R. J. Pineiro

A VIRUS RESEARCH GONE WRONG. A MEDICATION WITH TRAGIC SIDE EFFECTS. A BIG PHARMA COVER-UPHOW FAR WOULD YOU GO TO EXPOSE THE TRUTH?" An excellent read. It starts out strong, and then it gets better."--Larry Bond, New York Times Bestselling author of Red Phoenix Something incomprehensible and terrifying is happening in a remote village in Afghanistan. Navy SEAL commander Law Pacheco is in the area on a routine patrol when he accidentally stumbles onto what appears to be the use of biological weapons on Afghan civilians, including children--with frightening results. Law immediately reports the horror he has witnessed. But no one will listen. The very next day, he and his team fall victim to the violence of a U. S. gunship unleashed on a mountainside where he was operating on another routine mission. Law barely survives the attack. He is rescued by the tough-as-nails Marine Sergeant Adanna Johnson, a native from Harlem who hauls Law from the shelling that kills most of his team and inflicts wounds that end his career with the SEALs. But the incident is ruled accidental by the military establishment. Although it takes him six months to learn to walk again, Law is more determined than ever to get to the bottom of what he witnessed, so he joins the ranks of the U. S. Naval Criminal Investigative Service. There, along with feisty special agents Mia Patel and Beatriz Howard, Law launches an investigation that takes him down a twisting path through the dark world of covert clinical trials, illegal medical research, and a Big Pharma cover-up reaching the Highest Law of the land." A must read for fans of Brad Thor and Vince Flynn "--Ward Larsen, USA Today bestselling author of Assassin's Revenge.

From the New York Times best-selling author of DEFCON One, Joe Weber, and R. J. Pineiro, the acclaimed author of Without Mercy, comes a new novel of global terrorism and international conflict.

A RUTHLESS ECO-TERRORIST. A WOMAN DETERMINED TO STOP HIM. Chilling Effect explores a world in the not-too-distant future where terrorism is taken to a new level, one with world-ending consequences. "Fiction of the first order " --Clive Cussler "Fascinating, stupendous, and terrifying." --Douglas PrestonNatasha, global climate expert, is one of the few scientists who truly understands the apocalyptic threat that lurks beneath the thawing permafrost in Alaska. But no one will listen. Konrad, world-renowned glaciologist, has extracted an ice core from a dying glacier in Kilimanjaro, Africa, that contains a terrifying clue about our past and also our future. But no one will listen. William, a climatologist ridiculed by the scientific community, carries out frightening acts of ecological terrorism in Greenland and Siberia with global implications, and he now has his sights on Alaska. Rachel, star of the CIA's Global Climate Counterterrorism Unit, has tracked William for months, from the Greenland ice sheet and the Siberian plains to the Alaskan tundra determined to spoil his plans. Journey along with these memorable characters across three continents, as a battle rages in this heart-rending thrill ride whose Chilling Effect will leave you fearful for the future we're leaving to our children." The opening chapter is mind-bending enough, but it only gets better, with cutting-edge science, vivid characters, and a plot that accelerates to a mind-warping-climax. Highly recommended."--Douglas Preston, New York Times bestselling author of the Pendergast series of novels

"Avenue of Regrets is a superb psychological thriller, a gripping tale of violence, tension and intrigue. Highly recommended " --Douglas Preston, #1 bestselling author of the Pendergast series of novels. I was happy once. I just didn't know it. I had a family. I had friends. I had a good job. And one day it all ended. There are defining moments in people's lives; times forever etched in our minds. Some are good. Others not so. For David Wallace, there was no worse time than receiving the news of his family's death while confined to a jail cell on murder charges. Seven years later, David has moved on with his life having started a non-profit shelter for battered women, still haunted by the indiscretion which changed his world forever. But there are dark forces in play demanding a reckoning. As he's besieged by past demons, David discovers enemies and crimes so heinous, and so far-reaching, they threaten to propel him down another avenue of regrets . . .

"Outstanding . . . This military adventure thriller deserves to become a genre classic." --Publisher's Weekly, starred review Col. David Hunt and R. J. Pineiro have teamed up for another action-packed audiobook thriller steeped in authenticity: Without Fear. Southern Afghanistan, 2005. NATO forces are battling the Taliban across Kandahar Province. In a terrifying twist, the rebels unearth a tactical nuclear bomb lost in the final days of the Soviet occupation. The years buried in the sand have damaged it, so the Taliban seeks the help of al Qaeda to secure replacement parts through its contacts in Saudi Arabia, the Opium Cartel, and the Russian Mafia. Doing so, however, inadvertently alerts the Americans, the Russians, and the Israelis. Hunter Stark and his team of CIA contractors are on the chase, dispensing explosive waves of violence to track where the Taliban is hiding the weapon. But Russian Spetsnaz and Israeli Mossad operatives are also in the region following their own agendas--as is NATO--triggering chaos and confusion. The stakes skyrocket when a courier delivers the components and the weapon becomes functional, forcing Stark to drive full throttle, without fear, into a world of terror, going beyond duty and honor to prevent the unthinkable.