Set in the aftermath of the “riveting…action-packed” (Joan Lunden, New York Times bestselling author) Oath of Honor and the discovery of a deadly global conspiracy, the president requests Logan West to form a covert task force with the mission to dismantle a nameless enemy in this “fast, hard-hitting, and impossible to put down” (The Real Book Spy) thriller.

With the full resources of the Justice Department, Intelligence Community, and the military (not to mention presidential pardons pre-signed), Logan must battle a secret organization with the connections and funding to rival many first-world nations. The sinister goal of this organization–to pit the United States against China in a bid to dismantle the world’s security and economy.

Back on US soil, Logan and his task force pursue the elusive foe from the woods of northern Virginia to the banks of the Chesapeake Bay, from suburban Maryland across the urban sprawl of Washington DC. The stakes have never been higher for Logan or America itself…

“Suspenseful, inventive, and relentless, Field of Valor unfolds at lightning pace” (Meg Gardiner, New York Times bestselling author) and is perfect for fans of the pulse-pounding works of Brad Thor, Vince Flynn, and Jack Carr.

“A high-energy tale that unfolds at a machine-gun pace…Betley has become essential reading.” —Booklist

A global conspiracy threatens America’s position in the current balance of power in this “story of action, history, and secrets that is as imaginative as it is compelling” (Steve Berry, #1 New York Times bestselling author) from the author of Overwatch.

Roughly two years after the events of Overwatch, Logan West and John Quick are sent to Alaska to investigate the possible presence of a Russian black ops team on a mission to steal American next-generation technology. The resulting violent confrontation triggers a global search for the stolen technology and threatens to pit the United States against China in a looming shadow war and technology race. As Logan and John–now joined by the chief of the CIA’s Special Operations Group, Cole Matthews–battle their way through Spain, the Mediterranean, and ultimately, across Sudan, an imminent threat arises at home that FBI Deputy Director Mike Benson must face and determine if it is part of a deadly global conspiracy.

As New York Times bestselling author Kyle Mills raves, “Betley continues to turn the screws with the relentless action, unbearable tension, and terrifying threats that we all loved in Overwatch. With Oath of Honor, he cements his position as one of the genre’s new stars.”

“A former Marine himself, Betley proves himself an able heir to the throne held by the likes of Brad Thor and the late, great Vince Flynn….Not to be missed” (The Providence Journal).

When Logan West impulsively answers a dead man’s ringing phone, he triggers a global race against the clock to track down an unknown organization searching for an Iraqi artifact that is central to a planned attack in the Middle East–one that will draw the United States into a major conflict with Iran.

Logan, a former Marine officer, is quickly contracted as a “consultant” to assist the FBI as part of a special task force bent on stopping the shadowy operatives, whatever the cost. The battles are nonstop, from the plains of the Midwest, to mansions in northern Mexico, to the war-torn Al-Anbar province, pitting an international team against trained mercenaries employed by the world’s largest private security contractor…whose owner has a personal vendetta against the US government. Meanwhile, Logan is battling his own demons, especially the trauma of the ambush that his Force Recon unit suffered at an insurgent torture compound in Fallujah in 2004, which threatens to destroy everything he holds dear.

With high-stakes and fully-realized characters, Overwatch is a thriller unlike any you’ve read before: deftly plotted, up-to-the-minute, and impossible to put down.

