is that the books are not built around one invincible hero doing everything alone. Teamwork matters. Analysts, handlers, friends, and fellow operators all have real weight in the story. That gives books like Zeb Carter, Break, and Dividing Zero a broader feel, even when the action is personal and immediate.
He is also very much an indie author. Patterson built his readership book by book, and his work eventually reached the USA Today bestseller list. Since then he has kept expanding the same connected world rather than settling into one lane, which is why readers can move from straight action thrillers to PI stories to shorter companion pieces without really leaving his fictional map.
Readers usually come to his books for the pace, but they stay for the mix of action, loyalty, guilt, friendship, and stubborn moral lines. Patterson's characters break rules all the time, but they usually do it because walking away is worse.
Patterson lives with his wife and son, and he has joked that they indulge his belief that he is in charge. That small note feels right for his work. Even at its most explosive, there is a grounded, slightly amused streak running through it. One mission ends, another starts, and somewhere in the middle a side character suddenly becomes someone you want to follow for three more books.
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