“I wasn’t expecting trouble when I pulled off the highway.”

Ex-US Marshal Axel Blaze is doing what he knows best – dealing with trouble. Ten years in the special forces and five years in the US Marshals have made him a trained investigator and lethal fighter.

Blaze does not fight his opponents; he puts them down.

Deputy Marshal Carter has gone missing in Little Butte, Nevada. The Dawsons own the town; call it Dawson Country. A Mexican cartel is moving in on their meth business. A gang war is coming to town. Assistant Director Mark Flynn asks Blaze to return for one last assignment for the Marshals.

It’s up to Blaze to find Carter before all hell breaks loose.

“I’VE DEALT WITH LOTS OF DANGEROUS MEN, MEN LIKE YOU, WHO KILL PEOPLE OVER NOTHING. BUT SOMETIMES, THEY MESS WITH THE WRONG GUY.”

Ex-US Marshal Axel Blaze knows how to deal with dangerous men. A background in the special forces and the US Marshals has made him a tactical fighter and lethal opponent. Following the successful debut of Blaze Returns, Bill Runner is back with the second novel in the Axel Blaze thriller series.

When Blaze takes out a Mexican cartel’s operations in Nevada, the cartel sends hitmen after him and everyone he cares about. Bad move. What the cartel doesn’t realize is, it has messed with a Lethal Force.

BLAZE WILL GO AFTER THEM. PUT THE FEAR OF DEATH IN THEM. BEFORE STRIKING BACK. HARD.

DON'T GO HUNTING A DEADLY PREY.

When Blaze stops at an isolated gas station in the forests of Kentucky’s Appalachians, he stumbles on to something sinister. Dangerous men with deadly intentions are stalking a strange group – two cops, a fugitive, and a lawyer. An ambush is underway; an execution is about to go down. Blaze isn’t one to look the other way. But before he knows it, he has a pack of mercenaries after him.

From the Appalachians to the heart of Washington, DC, it becomes a relentless game of cat and mouse. But what the hunters don’t realize is, they’ve taken on more than they can handle.

WHEN IT COMES TO DEADLY SPORT, BLAZE IS A MASTER OF THE GAME.

AIN’T NO MERCY ON THE MEAN CITY STREETS.

Midnight in New York City. A car stops at an intersection. Three mean men inside. A scared girl in the back. Before the lights turn green, a motorcycle stops next to it. The rider sees the girl making a distress hand signal. Lucky for her, the man understands the signal. Unlucky for her captors – the man is Axel Blaze.

The chase that begins at a Manhattan intersection takes Blaze on a treacherous journey. A drugs and prostitution gang is wreaking havoc on the streets. Mean men, who will do whatever it takes. Trouble is, so will Blaze.

IT’S GOING TO BE MAYHEM ON THE MEAN STREETS OF THE CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS.

AIN’T NO MERCY ON THE MEAN CITY STREETS.

Midnight in New York City. A car stops at an intersection. Three mean men inside. A scared girl in the back. Before the lights turn green, a motorcycle stops next to it. The rider sees the girl making a distress hand signal. Lucky for her, the man understands the signal. Unlucky for her captors – the man is Axel Blaze.

The chase that begins at a Manhattan intersection takes Blaze on a treacherous journey. A drugs and prostitution gang is wreaking havoc on the streets. Mean men, who will do whatever it takes. Trouble is, so will Blaze.

IT’S GOING TO BE MAYHEM ON THE MEAN STREETS OF THE CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS.

SOMETIMES, ANGER NEEDS TO BE UNLEASHED.

Blaze gets a call from ex-US Marshal Mitchell. He has seen two ghosts roaming the streets of San Francisco. The Cady brothers. Ruthless arms traffickers and killers Blaze and his Marshals’ team had taken out two years ago. One brother, Carson, died trying to escape. The other, Dexter, killed a Marshal and barely stayed alive, once Blaze was done with him. Dexter ended on death row, awaiting execution.

When Blaze lands in San Francisco, he discovers he and his team are on the Cadys hit list. A gang of hitmen has taken the contract. They made a mistake.

WHEN THE GAME BECOMES NO HOLDS BARRED, WHEN NOTHING IS OFF LIMITS, THERE’S NOTHING TO HOLD BACK BLAZE’S FURY.

WHEN DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES COLLIDE, THERE’S NO PLACE LEFT TO RUN.

As dawn breaks in Bison Creek, a sleepy little Wyoming town, a scene of mayhem unfolds. Two cops are lying dead inside the police station. A man covered in blood sprawled on the steps outside. Conscious but disoriented. Beside him, a gun and a stained Ka-Bar knife. The wide-open lockup door seals the deal.

It’s an open-and-shut case. Every shred of evidence points to Ex-Marine Corporal Logan Davis, pushed over the edge by his acute PTSD. Davis knows no lawyer can rescue him. He calls the only man he knows will move heaven and earth to get to the truth: Axel Blaze.

From a reclusive cult dwelling off the grid in Wyoming, Blaze embarks on a bloody trail that leads to Boston’s deep-pocketed pharmaceutical investors. These power players will do anything to bury the truth.

BUT THEY UNDERESTIMATED ONE THING—A RELENTLESS ADVERSARY WHO WILL GO TO ANY LENGTHS TO EXPOSE THEM.

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