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Fort Black Thriller
Fort Black Thriller
Series · 6 books · 2023-2024
By
Russ Linton
Books in series
#1
Devil's Churn
2023
Born to rebel. Sworn to justice.
An elite operative for the FBI, Kade Black is now disavowed. The Russian double agent he was handling is dead. And a fortune in diamonds missing. The FBI thinks Kade is responsible. He's on the run, and public enemy number one. A title once reserved for his father, an infamous domestic terrorist killed in an FBI raid. Many in the intelligence community thought Kade would follow in his father's footsteps. Now they have the proof. But Kade is innocent, and he's not going down without a fight. He follows a cryptic trail to the real assassins, which the murdered agent set up as a dead man's switch. It's Kade's only hope to prove his innocence, but following the clues is more dangerous than a shootout with the FBI. On the rugged Oregon coast, he comes face to face with his past and a grisly ritual murder. As well as an inescapable truth. A conspiracy haunts his family, and threatens more than just his freedom. He must choose between his oath of service... Or revenge.
#2
Death Bed
2023
Battered. Wounded. Former Special Agent Kade Black isn’t about to give up on the quest to prove his innocence. The trail leads him to the unforgiving deserts of Nevada. A harsh landscape where only the toughest survive. His next clue is buried deep. Sunken in the depths of Lake Mead. But these waters hold secrets never again meant to see the light of day. To uncover the next piece of the puzzle left by a cagey Russian operative, Kade will face a threat created before the glittering lights of Sin City lit the remote reservoir’s horizon. A bloodsport dating back to the Gold Rush and reinvented for the Digital Age. He must make a gamble with his very life as the stakes. A sadistic mobster stands in his way and a twisted contest meant to be the ultimate game of survival. Is Kade tough enough to take the prize? Or will he end up like the rest, in over his head?
#3
Mineral King
2023
Kade's search for justice meets the storm of the century. Snowed in at a campground in the isolated community of Three Rivers, he's no longer a wanted man just another unwelcome, trapped tourist. He does his best to help. Tries to fit in. Even finds a welcome place to rest his head. But he's not the only stranger in town. Along the dangerous road known as Mineral King lies a fortress-like hacienda. A recent purchase by a man tied inextricably to Kade's past. A ruthless cartel warlord who's got a plan to take over the unincorporated town and turn it into his personal fiefdom. Stopping him could very well be the thing that ends the FBI career Kade's fought so hard to restore. And his life. In the mountains, another storm is brewing. A fight to see who will be named King. But they'll have to go through Kade first.
#4
Death Toll
2023
Former special agent Kade Black knows his adversaries well. He’s shadowed terrorists, spies, and mafia bosses. But he's never had to confront all three at once. Kade’s latest clue has him watching a new dead drop serviced by the late GRU operative, Sergei. But this drop is inactive. No sign of use. Another intelligence agency has arrived in Sergei's wake. Far from a clandestine operation, agents of the PRC are moving around in the open. Forcing their way into small town politics and flirting with criminal enterprise. But to what end? The answers will expose a very different gap along the banks of the Delaware River. An intelligence gap. One that puts global security at risk. With the identity of a key conspirator in Sergei’s operation close at hand, Kade will need to root out the bad actors, dead or alive. For that, he'll need the help of friends and foes alike. But has this shadowy cabal already exacted their deadly toll?
#5
Roundhouse
2024
A stolen shipment of military hardware. A Russian mercenary group operating on American soil. Compromised nuclear launch codes.
But whose finger is on the trigger? Kade’s got little time to piece together the mystery inherited from his former Russian asset. But as he recuperates from his injuries, he soon discovers he’s the one who has been assigned a handler. He’s put on the hunt for the stolen shipment of missiles. A small part of an arsenal being assembled for an unknown purpose. When the trail leads him to a ghost from his past, he’s drawn back into a war he thought he’d left behind in the ashes of Fort Black. The deep cover assignment threatens to unravel his quest for justice. And the son of Hiram Black might finally be forced to reclaim his broken throne.
#6
Russian Hill
2024
Kade's trail ends here. Justice or vengeance? He won't be denied either one. Pre-order the final book in the Fort Black Thriller series.
Author
Russ Linton
Author · 14 books