Best Selling Books by Mike Maden

"A brutal conflict in Mali and an international race for rare elements sets the stage for Troy Pearce and his drone technology to rescue an old friend in this adrenaline-fueled series. Blue Warrior is set in the remote Sahara Desert, where a recently discovered deposit of strategically indispensable Rare Earth Elements (REEs) ignites an international rush to secure them. Standing in the way are the Tuaregs, the fierce tribe of warrior nomads of the desert wasteland, who are fighting for their independence. The Chinese offer to help the Malian government crush the rebellion by the Tuaregs in order to gain a foothold in the area, and Al-Qaeda jihadis join the fight. In the midst of all this chaos are Troy Pearce''s closest friend and a mysterious woman from his past who ask him for help. Deploying his team and his newest drones to rescue his friends and save the rebellion, Troy finds that he might need more than technology to survive the battle and root out the real puppet masters behind the Tuareg genocide"--

Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon are back in this explosive new adventure in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.

Jack Ryan, Jr. is out to avenge the murder of an old friend, but the vein of evil he''s tapped into may run too deep for him to handle in the latest electric entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. While on vacation in Barcelona, Jack Ryan, Jr. is surprised to run into an old friend at a small café. A first, Renee Moore seems surprised to see Jack, but then she just seems irritated and distracted. After making plans to meet later, Jack leaves, only to miss the opportunity to ever speak to Renee again, as the café is destroyed minutes later by a suicide bomber. A desperate Jack plunges back into the ruins to save his friend, but it''s too late. As she dies in his arms, she utters one word, "Sammler." When the police show up they are initially suspicious of Jack until they are called off by a member of the Spanish Intelligence Service. This mysterious sequence of events sends the young Campus operative on an unrelenting search to find out the reason behind Renee''s death. Along the way, he discovers that his old friend had secrets of her own—and some of them may have gotten her killed. Jack has never backed down from a challenge, but some prey may be too big for one man.

With “an unforgettable cast of characters” (W.E.B. Griffin) and nonstop action, Mike Maden’s Drone kicks off an explosive thriller series exploring the hard realities of drone warfare. Troy Pearce is the CEO of Pearce Systems, a private security firm specializing in drone technologies. A former CIA SOG operative, Pearce used his intelligence and combat skills to hunt down America’s enemies—until he opted out, having seen too many friends sacrificed for political expediency. Now Pearce and his team choose which battles they will take on. Pearce is done with the United States government for good, until a pair of drug cartel hit men assault a group of American students on American soil. New U.S. president Margaret Myers secretly authorizes Pearce Systems to locate and destroy the killers wherever they are. Now Pearce and his team are in a showdown with the hidden powers behind the El Paso attack—unleashing a host of unexpected repercussions.

Jack Ryan Jr. finds himself on the front lines of cyber war and in the eye of a killer storm in this thriller in Tom Clancy''s #1 New York Times bestselling series. A former U.S. senator and defense contractor needs someone to look over the books of Dalfan Technologies, a Singapore company--quickly. He turns to Jack Ryan, Jr., and Paul Brown, two employees of one of the best financial analysis firms in the country, which also happens to be the cover for The Campus, a top secret American intelligence agency. Brown has no idea that Jack works for The Campus. Jack has no idea that the awkward accountant has been tasked with uploading a cyberwarfare program into the highly secure Dalfan Technologies mainframe on behalf of the CIA. On the verge of mission success, Brown discovers a game within the game, and the people who now want to kill him are as deadly as the cyclone bearing down on the island nation. Together Ryan and Brown race to escape both the dangerous storm and a team of trained assassins in order to prevent a global catastrophe, even at the cost of their own lives.

Troy Pearce and his team of Drone Experts are called to action when ISIS launches a series of attacks on US soil. On the eve of President Lane''s historic Asian Security Summit, a drone lands on the White House lawn carrying a package and an ominous threat: fly the enclosed black flag of ISIS over the White House or suffer the consequences. President Lane refuses to comply with the outrageous demand. With few options available and even fewer clues, the President unleashes Troy Pearce and his Drone Command team to find and stop the untraceable source.

