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False Target

An Adam Drake thriller
By Scott Matthews
Series: The Adam Drake Series
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The stakes couldn't be higher for Adam Drake. A girl trafficked and sold to the highest bidder, a teenager dead from toxic drugs, and a Chinese deception on a global scale. When Adam Drake agrees to help his former army Chaplain track down the killer of... Read More
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A life in peril. A nation on the brink. 

Adam Drake's investigation into a murder spirals into a deadly global conspiracy. With Taiwan's fate-and a young girl's life-hanging in the balance, the ex-Delta Force operator must navigate a world of treachery. 

One wrong move and Drake risks losing everything 

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The stakes couldn't be higher for Adam Drake. A girl trafficked and sold to the highest bidder, a teenager dead from toxic drugs, and a Chinese deception on a global scale.

When Adam Drake agrees to help his former army Chaplain track down the killer of his friend's son, he finds himself in a dark world of cover-up, deceit, and international spies. With Taiwan's freedom hanging in the balance, the girl's life is not the only thing relying on Drake's next step.

False Target is a fast-paced, action-packed thriller with a plot that could be tomorrow's headline.

Praise for the Adam Drake series:

  • 5.0 out of 5 stars Nonstop action!
  • 5.0 out of 5 stars Just What I Needed This Week
  • 5.0 out of 5 stars This will make you think about the future of America.
  • 5.0 out of 5 stars A Chilling and Realistic Story
  • 5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Political/Terrorist Thriller
  • 5.0 out of 5 stars A Series Born to Be Read

Series: The Adam Drake Series

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  • Coverup
    A dark secret lurks within the U.S. intelligence community, and those involved will stop at nothing to keep it buried. Adam Drake, convinced he knows the truth behind the coverup, is determined to expose the treachery that has cost countless lives, including that of a trusted FBI agent. As he unravels the threads of deceit, Drake discovers that someone in...
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  • False Target
    The stakes couldn't be higher for Adam Drake. A girl trafficked and sold to the highest bidder, a teenager dead from toxic drugs, and a Chinese deception on a global scale. When Adam Drake agrees to help his former army Chaplain track down the killer of his friend's son, he finds himself in a dark world of cover-up, deceit, and...
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  • Sacred Target
    Sacred Target by Scott Matthews presents a chilling scenario: "Convert to Islam or die" is the stark choice Christians are facing, not in the Middle East, but in Oregon. When Adam Drake, a lawyer and former Special Forces Tier 1 operator, is retained by the Archdiocese of Portland to evaluate a forced conversion threat made to its parishioners, he has...
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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781036701291

Publisher: Vinci Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 27 February 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vinci Books

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 22.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 368

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Crime & Thriller Education & Reference Fiction General Fiction Politics & Current Affairs Scott Matthews Series: The Adam Drake Series

About the Author

Scott Matthews lives in Oregon, where he met his wife, attended the University of Oregon and earned degrees in Journalism and Law. He served in the Oregon National Guard, first as a CBR Specialist and later as a JAG officer. That's the bare bones of his Bio. The rest of the story is that he got hooked reading Ian Fleming's James Bond novels at an early age and has read just about everything in that genre since then. He outlined stories he intended to write for years before he finally sat down and wrote THE ASSASSIN'S LIST, the start of the Adam Drake Thriller series. He likes wine, especially wine from Oregon's wine country, fishing and hunting and following Formula One racing. And, of course, reading thrillers.

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  • Black Dragon
    A sinister plot echoes the Opium Wars, as a weaponised drug threatens to bring America to its knees. Adam Drake's honeymoon bliss is shattered when he uncovers the Chinese Communist Party's ruthless scheme. Leaving his new wife behind, Drake embarks on a perilous mission to stop the CCP's new war on America. Plunged into a treacherous world where human life...
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    By Scott Matthews
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    By Scott Matthews
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    $2799
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