Books by Stephen Mertz

FROM THE MODERN MASTER OF THE ACTION ADVENTURE M.I.A. HUNTER SERIES COMES CODY'S WAR!There's big trouble in China, and Jack Cody's mission is to locate and extract a defecting physicist, Dr. Kwan, creator of the ghastly mega-weapon, Dragonfire. Too bad the mission goes south almost immediately when a US Navy reconnaissance plane disappears over the South China Sea after observing Chinese nuclear submarine activity.Also missing: the dive team sent to investigate. Then there's the coup d'état being staged in Beijing by renegade Chinese military officers intent on launching a nuclear holocaust and establishing a new World Order.With no one to trust in this deadly maze, Cody races the clock against an imminent world threat spawned far beneath the sea..."One of the best adventure writers of our time!"-James M. Reasoner, New York Times bestselling author

"One of the top action writers in the business!" - James M. Reasoner, NYT Bestselling AuthorSherlock Holmes takes on his greatest challenge yet in his long-running battle against arch enemy Professor Moriarty-zombies, hungry for living flesh, enslaved by the evil Professor!Will the Great Detective's incredible deductive skills solve the riddle of how a young writer named H. G. Wells and a German teenager, Albert Einstein, came to be involved?From a dirigible carrying a deadly cargo high over London to a sinister castle lurking in the beautiful English countryside, with thousands of lives hanging in the balance, Holmes and Dr. Watson race to thwart Moriarty's evil scheme to wreak havoc and loot one of the world's great cities!Part horror, part mystery, part steampunk-it's a breathless adventure sure to entertain!

"A surprising and generously clued whodunnit!"--ELLERY QUEEN MYSTERY MAGAZINEAs an Army Ranger, Steve Madison saw action from Iraq to Central America, from Somalia to Kosovo. But with his discharge from military service, he thought he'd seen the last of violence, bloodshed and sudden death. He was wrong. As an "industrial consultant" to the music industry, Madison specializes in extricating pop stars from scandals that threaten to destroy multi-million-dollar careers. Johnny Willow is the hottest superstar of his generation whose addictions drove him into rehab. Now Johnny is back, clean and sober, with a new album debuting at number one on the charts and a sold-out concert beginning a world tour. But one rainy night in St. Louis, Johnny's past returns with a vengeance and everything is threatened in a twisty maze of ghetto gang bangers, the Mafia, the DEA, a missing shipment of cocaine, kidnapping . . . and murder. That's where Steve Madison comes in.Includes two short stories, "A Hit for the New Age," and "The Death Blues."

Steve Madison set out to catch a killer-and barely escaped with this life.For the past three years a series of brutal vampire-style slayings have scandalized the world of rock music. Each of the killings has followed the appearance of a top band called The Screaming Tree, a group whose weird occult music had been called an orchestration of death. Music Industry trouble shooter Steve Madison joins the tour to catch the killer...and all bloody hell breaks loose!"One of my favorite writers . . . Enjoy! - Max Allan Collins"Stephen Mertz writes a hard-edged, fast-paced thriller for those who like their tales straight and sharp and full of dark surprise!" - Joe R. Lansdale

Somebody is out to murder rock star Jimi Hendrix, but Jimi's old army buddy-who calls himself Soldier-is on hand to help. The 1970 London rock scene comes alive in a violent, fast-paced thriller that mixes fact and myth about one of rock's greatest legends."Action-driven crime novel . . . with German thugs, drug dealers, and an ex-CIA agent who claims that the U.S. government wants Jimi dead. Hendrix fans may enjoy Mertz's portrait of the iconic musician." - Publishers Weekly

Legendary thriller writer Stephen Mertz delivers a stunning new collection of his best short fiction, including a pair of stories, "Chez Erotique" and "Eagle Park Slim," appearing here for the first time! It's five-star collection by a master storyteller, guaranteed to entertain from first page to last!"A writer who deserves to be much more than the genre's best-kept secret . . . A born storyteller . . . Enjoy!" - Max Allan Collins "One of the best adventure writers of our time!"-NYT Best-selling writer James Reasoner "Action-Driven!" - Publishers Weekly