Steven Konkoly's Ryan Decker series follows a former CIA operative who has built a second career as a hostage recovery specialist, working the grey zone between sanctioned and unsanctioned action. Each book drops Decker into a new high-stakes scenario — from the California drug trade to corporate espionage — with the same relentless pacing and tactical authenticity Konkoly brings to all his work.
Start with The Rescue (Book 1) and read in publication order — the story builds continuously across the series and later books reference events from earlier entries. Steven Konkoly's tightest pacing; each book is around 300 pages and moves fast.
CATCH-UP GUIDES IN PROGRESS
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