Into the Gray Zone: A Pike Logan Novel

by Brad Taylor

Overview

Pike Logan uncovers a geopolitical scheme that has spiraled out of control in India in this latest pulse-pounding thriller from New York Times bestselling author and former special forces officer Brad Taylor. 

While on a routine security assessment in India, Taskforce operator Pike Logan foils an attempted attack on a meeting between the CIA and India’s intelligence service. Both government agencies believe it’s nothing more than a minor terrorist attack, but Pike suspects that something much more sinister is at play.  After another terrorist operation at the Taj Mahal, he begins to believe that outside powers are attacking India in the gray zone between peace and war, leveraging terrorist groups for nothing more than economic gain. But the separatists conducting the operations have their own agenda.

After a massive slaughter and kidnapping of hostages during an elaborate Indian pre-wedding party, two global powers are destabilized, and only Pike Logan and his team can de-escalate the tension by rescuing the captives. What follows is a race against the clock that winds through the bustling markets of Old Delhi, the luxurious resorts of Goa, and the epic halls of the Taj Mahal. It will take everything that Logan and the taskforce have to foil an intricate plot that leaves countless lives in the balance.

 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780063433564
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	04/22/2025
Series:	Pike Logan Series , #19
Edition description:	Large Print
Pages:	624
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Brad Taylor, Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.), is a twenty-one-year veteran of the U.S. Army Infantry and Special Forces, includ­ing eight years with Delta Force. Taylor retired in 2010 after serving more than two decades and participating in Oper­ation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. He has written seventeen New York Times bestsellers and is a security consultant on asymmetric threats for various agencies. He lives in Charleston, South Carolina, with his wife and two daughters.

Editorial Reviews

So readable and resonant. The politics are familiar and the characters seem very much like real people navigating a real world. Fans of the series will be lining up for this one.” — Booklist on Dead Man’s Hand

“Brad Taylor dials things up in a big way for his 18th Pike Logan novel…with an exciting, ripped-from-the-headlines thriller that sets an impossibly high bar for the rest of the genre to try and match…Bottom line: Dead Man’s Hand is more than just a bang, bang-shoot-em-up book full of gun porn and graphic violence. There’s real heart, with a hero to root for, and a timely, sophisticated plot that bleeds realism on every page.” — The Real Book Spy

“Logan is a fun hero to follow, given that he only slaughters bad guys and has a degree of self-awareness…Thriller fans will love the ticking-clock action.”  — Kirkus Reviews on The Devil’s Ransom

“A blisteringly fast-paced, ferociously intense and violent thriller, The Devil’s Ransom is Pike Logan at his absolute world-saving best. Brad Taylor has gifted readers a classic Pike mission within a timely and modern storyline that will leave readers sweaty and trying to catch their breath.” — TheBestThrillerBooks.com

“Taylor has fashioned a wondrously structured tale that’s complex without being confounding. Once deemed the heir apparent to W.E.B. Griffin, Taylor is now laying claim to being the American John le Carre, and his End of Days is a stunning triumph.”  — Providence Journal

"Taylor is one of today’s premiere authors writing about the world of special ops.” — Associated Press

“Brad Taylor knows his stuff.” — Nelson DeMille, New York Times bestselling author

“Pike ranks right up there with Jason Bourne, Jack Reacher, and Jack Bauer.” — John Lescroart, New York Times bestselling author

“Fresh plot, great action, and Taylor clearly knows what he is writing about....When it comes to tactics and hardware, he is spot-on.” — Vince Flynn, New York Times bestselling author

“Taylor continues to stand with Brad Thor and James Rollins at the top of the action-thriller genre.”   — Providence Journal

“As usual in the Pike Logan series, the spycraft and related technology are fascinating, the dialogue crackles, and all the players are operating in an international sea of moral ambiguity. Recommend Pike Logan to readers who like their spies tough, smart, and bordering on superhuman.” — Booklist

“With his experience as an officer in the U.S. Army’s Special Forces, Taylor brings firsthand military knowledge to the Nephilim ‘Pike’ Logan series....A believable account of elite operators working outside traditional government parameters to track international villains.” — Kirkus Reviews

"Brad Taylor continues to dominate the military thriller genre, and it’s not close.” — TheRealBookSpy.com

“Logan is a tough, appealing hero you’re sure to root for.” — Joseph Finder, New York Times bestselling author

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