Skills To Kill

Brian Drake

International adventurer Steve Dane never should have set foot in Italy. Witnessing a young woman's kidnapping, he is drawn into the decades-old vendetta behind the crime. Hired by the girl's father, racing against time as her life hangs in the balance, Dane battles the mafia who want him dead and the police and international agents who want him out of the way. With the help of his lover, Nina Talikova, Dane plunges along a path leading him past a mere kidnapping and into an ever-more complex world of high stakes, ruled by a powerful and mysterious woman known only as The Duchess. Life, it seems, is getting cheaper than Dane could ever imagine and The Duchess has put a price on the ultimate weapon that will make it worthless. Only he and Nina have the power to stop a clock ticking away the life of both the girl and the world. Steve Dane & Nina Talikova race around the world delivering justice one bullet at a time.

ISBN10 : 1647346428 , ISBN13 : 9781647346423

Page Number : 278

Skills To Kill

Brian Drake Steve Dane Thriller

Steve Dane should never have set foot in Italy. After witnessing a young woman's kidnapping, the former agent turned rogue mercenary is hired to get her back by the girl's father and soon finds himself drawn in to the decades-old vendetta behind the crime. Racing against time as her life hangs in the balance, Steve battles the mafia who want him dead and the police and international agents who want him out of the way. With the help of his lover, former Russian spy Nina Talikova, he rushes down a path that leads into an ever-more complex world of deception ruled by a powerful and mysterious woman known as The Duchess. Life, it seems, is getting cheaper by the minute. And The Duchess has put a price on the ultimate weapon that will make it all but worthless. Only Steve and Nina have the power to stop a clock that is ticking away the life of the missing girl-and the world.

ISBN10 : 1947942247 , ISBN13 : 9781947942240

Page Number : 260

Another Way To Kill

Brian Drake

Monaco was a nice vacation-until Steve Dane and Nina Talikova witness a secret agent's murder. They are now loose ends in a Russian conspiracy to steal a direct-energy weapon from the U.S., but the assassins pursuing them have made a grave miscalculation. Dane and Nina are former spies who know all the tricks and invented a few themselves. Their trail of vengeance leads from Monaco to Texas to a showdown in the Gulf of Mexico, where Dane is taken prisoner by an opponent who intends to settle old hatreds long thought buried. Outgunned and alone, Steve Dane doesn't soft-sell his brand of payback. He negotiates the only terms the enemy understands: certain death.

ISBN10 : 1647347262 , ISBN13 : 9781647347260

Page Number : 268

The War Business A Sam Raven Thriller

Brian Drake Sam Raven

Raven Returns - and this time, a friend will betray him ... Sam Raven and Aaron Osborne forged a warrior's bond in the toughest covert battles of the Iraq War. Now, Aaron is desperate for Raven's help. He owes a debt to the kind of people who don't take IOUs and plans to rip off a pair of French drug dealers to get the money fast. Raven thinks the plan poses too many risks, but Aaron saved his life once, he can't let a friend down. The best way to make sure Aaron gets away clean is to help him pull off the heist. But when Raven discovers Aaron has lied to him, and the stolen money is actually financing a war profiteering conspiracy to ignite a conflagration in Europe, he'll chase his old friend from one side of the world and back again to prevent the deaths of millions of innocent people. From the author of the Scott Stiletto series comes a new hero. Sam Raven is grittier, deadlier, and you better not stand in his way.

ISBN10 : 1647347513 , ISBN13 : 9781647347512

Page Number : 256

Live To Kill

Brian Drake Liberty Island

Steve Dane faces a day of reckoning long coming when he finally comes face to face with the truth about his father.But the truth is a bitter pill when he discovers an enemy within the US intelligence community who has been using Agency assets to further his own agenda. With the battle lines drawn, Steve Dane and Nina Talikova do what they do best: attack. From the shores of Maryland to the blistering heat of a South American jungle, Dane and Nina destroy each tentacle of the enemy before finally coming face to face with the top dog himself.And then comes the final, crippling betrayal. Will Dane be able to do what is required?

ISBN10 : 1947942409 , ISBN13 : 9781947942400

Page Number : 190

Show No Mercy

Brian Drake

STEVE DANE AND NINA RETURN! When the deadly duo witnesses a catastrophic terrorist attack, they don't stand idly by. They run into the fray, engaging the enemy and stumble upon a message the killers leave behind. Graypoole has resurrected. It's an impossible development. Dane knows Graypoole, a terrorist who targeted capitalists, is dead - killed by a black ops team. But as he and Nina follow the evidence, they learn Graypoole's son has taken over his father's organization. And Junior wants revenge. One incident of mass murder, and killing the men who murdered his father, isn't enough. He's planning a bigger attack for an encore, and thousands of lives are at risk. Only Steve Dane and Nina Talikova stand in his way. If they fail, the blood of innocents is on their hands.

ISBN10 : 1647342333 , ISBN13 : 9781647342333

Page Number : 262

Mine To Avenge

Brian Drake Wolfpack Publishing

A desperate SOS from an old friend sends Steve Dane to the rescue only to find that he's too late. Tom Wexler is dead and the stolen Iraqi antiquities he was trying to recover are gone again. With Nina Talikova by his side, Dane is determined to find out who killed his friend and restore a nation's history. But the game board is not in his favor, and when checkmate comes Dane discovers his enemies were once allies who know every move he'll make. In a winner-take-all contest against the toughest odds Dane and Nina have ever faced, they go on the offensive, not knowing if it will be good enough to save the treasures, or even their own lives. An international thrill ride with two of the most dynamic characters in adventure fiction.

ISBN10 : 1647347416 , ISBN13 : 9781647347413

Page Number : 260