Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only the Dead | 2017 | James E. Mack | Buy |
| 2 | Fear of the Dark | 2018 | James E. Mack | Buy |
| 3 | The Killing Agent | 2019 | James E. Mack | Buy |
| 4 | Sins of the Fathers | 2020 | James E. Mack | Buy |
| 5 | Asset Seven | 2020 | James E. Mack | Buy |
| 6 | A Day Ahead of the Devil | 2022 | James E. Mack | Buy |
James E. Mack has published six standalone thriller novels between 2017 and 2022. Only the Dead (2017) was his first, followed by Fear of the Dark (2018), The Killing Agent (2019), Sins of the Fathers (2020), Asset Seven (2020), and A Day Ahead of the Devil (2022). Each book draws on Mack’s decades of real-world counter-terrorism experience.
The novels feature realistic espionage tradecraft and covert operations scenarios informed by Mack’s own career in special operations. His protagonists tend to be operators and intelligence professionals dealing with threats that have real-world parallels.