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American Mercenary
Series · 7 books · 2016-2019

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#0.5

The Ranger Objective

2018

“Jason Kasper’s David Rivers series boils with bold action, exotic locales, and spellbinding intrigue.” Mark Greaney, #1 NYT Bestselling Author of the Gray Man seriesBefore he was an assassin, David Rivers was a patriot. One year after the 9/11 attacks, he serves as an Army Ranger in Afghanistan. His patrol enters the Shigal Valley, a desolate place with a fearsome reputation for enemy fighters—a reputation that David is about to experience firsthand. As the first shots ring out over the valley, David must decide between military orders and gut instinct...and in the process, discover a hidden truth about himself.
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#1

Greatest Enemy

2016

David Rivers is an Army Ranger—a combat veteran of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He has almost completed his final year at West Point when his world is turned upside down by a sudden discharge from military service. Angry and confused, David soon hits rock bottom.And that's when they appear. Three mysterious men. Men who know David's dark secret—they know that he has murdered someone in cold blood. And they want him to do it again.
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#2

Offer of Revenge

2017

An avenging survivor. An unconquerable enemy. And one impossible betrayal…David Rivers wants vengeance. But there’s only one way to kill his greatest enemy—David must first join the secretive organization that slaughtered the only family he had. To prove his allegiance, he enters a life-or-death battle in the badlands of Somalia. But the closer David gets to his target, the more he realizes that the betrayal of his team was not as random as he thought. Someone inside the organization seems to know his true purpose, and that could mean only one thing: David might not have been the sole survivor after all.
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#3

Dark Redemption

2018

An assassin on the brink of destruction. The leader of a global crime syndicate. And the meeting of two fatal enemies… David Rivers killed the man who betrayed his team. Now, he’s after the faceless mastermind who gave the order. To the criminal world, this man is known only as the Handler. And for the first time, he is within David’s reach. But in order to get close to the Handler, David must first serve him. This time, the task is new: not to kill a target, but to protect one. As David negotiates a labyrinth of twisted loyalties in the violent slums of Rio de Janeiro, he realizes that the betrayal of his former teammates was just the beginning. And nothing in David’s murderous past can prepare him for what happens when he finally meets his greatest enemy face-to-face.
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#4

Vengeance Calling

2018

A condemned hero. An unlikely ally. And the plot to assassinate a criminal mastermind…David Rivers’ luck has finally run out. He’s been condemned to certain death as a deep cover agent. But his new mission reveals an unlikely ally with one shared goal: the death of the David’s greatest enemy. A brilliant assassination plot is already underway. And the final element is trapped amid the firestorm of a civil war in Myanmar. To kill his opponent and free his only surviving teammate, David will have to survive impossible odds—odds that he’s determined to beat, no matter the cost. As a perilous journey unfolds, David learns that appearances aren’t as they seem, and no loyalties are absolute. He finds himself forced to choose between two great evils—with his only friend’s life hanging in the balance.
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#5

The Suicide Cartel

2019

David Rivers wanted to lead his team in war. What he got was a suicide mission... David Rivers is no ordinary mercenary. He’s just been assigned command of a team in the international criminal war raging in South America. But the Triple Frontier region is deadly. Narcos and terrorists rule its remote jungle, and David must lead his team into the heart of danger. Getting in is easy. Getting out might be impossible. When a high-risk recon mission turns deadly, David’s team must fight for survival against overwhelming odds. Desperate and on the run, they use everything at their disposal just to stay alive. But getting out will require something more… and if David doesn’t discover the truth behind his current mission, it will be his last.
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#6

Terminal Objective

2019

A war has been raging. Russia is the final battleground. David Rivers will be the first in. From the city streets of the US to the war-torn deserts of Africa. From the snow-capped mountains of Asia to the narco-controlled jungles of South America, forces have been fighting for control of the ultimate criminal empire. When an act of violence plunges the contenders into a final confrontation, David Rivers is sent in. He’s the first operative of a mercenary army. Parachuting into Russia to link up with a mysterious intelligence agent, he must find a way to strike the heart of a ruthless criminal alliance. The stakes couldn’t be higher. If David doesn’t succeed, he won’t just lose his life—he’ll lose everyone he cares about, too. Because when this war is over, either one organization will stand…or none of them will.

Author

Jason Kasper
Jason Kasper
Author · 23 books

Jason Kasper is the USA Today bestselling author of the Spider Heist, American Mercenary, and Shadow Strike thriller series. Before his writing career he served in the US Army, beginning as a Ranger private and ending as a Green Beret captain. Jason is a West Point graduate and a veteran of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, and was an avid ultramarathon runner, skydiver, and BASE jumper, all of which inspire his fiction. Click FOLLOW AUTHOR for instant notification of new releases. Join his mailing list for bonus content and book updates: https://bit.ly/2QnpS9j Join the Facebook reader group: https://bit.ly/2JLwxbw

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