Als Logan West ohne Nachzudenken an das klingelnde Telefon eines toten Mannes geht, löst er damit einen globalen Wettlauf gegen die Zeit aus. Und zwar eine unbekannte Organisation aufzuspüren, die ein irakisches Artefakt sucht, das eine zentrale Rolle bei einem geplanten Angriff im Mittleren Osten spielt – einem, der die USA in einen großen Konflikt mit dem Iran bringen würde. Logan, ein ehemaliger Marine, wird daraufhin als Sonderberater des FBIs unter Vertrag genommen und dadurch Teil einer Special Task Force, die geheime Operationen im Hintergrund stoppen soll, koste es, was es wolle. Die Kämpfe laufen ununterbrochen, von den Ebenen des Mittleren Westens, über das nördliche Mexiko bis zu der vom Krieg gebeutelten Provinz Al-Anbar, ausgetragen von einem internationalen Team gegen ausgebildete Söldnern der weltweit größten Sicherheitsfirma, dessen Inhaber eine persönliche Vendetta gegen die US-Regierung führt. In der Zwischenzeit hält Logan weiter Stand, obwohl er selbst mit seiner eigenen Vergangenheit zu kämpfen hat. Besonders mit dem Trauma, das seine Force Recon Einheit durch einen Hinterhalt im Folterlager der Rebellen in Fallujah 2004 erleiden musste, und das nun droht, alles zu zerstören. .

Following the events of the “fast, hard-hitting, and impossible to put down” (The Real Book Spy) Field of Valor, Logan West continues his mission to bring America’s traitorous vice president to justice, even as the clandestine group pulling all the strings makes one last deadly bid to regain their power.

The vice president of the United States is missing, the director of the National Security Agency has been assassinated, and the mysterious organization orchestrating global instability is in tatters. While John Quick recovers from a gunshot wound that nearly killed him, Logan West is on the hunt to bring the vice president back to the United States to face justice for his treason. The final stakes have never been higher and Logan and his task force are left with little to no options. Will it be this warrior’s end?

“Packed with action, intrigue, and a rising sense of hair-raising, high-stakes chaos,” (Ben Coes, New York Times bestselling author), Rules of War is an authentic, timely, and relentless thriller that will sink its teeth in you.

“Die Hard in a gated community.”–Chris Hauty, national bestselling author of Deep State and Storm Rising

From the critically acclaimed author of Overwatch and other titles in the Logan West Thriller series, comes a can’t-miss, brand-new thriller that proves Matthew Betley is the modern master of the unputdownable page-turner.

It was supposed to be just another ordinary night …

What happens when your neighborhood harbors a secret so destructive that dangerous men are willing to kill for it?

Welcome to Hidden Refuge, a normal American subdivision full of normal American suburbanites. At least that’s what the citizens thought before men impersonating police officers show up on their doorsteps in the middle of the night. Once the entire community is under siege, so begins a long, dark night that will prove to be anything but ordinary.

But Zack Chambers, suburban family man and programmer by trade, has his own secret. One he had dearly hoped that he’d never need to use again. The deadly ex-CIA agent and trained operative plots to take back the night, doing whatever it takes to protect his neighborhood.

In the face of a small army of trained killers, he’s got his wits, his babysitter, his equally lethal brother, and a ragtag group of neighbors willing to help.

Action-packed and relentless with twists and turns and old scores to be settled, this propulsive and brilliantly plotted can’t-miss thriller brings a shocking end you won’t see coming. Fans of Matthew Betley’s trademark blend of gritty realism and edge-of-your-seat action will be delighted.

Eine weltweite Verschwörung wird zum Härtetest für Logan West. FBI-Neuling Logan West wird nach Alaska beordert, um ein russisches Black-Ops-Team daran zu hindern, streng geheime US-Waffen zu rauben. Amerikas Rolle im globalen Machtgefüge steht auf dem Prüfstand. Doch die Mission scheitert. Deshalb folgt Logan der Spur der Russen quer durch die halbe Welt bis hinein in die Zellen geheimer Gefängnisse im Sudan … Steve Berry: »Voller Spannung, Gewalt und Dramatik. Ebenso phantasievoll wie überzeugend.« Booklist: »Eine energiegeladene Geschichte im Schnellfeuertempo. Betley muss man unbedingt lesen!« Kyle Mills: »Erbarmungslose Action, unerträgliche Spannung und beängstigende Bedrohungen. Mit seinem zweiten Roman festigt Matthew Betley seine Position als neuer Star des Genres.« Christopher Reich: »Pausenlose Action von Anfang bis Ende. Dieses Buch werden Sie nicht weglegen!« Publishers Weekly: »Betleys Kampfszenen gehören zum Besten im Thriller-Genre.«