Jack Ryan, Jr.’s race to stop an international criminal conspiracy is intertwined with the fate of an old friend in this blistering entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. The CIA''s deepest secrets are being given away for a larger agenda that will undermine the entire Western intelligence community. Director of National Intelligence Mary Pat Foley wants it stopped but doesn''t know who, how or why. Jack Ryan, Jr., is dispatched to Poland on a different mission. The clues are thin, and the sketchy trail dead ends in a harrowing fight from which he barely escapes with his life. If that''s not bad enough, Jack gets more tragic news. An old friend, who''s dying from cancer, has one final request for Jack. It seems simple enough, but before it''s done, Jack will find himself alone, his life hanging by a thread. If he survives, he''ll be one step closer to finding the shadowy figure behind the CIA leak and its true purpose, but in the process, he''ll challenge the world''s most dangerous criminal syndicate with devastating consequences.

"When China stakes a dubious claim in the hotly disputed waters of the East China Sea, the prime minister of Japan threatens to dispatch the country''s naval assets and tear up its antiwar constitution unless the Americans forcefully intervene. The war-weary Americans are reluctant to confront the powerful Chinese navy directly, but if the Japanese provoke a military conflict with their historic enemy, treaty obligations would draw the United States into the fight.a a In order to deescalate the first foreign policy crisis of his administration, U.S. president Lane dispatches Troy Pearce and his team to Tokyo to defuse the situation. What they find is a quagmire of hawkish politicians, nationalistic fervor, special interests with their own hidden agendas, and possibly the greatest military threat that America has ever faced. In this treacherous atmosphere it will require all of Pearce''s cunning-and his team''s technological prowess-to separate the truth from misdirection, and prevent the world from plunging into war.a Praise for the Troy Pearce Drone Series''Action-packed with cutting-edge technology and an unforgettable cast of characters.'' aW. E. B. Griffin, #1Wall Street Journalu andaNew York Timesubestselling authora ''A multifaceted political thriller that will delight tech junkies.'' Kirkus Reviewsa ''An engrossing techno thriller . . . Readers will eagerly await Troy''s further adventures.''aPublishers Weeklya ''A brilliant read with astounding plot twists . . . Maden''s trail of intrigue will captivate you from page one.'' Clive Cusslera ''Adrenaline junkies will be thrilled to know that Troy Pearce and his drone technology team are back in action.'' SuspenseaMagazine"

Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon are back in the next installment of the #1 New York Times bestselling series.

Jack Ryan - out to avenge the murder of an old friend - finds himself in deep trouble fast . . . During a well-earned break, Jack Ryan Jr runs into old flame Renee Moore in a scenic Barcelona café. But Renee is not so pleased to see him. Distracted, she says she''s waiting for someone and can''t talk. She promises to call him later, and sends him out onto the street. Which is when the bomb goes off. There''s nothing he can do to save Renee. But as he cradles her, she utters one last word with her final breath: ''Sammler'' Who did she mean? What did she know? And what trouble had Renee got herself into? When every thread Jack pulls threatens to make the situation ever more dangerous, he realises he''s stumbled into an international conspiracy that might be more than even he can handle. Because Renee isn''t the first to die. And she won''t be the last...

Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon must track down a nuclear torpedo before it unleashes World War III in this electrifying installment of the #1 New York Times bestselling series. When Juan Cabrillo fails to capture the leader of Mexico’s most dangerous drug cartel and loses an Oregon crew member in the process, he’s determined to get revenge. Little does he know that the explosion he just narrowly escaped was merely the latest flash of violence from a machine of war that has existed for decades, dating from the bloodiest episode in Armenia’s history. Cabrillo’s Corporation of mercenaries may have finally met its match in The Pipeline—a criminal syndicate passed down from father to son across generations. A group that sits with its finger on the trigger of a torpedo so deadly it could level entire cities. With millions of innocent civilians hanging in the balance, the Oregon’s crew must unravel a tangle of drug-smuggling routes and international conspiracies spanning from the Aegean Sea to the Indian Ocean, putting their lives on the line to find the weapon before its countdown hits zero.

