Operator Down: A Pike Logan Thriller

Brad Taylor

Jan 2018 · Penguin Random House Audio · Narrated by Rich Orlow and Henry Strozier

About this audiobook

• A New York Times Bestseller • Former Special Forces Officer and New York Times bestselling author Brad Taylor delivers a heart-pounding thriller where Pike Logan's search for a Mossad agent and ally puts him on a collision course with a ruthless military coup in Africa—and tests his loyalties to the Taskforce.

It was to be a simple mission. Nothing more than assessing whether a merchant in the fabled Israeli Diamond Exchange was involved in a scheme that could potentially embarrass the state of Israel. But nothing is ever simple in the world of intelligence, as Aaron Bergman—a former leader of an elite direct action team under the Mossad—should have known. Executing the operation as a contractor, a cutout that gave the State of Israel plausible deniability, he disappears without a trace.

Pike Logan and his team know none of this, but he’s tracking an American arms dealer in Tel Aviv who may—or may not—be attempting to sell sensitive nuclear weapons components to the highest bidder. When Pike’s team breaks up an attempt at killing Shoshana, Aaron’s partner, they stumble upon much more than they expected—a concerted conspiracy to topple a democratic African country.

Beginning to untangle a web that extends through both the American and Israeli intelligence community, Pike is forced to choose between his Israeli friends and his Taskforce mission, even as the execution of the coup begins to form. At the heart of it is Aaron, and his disappearance is the one mistake the plotters made. Because Shoshana is the greatest killing machine the Mossad has ever produced, and she will stop at nothing to help Aaron, even if it means killing Pike Logan.

About the author

Brad Taylor was born on Okinawa, Japan, but grew up in rural Texas. He graduated from the University of Texas then was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Infantry. Taylor served for more than 21 years, retiring as a Special Forces Lieutenant Colonel. His final assignment was as the Assistant Professor of Military Science at The Citadel in Charleston, SC. Brad's books include The Polaris Protocol, The Widows Strike, Enemy of Mine, All Necessary Force, One Rough Man, Black Flag, Gut Instinct, The Callsign, No Fortunate Son, The Insider Threat and Operator Down.