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Courage Under Fire
Series · 10 books · 2019-2021

Books in series

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#0.4

Distant Thunder

2019

Find out how the conspiracy began in this prequel to Storm Warnings! CIA Officer Piper Morgan has no idea how wide-spread the conspiracy to frame her really is, or to what length those behind her downfall are willing to go to ensure her silence. Is she a hero or a traitor? CIA Officer Reed Decklin had better figure it out soon. Because the stakes are higher than they've ever been!
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#0.5

Storm Warnings

2019

Is she a hero or a traitor? CIA Officer Reed Decklin had better figure it out soon. Because the stakes are higher than they've ever been! Before you read Strike Force, find out what happened in this book to bring Piper and Reed to the brink of disaster. Framed for taking out her entire team, former CIA Officer Piper Morgan barely managed to escape with her life. On the run for two years, Piper has no idea how wide-spread the conspiracy to frame her really is, or to what length those behind her downfall are willing to go to ensure her silence. Despite the mountains of evidence formed against her, CIA officer Reed Deckin never believed Piper would betray her team or her country. When Piper’s location is traced to a remote Alaskan cabin outside of the village of Anana Harbor, Reed insists on being the one to bring her in. He’s determined to save her life no matter what, yet the men coming after her will stop at nothing to end it. Even if it means eliminating him in the process. Is she a traitor? A hero? Or just a patsy for what might prove to be the biggest threat to freedom the world has ever seen. From USA Today Bestselling author Mary Alford comes a brand new series entitled Courage Under Fire. Be sure to read all the stories in the series : Distant Thunder - See how the conspiracy first began Storm Warnings - Prequel to Book One Strike Force – Book One Zero Visibility – Book Two Thin Ice – Book Three Chinook Winds – Book Four
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#1

Strike Force

2019

Out of the ashes of defeat A brand new mission is born From the frozen tundra of Alaska to the deserts of Afghanistan, former CIA Agents Piper Morgan, and Reed Decklin will span the globe to try and bring down Legion, before they can follow through with their deadly threat. In this sequel to the USA Today Bestselling story, Storm Warnings, the Strike Force team rises from the ashes of defeat determined to finish the mission that started two years earlier with the deaths of Piper's entire team. Failure isn't an option. Because if they fail, the freedom of the entire world might be at stake.
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#4

Chinook Winds

2020

The tide is turning. Legion’s plot to rule the world is crumbling. But with the nuclear weapons missing, every second becomes critical. And tracking down Martin Collins, the elusive leader of Legion, is Strike Forces’ number one concern because until Collins is in custody, no one is safe. Secret Service Agent Kinsley Allison has done everything in her power to protect President Victor Douglas from danger. Always putting the job first ahead of her feelings for him and she almost died because of it. Now, with the world on the brink of chaos, it’s Victor’s turn to protect Kinsley, because losing her to Legion’s desperation, is unthinkable.
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#5

Storm Surge

2020

She’s the secret weapon they need to bring down the most dangerous man in the world…If only she remembered anything about the person who claimed to be her father. Jamie Collins has no idea the man who told her he was her father, then left her at a remote cabin in Washington five years earlier is the most hunted man in America. Until Strike Force member Will Grayson shows up at her door and her memories start to return. Only the past she remembers isn’t the one her father, Martin Collins, told her about. The moment Jamie opens the door and Will sees her standing there, his world falls apart. She bears a striking resemblance to the woman he once loved. His Lizzy. But Lizzy was kidnapped soon after she and Will married. The victim of a serial killer, Lizzy’s body was never found. Jamie can’t get the instant connection she feels with Will out of her head, yet she has no memory of him. For the past five years, she’s had no memory of anyone. If they ever stand a chance at finding Martin Collins before he uses the last and most deadly weapon in his arsenal, Will has to find a way to free the secrets trapped in Jamie’s mind before it’s too late. But can uncovering those memories finally reveal the truth he’s dreaded for so long?
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#6

When Lightning Strikes

2020

Legion’s empire is crumbling. But one person in the terrorist cell’s upper echelon remains free. . . for now. But Martin Collins days are numbered. As the former Director of the CIA, the agency that once employed Collins, Cole Hernandez has seen the deadly capability of Collins when has absolute power. Collins almost destroyed everything in his path, including his own family. After Collins managed to escape the team of agents sent to Alaska to bring him in, it becomes apparent he has help from someone immensely powerful. The only question is who. Cole and the team are about to get a glimpse into the person behind the man when one of Cole’s former CIA contacts, Mossad Agent Eva Abram, reaches out to him with a surprising tale that will turn everything the team believes they know about Legion on its ear. And it will lead them down a path no one expected.
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#7

A Gathering Storm

2020

Martin Collins has been captured. Legion is on the brink of destruction. As the world slowly begins to return to normal, the men and women of Strike Force are not nearly as optimistic because they know the truth. The threat that Legion posed was just a foreshadowing of the danger coming their way in this next installment of the Courage Under Fire Series.
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#7.5

Flame Out

Find Out How Legion Began

2020

NOT ALL VILLAINS ARE CREATED. SOME ARE BORN OF BLOOD. OTHER’S ARE FORGED BY BETRAYAL. Long before there was Legion, there was him. . . What does it take to become the most wanted terrorist in the world? Find out how Martin Collins’s decent into darkness began in this novella that will take you on a terrifying and twisted journey into the making of a killer.
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Firestorm

2021

To save her brother’s life, Sarah Hancock must risk everything to find the one man who can bring Blake home. Former Navy SEAL, James Cooper. Amidst talks of peace and the rise to power of Daniel Pamphili, the unthinkable happens—an attack like no one in Strike Force could have predicted proves the depths in which Pamphili is willing to go to silence Strike Force. After a daring attempt results in Blake’s rescue, Pamphili steps up his attempts to find Strike Force. Hiding out in the wilderness of Wyoming, Sarah’s and James’s relationship grows stronger. With the world quickly moving toward unprecedented times, Sarah knows she loves James and she’ll spend whatever time they have left here on earth loving him. When Pamphili announces his pledge to rebuild the Jewish Temple, he sets in motion events that will mark the beginning of the end. And the countdown clock is ticking down to zero.
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#9

Caught Up

2021

With God's clock ticking down to the final moments in human history... Daniel Pamphili is firmly in control of the world’s military powers. Amidst the rebuilding of the Jewish temple in Jerusalem, an unexpected message reaches Strike Force members Sidney Bennett and her husband Kaid that will lead them out of hiding and into the antichrist’s lair to save someone dear. But is the message real, or a trap created by Pamphili to bring Strike Force members into the line of fire? Find out in this 9th installment of the Courage Under Fire Series.

Author

Mary Alford
Mary Alford
Author · 45 books

USA Today Bestselling Author, Mary Alford, loves giving her readers the un-expected, whether it be in a rugged mountain setting or a peaceful Amish community. Her titles have appeared on the USA Today Bestselling List, Publisher’s Weekly Bestselling List, and have been finalists in the Daphne Du Maurier award of excellence, The Beverly, The Maggie, and The Selah Awards. Mary is very active online and would love to connect with readers on Face-book and Twitter or any social platforms listed at www.maryalford.net.

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