Dead in Their Tracks
A former soldier settles into post-combat life, happy to train others rather than fight.
Then a visitor from his past seeks him out for help and protection.
Combat tracker Mitch Kearns is well past his glory days and spends his time teaching the feds how to pursue fugitives on the run. Fresh out of teaching a class for his fellow FBI agents, he runs into his mentor’s daughter, who’s in possession of a terrorist group's plans to obliterate the U.S. Mitch then faces an impossible task: get her to the authorities before hardened mercenaries can kill them.
Cornered and desperate, they’re left with no choice but to escape into the Arizona desert. Mitch uses every evasive technique in his arsenal, but the pursuers seem unstoppable. Can Mitch beat the clock to thwart their terrorist plans or will their adversaries annihilate them and end democracy forever?
JT Sawyer
JT Sawyer is the pen name for Tony Nester who made his living teaching survival courses for the military special operations community, at the university level, and writing for publications like Outside and Backpacker Magazine. He has over 30 years of experience testing long-term survival skills in the desert, mountains, and forest and is the author of 12 non-fiction books on the subject.
JT has also provided training for celebrities like Josh Brolin and Andrew Zimmern, in addition to serving as a consultant for the film Into the Wild. Nowadays, JT prefers having a roof over his head and putting his characters in dire situations in his post-apoc and thriller stories. He lives with his family and several rescue dogs in Colorado.
Mitch Kearns Combat Tracker Series
Mitch Kearns Combat Tracker Series consists of eleven primary books, and includes one additional book that complement the series but is not considered mandatory reads. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.


