Backlash
Tom Keeler came to Miami for one job: keep his friend alive while Dave faces his demons. The Delta Force operator's PTSD is so severe that even experimental therapy feels like a last resort. But when Russian organized crime starts watching the house where Keeler's staying, a simple security detail becomes something deadlier.
The surveillance isn't random. Keeler's friend Blomstein works intelligence contracts tracking dirty money through Miami real estate - work that makes enemies. Now those enemies are moving, and they're not alone. A private military contractor with its own agenda is hunting the same Russians, and Keeler is caught in the middle of a shadow war he doesn't fully understand.
As assassinations escalate and betrayals multiply, Keeler must protect Dave through his most vulnerable moments while navigating a landscape where no one is who they claim to be. The Russians want blood. The PMC wants control. And somewhere in the chaos, the woman Keeler's falling for might be the most dangerous player of all.
In Miami's heat and violence, loyalty becomes the only currency that matters - and the most expensive thing to spend.
A military thriller about friendship forged in combat, tested by trauma, and hardened by fire.
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Jack Lively
Jack Lively is the author of the Tom Keeler series of thriller novels.
Jack has worked as a fisherman, an ice cream truck driver, underwater cinematographer, gas station attendant, and outboard engine repairman. The other thing about Jack is that since he grew up without a TV, before the internet, he was always reading. And later on, Jack started writing. All through those long years working odd jobs and traveling around, Jack wrote. He’d write in bars and cafes, on boats and trains and even on long haul bus trips.
Eventually Jack finished a book and figured he might as well see if anyone wanted to read it.
Tom Keeler is a veteran combat medic who served in a special tactics unit of United States Air Force. The series begins when Keeler receives his discharge from the military. Keeler just wants to roam free. But stuff happens, and Keeler’s not the kind of guy who just walks away.
Jack Lively lives in London with his family.
Tom Keeler
Tom Keeler consists of eight books and series is set to expand with the upcoming release of one more book. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
