Jack Stewart

Direct Action (December 16, 2025)

Fresh off of his Battle Born series, Stewart is back and raising the bar even higher with his first entry into the W.EB. Griffin Presidential Agent book. The tenth offering in the series promises to deliver the action like Stewart has brought us through 4 Battle Born books so far, and with the backing of the W.E.B Griffin estate giving him the green light, this is bound to hit the NY Times Besteller list.

Synopsis:

When the original Presidential Agent is gunned down during a mass shooting, Pick McCoy swears a brutal revenge in this revival of W. E. B. Griffin’s New York Times bestselling series.

Meanwhile Pick McCoy is at the Naval Academy catching up with some old friends. When the news of the attack reaches him, he senses that this is no random event. While Charley clings to life, Pick searches for the men responsible and in the process uncovers a deadly plot that threatens to strike deep at the heart of American democracy

Andrews & Wilson

The Adversary (November 4, 2025)

Tier One is back in this 9th entry in the series, and this time, for John Dempsey and the team, things are on rocky ground.

Taken from Amazon:

For John Dempsey, it’s a time of uncertainty.

As a new administration tries to piece together who was behind the assassination of an American president, task force Ember is a team without a target. Newly Minted POTUS, Kelso Jarvis, is haunted by strange dreams of a house on fire, and Dempsey’s son Jake—who has begun his own journey as a SEAL—can’t escape the ghost of the father he believes to be dead.

But when a routine intelligence gathering mission in Taiwan goes horribly wrong and one of Ember’s own is captured, Dempsey’s frustration only grows. As Ember races to rescue their teammate before it’s too late, three of America’s strongest warriors—Dempsey, Jarvis, and Jake—must ask themselves if tomorrow’s adversary resides across the Taiwan Strait, or within themselves.

Jack Carr

Cry Havoc (June 10, 2025)

Carr has been on a roll, steamrolling through. the thriller landscape the last eight years. We’ve gotten 7 James Reece books, the Amazon Prime visualization of THE TERMINAL LIST, and massive updates on DARK WOLF, and THE TERMINAL LIST Season 2.

Now, for book number 8, Carr is taking us back. Back to 1968. With Tom Reece. CRY HAVOC might be an origin story, but readers better get ready for more.

Yes, a Tom Reece prequel-style story.

From Amazon:

#1 New York Times bestselling author Jack Carr brings the worlds of special operations and CIA paramilitary units into direct collision in the jungles of Vietnam with his explosive new thriller introducing young Navy SEAL Tom Reece, a man torn between the blurred lines and allegiances of the military and the increasingly murky world of intelligence. This is how it all began…

Get Ready for More

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by MP Woodward

Terminal Velocity (September 2, 2025)

Book 14 with Jack Ryan Jr. is coming. in hot amongst the big announcement that Andrews & Wilson are leaving the Jack Ryan series and that someone else will fill in.

I personally hope Woodward is promoted to the Ryan Sr series, because his last two entries have been 5 -Stars.

This time, Woodward brings the action home as a string of murders in the US seem unrelated until the FBI realizes each victim is interconnected.

Watch MP discuss SHADOW STATE on COURSE OF ACTION on YouTube

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by Andrews & Wilson

Executive Power (November 25, 2025)

Entry 26 might be the last for Brian Andrews and Jeff Wilson, but they aren’t going out easily.

I have to say, Jeff and Brian have been two of my favorite authors post-Clancy’s passing. They really harnessed Clancy’s voice while still staying true to their own style, and I really respect that. Both of their entries have been excellent, and the third is poised to be a key standout in the series.

To Jeff and Brian, I say THANK YOU.

From Amazon:

An international incident may fracture the Ryan family in the latest entry in this #1 New York Times bestselling series.

Even in a family of strong individualists like the Ryans, Kyle has stood out as a lone wolf. For years he’s gone his own way, joining the DIA rather than the CIA, and disagreeing with his father’s politics.

Now he’s missing in an African country on the brink of a coup. His last message to his handlers, “We’re on the wrong side of history.”

His father, the President of the United States, is about to discover which is more important to him: the interests of his country or the life of his son?

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by Don Bentley

Denied Access (Sep 30, 2025)

I can’t imagine it being easy to step into the shoes of legends. No way can it be easy to pick up that mantle and try to live up to expectations

After penning four TOM CLANCY books, Don took off on an adventure with the infamous Mitch Rapp in Capture or Kill, and we are eagerly awaiting what he’s going to do next with Rapp.

Details are in short-supply, but I guarantee Don is cooking up something worth the wait!

UPDATE:

Denied Access takes place right after Kill Shot ends, finding Rapp trying to save the woman he loves while entangled in a CIA and Russian showdown.

