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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 […]

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 – […]

The Survivalist is a series of action-adventure pulp fiction novels by American author Jerry Ahern. The central character is John Thomas Rourke, a doctor, weapons expect and survivalist who was in the CIA as a paramilitary ops officer. His eyesight is so good that he is sensitive to bright lights and often needs to wear […]

They Call Me The Mercenary is a series of action-adventure pulp novels by Jerry Ahern, writing under the pseudonym of Axel Kilgore. The series follows Hank Frost, a one-eyed mercenary captain with a quick wit and an itchy trigger finger.

Jerry Ahern (1946-2012) was an American author of science fiction and action novels, best known his post-apocalyptic series The Survivalist. Aside from being a novelist, Ahern wrote for firearms magazines including Guns & Ammo, Handguns and Gun World. He often collaborated with wife Sharon Ahern. Jerry passed away in July 2012 from cancer.