Shane Riley, ex-Australian Special Forces, is a retrieval specialist.

People want something, and he finds it, no matter where it is. He works for rich power brokers, collectors, black market dealers, and anyone willing to pay the right price.

He only has one rule: he does not retrieve people.

He gets interrupted on an offshore dive, and the two men requesting his presence bring him to a rich politician in South Korea, who wants his help.

His daughter’s been taken by a government entity in North Korea, and he wants Shane to get her back.

Shane balks, citing his “one rule,” but this time the South Korean man knows exactly what will entice him to help. His daughter, he claims, was trying to contact Shane’s wife before she was taken.

...Shane’s wife — who was murdered a year ago.

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? They wouldn't leave him alone. That was their first and last mistake.

Carver, a former black ops operator is in town to help a former squad mate, Jaqueline Rhodes. But she's dead and the people behind it want to frame him for the murder.

It's a bad situation to be in. A real bad one. Especially for the people who think they can mess with Carver and get away with it.

Rhodes' murder isn't the only mystery in this town. There's a lot going on in this rotten town and a lot more conniving and dangerous players standing in Carver's way.

But one thing they didn't count on was just how far Carver is willing to go and how many people he's willing to kill to find justice.

?"If you like vigilante justice, this thriller is for you."
"If you love the early Reacher books, you will enjoy this thriller series."
"A lot of people die in this thriller series. Mostly bad guys."
"Dead Before Dawn is a fast-moving thriller with plenty of twists."
"Tension, action and suspense built at a feverish pace. Dead Before Dawn is the real deal."
"I stayed up all night reading."
"I couldn't put this book down!"
"The tension, action, and suspense built at a feverish pace."
"It has everything that an adrenaline junky looks for in a thriller!"
"Much better than the newer Reacher books."
"Loved this book. So many villains, plot twists and lots of action."
"Finally a book where the bad guys get eliminated."
"Amos Carver is walking vengeance."
"This is a must-read thriller that you will not want to put down for anything."
"I read book in two days. Could not put it down."
"I was hooked from the first page."
"Early Reacher vibes. So happy I found this series."
"Move over Lee Child, and especially move over Andrew Child."
"Hooked from the first sentence. What a thrill ride!"
"Amos Carver is Jack Reacher's tougher twin!"
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This is a very good read. It is the first novel in an action-packed multi-book military saga that follows the life of a combat soldier from his early years in the Korean War to his middle age in Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere in Israel and the middle east in wars that are in the immediate future. It is fast paced and action-oriented as casualties and a willingness to sign up for additional front line tours and new wars result in Roberts shouldering responsibilities far beyond his years. Fans of WEB Griffin, Larry Bond, Tom Clancy, and Harold Coyle will enjoy this great addition to military fiction.

Peace and Conflict is the second book in "The Soldiers and Marines" series. It follows Chris Roberts as he serves a peacetime hitch in Europe broken by several assignments to Vietnam - first with the fabled Second Parachute Regiment of the Foreign Legion as it goes down at Dien Bien Phu and then as an observer of the military's effort to defeat the Viet Cong.

The third novel "War Breaks Out" describes the role and decisions of Roberts and his men when the Marines, reserves, and National Guard troops rush to Europe to reinforce NATO and participate in the intense war of air and armor that might have occurred if Russia's paranoid leaders had decided to invade Germany and fight NATO instead of giving up power and freeing their satellite nations.

The fourth and fifth novels of the saga are set in the near future and describe the decisions and intense combat that may be about to happen: "War in the East" describes what happens when the US sides with Russia when China invades Russia to retake its traditional lands in the Russian east. The fifth, "The Israel's Next War," describes the intense combat and agonizing decisions that occur when the rise of militant Islam and the threat of nuclear war results in a coalition of Islamic Countries launching a surprise attack on Israel that permanently changes the boundaries and nations of the Middle East.

The first three books of the saga are also available in a collection entitled "The Soldiers and Marines Trilogy."

Martin Archer is also the author of a great multi-book saga about a company of English archers during and after King Richard crusade. Inevitably outnumbered, they use training and modern weapons such as the longbow and bladed pikes to win battles and riches, and in the process become the forerunners of what will one day become one of the world's great fighting forces - the English-speaking soldiers and Marines who are trained to fight both on land and on sea.

All of Martin's books are available as digital books on Amazon and many are in print. You can find them by searching Amazon, Google, Goodreads, or Bing for "Martin Archer military."
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