READ THE INSPIRATION BEHIND THE THRILLING AMAZON PRIME SERIES JACK RYAN Has Jack Ryan Jr lost his nerve? After a freezing mission in the North Sea which nearly costs lives - including his own - US Campus agent Jack Ryan Jr is taken off black ops. Ordered onto routine surveillance, he is sent to Singapore to check out a company with US interests. But he soon finds the task anything but routine . . . It''s clear there''s a mole who must be uncovered - and quickly. As the mole attempts to cover their tracks, Jack finds himself dodging a team of highly trained killers as a tropical storm rolls in. What are the assassins trying to hide? And can Jack survive long enough to stop them? Praise for Tom Clancy: ''Constantly taps the current world situation for its imminent dangers and spins them into an engrossing tale'' New York Times ''Heart-stopping action . . . entertaining and eminently topical'' Washington Post ''A virtuoso display of page-turning talent'' Sunday Express

JOIN JUAN CABRILLO AND THE OREGON CREW IN THE LATEST EXPLOSIVE THRILL-RIDE FROM THE GRAND MASTER OF ADVENTURE, CLIVE CUSSLER Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon must battle an army of genetically engineered mercenaries to stop a hypersonic missile attack in this explosive new instalment The Adventure King'' Sunday Express ''Just about the best in the business'' New York Post ---- A hypersonic missile. A genetically engineered army. A worldwide plot of destruction . . . When Juan Cabrillo, captain of the state-of-the-art Oregon, is hired to extract an undercover operative in Kenya, he lands his crew in a snakepit of trouble - and at the centre of a possible Middle Eastern war. Seeking to block the deadly ambitions of a Saudi prince, Cabrillo''s crew need to find two missing hypersonic missiles while also facing down a force of bio-hacked soldiers endowed with an unquenchable appetite for violence. From a remote Tibetan fortress via the Amazon rainforest to the jagged mountains of Yemen, the Oregon team must use every shred of courage and cunning they can muster to stop the Arabian Sea turning red . . .

A free preview of Drone by Mike Maden including a special essay by the author. Complete with a fascinating international cast of characters and non-stop action, Mike Maden’s DRONE kicks off an explosive new thriller series by exploring the frightening legal and political dangers of drone warfare. Troy Pearce is the CEO of Pearce Systems, a private security firm that is the best in the world at drone technologies. A former CIA SOG operative, Pearce used his intelligence and combat skills to hunt down America’s sworn enemies in the War on Terror. But after a decade of clandestine special ops, Pearce opted out. Too many of his friends had been sacrificed on the altar of political expediency. Now, Pearce and his team chose which battles he will take on by deploying his land, sea and air drones with surgical precision. New U.S. President Margaret Myers won a hotly contested election on a platform of no new foreign wars. But when her only child and a dozen other American students are killed in a cross border assault by drug cartel hit men, she secretly authorizes Pearce Systems to locate and destroy the killers sheltered in Mexico. Pearce and his team of scientists and on-the- ground task force go to work, and they are soon thrust into a showdown with the hidden powers behind the El Paso attack, and risk igniting a full-blown shooting war with America’s most dangerous enemies – at home and abroad.

Korea testet erstmals erfolgreich Raketen mit Mehrfachsprengköpfen, was im Westen und in China größte Besorgnis auslöst. Die Reaktion lässt nicht lange auf sich warten. Um den massiven Sanktionen zu entgehen, schmiedet der nordkoreanische Geheimdienst einen perfiden Plan, dessen Verwirklichung nicht nur die Fundamente des »unzuverlässigen Verbündeten« China, sondern auch den gesamten Westen aus den Angeln heben könnte. Jack Ryan muss sich den neuen Dimensionen der Cyberkriegführung stellen.

