The Executioner is a series of action-adventure novels created by American author Don Pendleton. The main character is Mack Bolan, an Army sniper who served in the Army for 12 years. Bolan was a weapons specialist and a skilled armourer and racked up 97 kills in Vietnam. The series has multiple spin-off series, including Phoenix […]

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Don Pendleton (1927-1995) was an American author of action-adventure, thriller and detective fiction novels as well as non-fiction books. Most of the novels published under the name are using “Don Pendleton” as a house name, featuring characters created by Pendleton – most notably, Mack Bolan: The Executioner and Stony Man. On his own, he wrote […]

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The Deathlands series is an action-adventure/science fiction series by James Axler. The series is set in a post-apocalyptic United States. Very few survived, and many who did were horribly mutated. A group of survivors led by Ryan Cawdor planning to escape the barren wasteland, meanwhile encountering terrifying mutated lifeforms and other beings with their own […]

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James Axler is a house name created by Gold Eagle Publishing, an imprint of Harlequin. Axler writes the Deathlands, Outlanders and Earthblood series. The books written as James Axler are action-adventure/sci-fi novels. Until 1996, the James Axler pseudonym was used exclusively by Laurence James. From then on, the house name was used by numerous authors, […]

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Carolyn McCray is the pen name of American author Cristyn West. Growing up in San Francisco, Carolyn has always had an overactive imagination and has parlayed that into a career writing historical thrillers, mysteries and action-adventure novels. She has also dipped her toe into other genres such as horror and romance. She writes several series, […]

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The Dog Team is a series of spy thriller/action-adventure novels by American novelist William W. Johnstone and eventually taken over by J.A. Johnstone. The Dog Team is a clandestine squad of elite soldiers – the last remaining of which is Terry Kovak. The Last of the Dog Team was William W. Johnstone’s favourite novel that […]

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Modesty Blaise is a fictional character created by British novelist and comic strip writer Peter O’Donnell. Modesty Blaise is a female action hero who has been featured in comic strips, novels, short story collections, graphic novels and three films. She is young, extremely talented and has a criminal past. She works as a freelance spy […]

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Peter O’Donnell (1920-2010) was an English author of action-adventure, spy and mystery novels and comic strips. He was best known for creating the Modesty Blaise character, but also wrote gothic historical romance novels under the pen name of Madeleine Brent. He retired in 2001 and passed away in 2010. His wish was that no one […]

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The Defender is a series of action-adventure pulp fiction novels by American author Jerry Ahern. The series depicts American life where anarchy reigns due to Marxist-inspired terrorists controlling gangs and the federal response virtually non-existent. Now, a group of citizens called the Patriots – led by former Navy SEAL Dr. David Holden – have banded […]

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Track is a series of action-adventure pulp fiction novels by Jerry Ahern and later by Patrick Andrews. Dan Track is an American military intelligence agent. He was raised by his sister after his parents died and thus learned to survive by fighting. The troubled youth was eventually given an option by the court system – […]

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