Ryan Steck – författare

A pulse-pounding yet soulful espionage thriller for fans of Brad Thor, Jack Carr, and Mark Greaney, delivering plot twists so explosive, it took two top suspense writers to pull it off.Soldier-turned-sommelier Chase Burke may have traded his rifle for bottles of wine, but violence and conspiracy aren’t through with him yet. First, his intelligence analyst brother is killed in a covert op gone wrong and branded a traitor. Then a brutal ambush at the restaurant where Chase works leaves the woman he is romantically involved with—a congresswoman—clinging to life.Scrambling to clear the family name and protect his secret love, Chase teams up with NYPD Detective Alice Doyle, a single mother fighting battles of her own. Together they uncover a powerful criminal syndicate whose unscrupulous influence sweeps the globe—and strikes painfully close to home.As elite mercenaries close in, Chase is dragged back into the dangerous world he thought he’d escaped. Facing a mother losing her memory and a past that never forgets, he fights to win a zero-sum game where trust can be lethal. But when all seems lost, an unlikely ally could help turn the tide…

In another high-stakes installment of the Chase Burke series, the oncoming collision between a sleeper network, a rogue operative, and a rising political star threatens the world as he knows it.As sleeper cells activate and political pressure mounts, Chase Burke confronts the possibility that the woman he loves may be a pawn—or willing participant—in a deadly campaign of foreign influence.It’s been months since brothers Chase and Michael Burke began their covert war against FATHOM, the underground network bent on global political manipulation. Months of false starts and stalled leads. Then a routine operation in Jersey City explodes into chaos, exposing a level of coordination neither the former soldier nor the seasoned federal agent ever could have imagined.Meanwhile, another power play kicks into gear. The shadowy Project XIII sets its sights on Congresswoman Tanya Hemsworth, the promising up-and-comer, national hero…and woman Chase is in love with. And while he may not know the secrets of her past, Tanya’s future now stands fully at risk.With global tensions rising and danger looming, Chase, Michael, and the NYPD team up to pinpoint the connection between FATHOM, Project XIII, and Tanya. And as the plot against America’s politics thickens, Chase not only fights for his country—he races to save the ones he loves most, no matter what they’ve done.