The United States has just launched the most powerful weapon in history -- a missilelaunching satellite called "Thor's Hammer" that can strike anywhere on the planet in seconds. The world's other major superpowers, Russia and China, are rocked by America's development, and they scramble to respond by gaining control of the seas.

But when terrorists hijack Pakistani missiles and fire them at Indian cities, U.S. President Joseph Gardner has only one option -- to use the untested Thor's Hammer. But when something goes awry, Pakistan decides to give China naval strategic advantage by granting access to Middle Eastern ports.

To make matters worse, Somali pirates board a Chinese freighter and slaughter the crew. China responds by brutally attacking and then occupying Somalia, quickly setting up missile pads that can target U.S. Naval ships. Now the U.S. high command is on red alert and the country's security is in total jeopardy. . .

"Rogue Forces" is the sequel to "Shadow Command." Patrick McLanahan is (again) retired from the U.S. Air Force, and he is now a civilian contractor performing high-tech aerial surveillance services in northern Iraq.

The withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq emboldens the Republic of Turkey to be more aggressive in pursuing PKK insurgents into northern Iraq, and soon Patrick's company and the last remaining U.S. Army brigade in northern Iraq are caught between the Turks, the PKK, and the Iraqi army.

When the situation threatens to spin out of control, where will Patrick McLanahan's loyalties lie--to his country, his clients, or his company?

Maverick air and space warfare commander Patrick McLanahan is forced to do the unthinkable: defy his commander-in-chief and wage war against his comrades-in-arms.

When a disgraced former Iranian military chief of staff engineers an insurgency that threatens to destroy the theocratic regime in Iran, a new era appears to be dawning in the Middle East . . . but one must be wary of old enemies.

Violence and tensions along the U.S.-Mexican border have never been higher, sparked by battles between rival drug lords and an increased flow of illegal migrants. To combat the threat, the U.S. has executed Operation Rampart: a controversial test base in southern California run by Major Jason Richter and members of Task Force TALON.

ACT OF WAR introduces a whole new hero and a new conflict to techno-thriller fans around the world.

The unthinkable is about to happen in this high-flying novel of adventure and suspense.

Maverick Pilot Patrick McLanahan Takes aerial warfare into unknown territory in a heart racing new adventure.

Patrick McLanahan flies into a storm of troubles in a spectacular new thriller, packed with high-adrenalin flying action and adventure.

The world is falling apart, and there are plenty of people willing to take advantage. One of them is Parvel Kazakov, a Russian oilman with close ties to organized crime and an audacious idea: build a huge pipeline through the Balkans, get the Russian army to back him and everybody gets rich. Though NATO will object, the new American President's emphatic policy of isolationism will guarantee no effective opposition. Russia will dominate Europe. Kazakov will dominate the oil supply.

Dale Brown Creates a whole new challenge for aerial combat expert Patrick McLanahan. He must turn a group of young, maverick pilots into America's premier tactical strike force. And with war erupting over Asia, time is definitely not on his side.

Patrick McLanahan is back from the conflicts overseas--but the fighting is not over. When an old enemy hatches a daring, deadly plot in Patrick's home town, he must transform himself into a weapon of war.

The return of the EB-52 "Megafortress," the "Old Dog." A skirmish between China and Taiwan goes nuclear, and the crew of the Megafortress goes on the hunt to to stop the Chinese war machine.

The United States sends Patrick McLanahan and a secret B-2 stealth bomber unit over Iran to stop a new Persian Gulf war.

A Soviet deep-cover agent steals the world's most sophisticated jet fighter--and nearly destroys McLanahan and the High Technology Aerospace Weapons Center.

Admiral Ian Hardcastle must set up an air defense network inside the United States to stop a terrorist from attacking the largest U.S. airports-and Washington, DC itself.

A fledgling Air Force Reserve unit, led by the Air Force's first female combat pilot, spearheads the U.S. response to a Russian invasion of the Ukraine.

Patrick McLanahan leads a special operations team into Lithuania to rescue a long-lost fellow crewdog.

Patrick McLanahan and the heavy bombers of the U.S. Air Battle Force leads the American counterattack against a Chinese invasion of the Philippines.

America's first border security force takes on a fearsome Cuban military drug smuggling gang.

One of the world's classic military action-adventure novels. Patrick McLanahan leads a crew of engineers aboard the "Old Dog" to destroy a Soviet ground-based laser site.

The world's first military space station is America's only chance against a Soviet invasion of Iran.