BEYOND THE WIRE
BOOK ONE
LIBYA SHATTERED
Tripoli, Libya — January 27, 2015
When ISIS gunmen storm the Corinthia Hotel, a team of security contractors is thrust into the chaos—and onto a deadly trail of corruption and betrayal stretching from Libya's desert oilfields to London boardrooms.
Former Marine John Gage built EGA Global from the ground up. Now in Tripoli as the city fractures, he's pulled into a crisis where militias, corporations, and foreign interests all maneuver for advantage. As Gage digs deeper, he uncovers a scheme linking jihadist violence to a multinational coverup—and must act before the truth is buried.
Beyond the Wire: Libya Shattered is inspired by real events and the author's firsthand experience operating in post-revolution Libya. It's a modern military thriller with the intrigue of geopolitical conspiracy. For readers of Clancy, Flynn, Greaney, and Bentley, it delivers a gripping look at war, power, and survival in a collapsing state.
Beyond the wire, there are no uniforms. No flags. Just the mission—and the cost.
BEYOND THE WIRE
BOOK TWO
MEXICO BIRTHRIGHT
TAMAULIPAS, MEXICO
When Texas wildcatter Dub Chisholm bet everything on Mexico’s newly opened oil fields, he knew the risks. Tamaulipas is cartel country— kidnappings, extortion, bodies on the roadside. He brought in John Gage and EGA Global to keep his people alive.
It wasn't enough.
Now Dub is in cartel hands, and two parallel operations race against the clock. While a professional negotiator follows protocol, Gage conducts his own investigation. What he uncovers is far more dangerous than a kidnapping for ransom. Someone inside Dub’s operation has orchestrated this betrayal. And behind the ransom demand lies something darker—a plan that doesn’t end with Dub coming home alive.
In Mexico's violent frontier, some birthrights are paid in blood.
The second novel in the Beyond the Wire series, Mexico Birthright draws on the author’s firsthand experience in conflict zones to deliver a thriller where the real danger isn’t the cartels—it’s the betrayal you never see coming.
