David Ricciardi

Listen to "David Ricciardi Releases Rogue Srike" on Spreaker. Last year, David Ricciardi’s hair-raising, gasp-inducing debut, Warning Light (Berkley Hardcover, April 2018), was a break-out first novel that took the book world by storm. #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child says Warning Light “starts with a bang, and then gets better and better….” The Washington Times called Warning Light “a standout from other thrillers”, Kirkus Reviews dubbed the book “A Ulysses-like odyssey.” After the harrowing events of Warning Light, CIA analyst Zac Miller takes on an all-new role, and a brand new identity (SPOILER ALERT!) as a field agent known as Jake Keller in his next adventure, ROGUE STRIKE (Berkley Hardcover; On Sale June 4, 2019). In Mecca, a U.S. drone is captured on camera dropping attack missiles on innocent pilgrims. Thousands of lives are destroyed, and it appears that a U.S. revenge mission is to blame. All cards are off the table as nations around the world peg the American government for a blatant crime against humanity, and top leaders are scrambling for anyone to blame… including new CIA operative Jake Keller, who was meant to use the drone in Yemen to take down a top al Qaeda leader. In China, a careful plot is underway to build alliances―and it wouldn’t be so hard to point the finger at a powerful rival for atrocities it’s not responsible for. It’s not so long before things begin to take a turn at home in America. Are terrorist attacks against civilians a retaliation for U.S. actions in the Middle East? Or is a terrible, sinister plot to blame? On the run for his life from the Middle Eastern governments who have placed a bounty on his head, and from the American forces who refuse to defend him, Jake must prove his innocence in yet another chase scene to the finish. Ricciardi brings the action―and the heart-thumping, edge-of-your-seat adventure―to a sequel that will rival his break-out debut. With a daring protagonist reminiscent of Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, ROGUE STRIKE is part two of one man’s journey of survival as the whole world puts a target on his chest. About the author A keen outdoorsman, David Ricciardi is a certified scuba rescue diver and a former ski instructor. He has backpacked through the mountains of the western United States and Alaska, and once woke up for a 2 AM watch aboard a sailboat only to discover that it was headed the wrong way through the Atlantic sea lanes in heavy weather, with one of the crew suffering from hypothermia. ROGUE STRIKE is his second novel.