Jack Ryan jr. auf Mission im Balkan In Sarajevo trifft Jack Ryan jr. Aida wieder – das Mädchen, dessen Augenlicht Ryans Mutter vor fünfundzwanzig Jahren im Krieg gerettet hat. In ihrer Heimat braut sich erneut ein Krieg zusammen, und Jack will Aida beistehen. Dabei muss er sich nicht nur mit der serbischen Mafia herumschlagen, sondern auch mit Attentätern des geheimnisvollen Eisernen Syndikats. Etwas sagt ihm, dass er es hier mit mehr zu tun hat als mit lokalen Reibereien: Im schlimmsten Fall können die Konflikte im Balkan zu einem neuen Weltkrieg führen. Also trotzt er der Anweisung, sich zurückzuziehen, stellt sich dem Feind allein – und bringt dadurch Aida in Gefahr.

Wenn alte Feinde mit neuen Waffen kämpfen Ein unbekannter Hacker namens CHIBI bietet sensible Informationen der US-amerikanischen Geheimdienste international zum Verkauf an. Ein Sabotageakt nach dem anderen ist dank dieser gestohlenen Daten erfolgreich, und die Feinde der Vereinigten Staaten werden hellhörig. Auch kriminelle Organisationen wie das Eiserne Syndikat ziehen ihren Vorteil aus den lukrativen Cyberdeals. Jack Ryan jr. bekämpft den alten Bekannten vor Ort in Polen, während es in Washington für Präsident Jack Ryan senior brenzlig wird: Auch China steigt in den illegalen Datenhandel ein, und CHIBI plant, den dauerhaften Zugriff auf die Cloud der amerikanischen Geheimdienste zu versteigern. Präsident Ryan muss die Schwachstelle finden, und zwar schnell.

In een race tegen de klok moet Jack Ryan jr. een internationaal complot zien tegen te gaan. Jack Ryan, president van de Verenigde Staten, heeft verregaande plannen om de verdediging van de oostgrens van Europa te versterken. Plotseling wordt hij echter, om onverklaarbare redenen, gedwarsboomd. Maar door wie precies? En waarom? In een poging om meer te weten te komen over de vijand wordt Ryans zoon Jack jr. door de Campus naar Polen gestuurd. Wat hij daar niet verwacht te ontdekken, is een wereldwijde samenzwering. Een complot dat terugleidt naar... Washington D.C. Jack jr. moet tot het uiterste gaan om achter de waarheid te komen. Daarbij komt hij tegenover een vijand te staan die maar op één ding uit is: vijandelijk contact.

Ein Verbrechersyndikat droht, Millionen von Menschen zu ermorden – das 16. Action-Abenteuer von Juan Cabrillo und seinem Team. Während eines Einsatzes gegen Mexikos gefährlichstes Drogenkartell versagen Juan Cabrillo und sein Team nicht nur dabei, den Kopf des Kartells zu fassen. Sie verlieren auch ein Teammitglied. Cabrillo sinnt auf Rache und ahnt dabei noch nicht, dass er diese Niederlage einer geheimen Verbrecherorganisation verdankt. Doch dann gerät er auch auf die Spur des Syndikats. Deren Wissenschaftler haben eine neuartige Waffe entwickelt, die ganze Städte auslöschen kann. Eine Jagd um die ganze Welt beginnt, damit das Leben von Milliionen gerettet werden kann. Juan Cabrillo muss die Bedrohung ausschalten, ehe die erste Metropole in einem Meer aus Feuer versinkt. Jeder Band ein Bestseller und einzeln lesbar. Lassen Sie sich die anderen Romane über Juan Cabrillo nicht entgehen, zum Beispiel die packenden Action-Abenteuer »Der Colossus-Code«, »Das Portland-Projekt« oder »Operation Seewespe«!

Jack Ryan gaat op zoek naar de moordenaars van een goede vriendin. Maar wat hij ontdekt, is nog veel angstaanjagender... Tijdens een vakantie in Barcelona loopt Jack Ryan jr. in een café een vriendin van vroeger, Renee Moore, tegen het lijf. Helaas heeft ze geen tijd om bij te praten en dus maken de twee een afspraak voor later op de dag. Maar vlak nadat Jack het café heeft verlaten, wordt het door een explosie verwoest. En hoewel hij nog probeert Renee te redden, komt hij te laat. Ze sterft in zijn armen, nadat ze nog één woord heeft gefluisterd: Sammler. Samen met de Spaanse geheime dienst gaat Jack jr. op zoek naar de daders van de aanslag. Intussen heeft zijn vader, president Jack Ryan, te maken met een heel andere crisis. Op de Stille Oceaan verdwijnt het ene na het andere containerschip compleet van de radar.

