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Ward Larsen

Biography

Ward Larsen

Ward Larsen is the New York Times bestselling author of 18 novels. CODE ZERO, cowritten with Brad Thor, has been optioned for film by Netflix. He is also the author of RULES OF ENGAGEMENT, a Tom Clancy/Jack Ryan thriller. A former U.S. Air Force fighter pilot, Larsen flew 22 missions in Operation Desert Storm. He has served as a federal law enforcement officer, airline captain, and is a trained aircraft accident investigator.

Ward Larsen

Books by Ward Larsen

by Brad Thor and Ward Larsen - Fiction, Suspense, Thriller

When two American archaeologists vanish while live-streaming an expedition deep in the jungles of Indonesia’s Halmahera Island, their final footage triggers a classified US intelligence alert dormant since 1945. DIA bioweapons expert Dr. Sara Taylor and CIA operative Alex Ross are sent to investigate. What they uncover is no ordinary ruin, but a sealed WWII-era installation tied to a top-secret Nazi scientific program, and a forbidden series of wartime experiments erased from history. But before Sara and Alex can determine what they’re dealing with, the site is breached by a powerful organization operating beyond the reach of any government. What begins as a mission to rescue two missing Americans quickly becomes a race to stop a weapon hidden at the end of World War II from bringing civilization to its knees.

by Brad Thor with Ward Larsen - Fiction, Political Thriller, Suspense, Thriller

Hemisphere Airlines Flight 777 --- the most advanced jetliner ever built --- disappears without a trace over the North Pole. Crippled by sabotage, it crash-lands on the ice, stranding the surviving passengers in a wasteland of frigid cold and chaos. The real storm, however, is still coming. Hidden inside the wreckage is the prototype for a revolutionary piece of technology that could upend the balance of world power. Now Washington, Moscow and Beijing are racing to be the first on scene to retrieve it --- at any cost. Trapped in the middle of the world’s most dangerous flashpoint are CIA operative Kasey Sheridan and former fighter pilot turned first officer Brett Sharpe. Hunted by enemy forces, they must spirit both the device and its creator across the ice to safety --- before rival superpowers turn the Arctic into a war zone.

by Ward Larsen - Adventure, Fiction, Suspense, Thriller

The White House is stunned when the Secretary of Commerce is killed in a plane crash in Turkey. President Jack Ryan isn't ready to write this off as a simple accident. Not only has he lost a good friend, but the Secretary was on an important mission. On the surface he was making an appearance at an economic conference, but the CIA was also using the flight as cover to extract an important asset from the Middle East. Soon, Lt. Commander Katie Ryan and her team are working with the investigators to find the cause of the tragedy, but one shocking revelation changes everything. There were supposed to be 16 people on the plane, but there are only 15 bodies. The quest for answers will lead the team deeper and deeper into a quagmire of lies and deception.

by Ward Larsen - Adventure, Fiction, Suspense, Thriller

Jammer Davis has spent most of his life investigating aircraft accidents. When a small regional jet disappears over the jungles of Colombia, it is a tragedy like dozens of others he has seen, but for one terrible detail: his young daughter is listed on the passenger manifest. The possibility of a hijacking looms large as the search begins to focus on two passengers who boarded the plane, yet their remains cannot be found. Davis uncovers an even more sinister plot behind the entire disaster --- one that goes to the highest levels of the US government. But how could it possibly involve his daughter?