Stay tuned for news on this one, including some fun stuff that Don will be doing leading up to the book’s release.

Book 24 completes the trilogy that began with American Assassin by taking Rapp back to his assassin days, picking up right where Kill Shot ended.

Simon Gervais & Ryan Steck

Second Son (Nov 11, 2025)

Not many details on this one, but Ryan Steck has promised me that alongside Gervais they are bringing the heat like never before. I don’t know how you argue with either of these guys, so a team up is bound to be explosive. I’ll report back if I get more details on this one, but it’s one to watch out for and pre-order ASAP.

UPDATED:

SECOND SON COVER REVEAL AND PLOT DETAILS!

The cover has been revealed, and now we know what Ryan and Simon have been up to.

Second Son follows new protagonist Chase Burke on a mission perfectly crafted by two of the best thriller writers today. 

Follow The Real Book Spy at TheRealBookSpy.com for updates about the plot and more!

Get updates straight from The Real Book Spy himself, Ryan Steck at therealbookspy.com

Steve Urszenyi

Blood Oath (November 18, 2025)

In a time when the military thriller genre is struggling to maintain readers, Blood Oath by Steve Urszenyi stands out.

It’s no secret that publishing, especially in military and spy fiction, has had trouble keeping traction the last few years. And by no means has it been because of the talent, because guys like Urszenyi are putting out gems like Blood Oath.

For Alex Martel, the fight has become personal when a rebel group kidnaps her father. Deep in the heart of Africa, Alex’s safari with her father takes a turn for the worse. With local rebels holding him hostage, Russian and Chinese mercenaries descend upon Africa to extract what the senior Martel holds in his head.

This is the third, but not the final, book in the Alex Martel series, and it sounds just as explosive, if not more, than the previous two. And that is big time!

Clive Cussler

By Jack Du Brul

Iron Storm (September 9, 2025)

The Clive Cussler estate is cranking out books and is showing no signs of slowing down. Book 15 in the Isaac Bell series feels like a throwback, with a slick cover complete with a castle in the background, just gives off classic Cussler vibes that should excite every Cussler fan.

From Amazon:

Detective Isaac Bell faces the horrors of the Great War while battling a mysterious anarchist group intent on bringing brutality to the shores of America in the next thrilling adventure in this #1 New York Times bestselling series from Clive Cussler.

As an official observer, Bell is supposed to avoid action, but that’s like asking a fish to shun water. After battling in the trenches, he finds himself flying beside a group of Allied aviators, unwilling to let them fight alone, even when they are faced with capture. Bell and his compatriots are imprisoned in a medieval castle—one that’s withstood the test of time and countless assaults by conventional weapons in its history. Escape lies tantalizingly close…but only with the help of the latest in battlefield technology.

David McCloskey

The Persian (September 30, 2025)

David McCloskey is quite possibly the best pure-espionage thriller writer of this modern era. Nobody dives deeper into what happens behind the scenes in the shadows of spycraft like McCloskey, and The Persian is maybe his best offering yet.

From Amazon:

Kamran Esfahani, a dentist living out a dreary existence in Stockholm, agrees to spy for the Mossad after he’s recruited by Arik Glitzman, the chief of a clandestine unit tasked with running targeted assassinations and sabotage inside Iran. At Glitzman’s direction, Kam returns to his native Tehran and opens a dental practice there, using it as a cover for the Israeli intelligence agency. Kam proves to be a skillful asset, quietly earning money helping Glitzman smuggle weapons, run surveillance, and conduct kidnappings. But when Kam tries to recruit an Iranian widow seeking to avenge the death of her husband at the hands of the Mossad, the operation goes terribly wrong, landing him in prison under the watchful eye of a sadistic officer whom he knows only as the “General.”

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Brad Thor & Ward Larsen

Cold Zero (Feb 10, 2026)

News like this doesn’t come around often. And this time around it involves literary legend–Brad Thor.

In 2026 Thor is teaming up with Ward Larsen to bring us a new series that already has the internet a buzz. For the first time ever, Thor is bringing in a heavy hitter to bring us a brand new story with new characters and a chilling plotline that promises to rip straight out of the headlines.

Synopsis:

A vanished plane. An earth-shattering secret. A countdown to World War III.

With the clock ticking and the temperature dropping, the fate of the free world is about to be decided at the top of the globe.

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Mark Greaney

The Hard Line (Feb 17, 2025)

For the 15th Gray Man novel, Greaney is upping the stakes like never before. Family means everything as Gentry finds himself as the prey, instead of the apex predator.

Torn between saving the father he hasn’t seen in 20 years, and saving members of the counterintelligence community, Gray Man 15 is the most personal mission for Gentry of his life.