THE GRIPPING NEW THRILLER IN TOM CLANCY''S JACK RYAN JR SERIES, INSPIRATION FOR THE AMAZON PRIME HIT Old enemies are spoiling for a fight with America - just as new enemies grow in strength... Jack Ryan Jr operates at the sharp end of global politics - where a gun is the diplomat''s weapon of last resort. So after the President of the United States finds his plan to keep the Russians out of Eastern Europe mysteriously thwarted, he needs to know who defeated him and why. Despatched to Poland, Jack is on the lookout for enemies in both low and high places. What he doesn''t expect to find is a conspiracy that circles around the globe right to the President''s own back door in Washington DC. But between Jack and the truth lies a legion of adversaries desperate for their own taste of extreme enemy contact . . . Praise for Tom Clancy: ''Constantly taps the current world situation for its imminent dangers and spins them into an engrossing tale'' New York Times ''Heart-stopping action . . . entertaining and eminently topical'' Washington Post ''A virtuoso display of page-turning talent'' Sunday Express ''Packs a punch like Semtex'' Daily Mail

Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon are back in the next installment of the #1 New York Times bestselling series.

Undercoveragent Jack Ryan wordt met forensisch accountant Paul Brown uitgezonden naar Singapore, officieel om een bedrijf te screenen, maar zonder dat ze het van elkaar weten hebben ze ieder een geheime opdracht.

Jack Ryan jr. raakt verzeild in een complot om onrust te stoken in de Balkan, met als doel het ontketenen van een derde wereldoorlog.

Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon are back in this explosive new adventure in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.

The gripping new thriller in Tom Clancy''s Jack Ryan Jr series On a remote island off the coast of Argentina, a team of elite counter-terror commandos prepare to assault a newly-discovered Hezbollah hideout. What they don''t expect is to be brutally ambushed themselves - slaughtered with no survivors. What they don''t realise is that, on screens around the world, the enemies of the West are watching. Back in Washington DC, the growing obstruction in the Senate has reached crippling levels, as a crucial treaty to strength NATO in Eastern Europe is inexplicably blocked. Suspecting that key politicians may have been compromised - but aware of the explosive consequences of making such accusations in public - the President dispatches Jack Ryan Jr to Poland to investigate. In Warsaw, Jack partners with beautiful and brilliant Polish agent Liliana Zaleski, and it''s not long before they find evidence of a tangled web of corruption. But what Jack and Liliana don''t realise is that this conspiracy stretches further than they could ever have imagined, and the danger has already crept terrifyingly close to home...

Hlavní hrdina příběhu, Jack Ryan Jr., se v románu ze slavné série ocitá v předních liniích kybernetické války, a to přímo uprostřed vražedné tropické bouře. Bývalý americký senátor Weston Rhodes, předseda vážené společnosti, má problém a čelí krizovému rozhodnutí. Obrátí se na Hendley Associates, firmu, kde pracuje jeho starý známý Paul Brown, a požádá ho o pomoc. Co ovšem Rhodes ani Brown nevědí, je skutečnost, že Hendley Associates je jen zástěrkou pro přísně tajnou americkou zpravodajskou agenturu, pro niž pracuje i Jack Ryan Jr., syn amerického prezidenta. Brown s Ryanem jsou Rhodesem vyslaní na účetní audit jedné singapurské společnosti. Paul nemá o Jackově tajné identitě ani tušení, a Jack zase neví, že Rhodes pověřil Browna tajnou misí, kterou mu zadala přímo CIA. Brown však při plnění svého úkolu odhalí plán na zničení světové ekonomiky. Společně se pak Ryan s Brownem ocitnou v závodu s časem, aby zabránili globální katastrofě, a to i za cenu svého vlastního života. Nakladatelská anotace. Kráceno.