KADE BLACK

Full Name:	Kade Black
Series Name:	Fort Black
Nationality:	American
Organization:	FBI
Occupation	Agent

Creator:	Russ Linton
Time Span:	2023 - 2024

ABOUT THE SERIES

Kade Black is an agent with the FBI.

A former agent, to be more accurate, as we find in the opening of the first recorded adventure.

He is very soon going to be a former agent in a lot of trouble and there will be an entire federal law enforcement agency with considerable expertise and capabilities out after him for something he is guiltless. That will not stop them from hunting - they believe him guilty - so it will not stop him from trying to elude him.

Now, as thrilling and suspenseful as that sounds (and it is), it would not normally make Kade Black a candidate for membership in this compendium. What does qualify him and his adventures is the fact that at the root of Black's troubles with the Bureau is a very "cagey" Russian operative. That man's name is Sergei Zelenkov and he will prove to be a very capable opponent.

Black grew up with a father who insisted on living on the land, foraging as needed, and he taught his son the same skills. When Black left the "remote cabins and lonely trails" of his youth for civilization and actual contact with people, he swore he was done with that hermit lifestyle. Unfortunately, to survive the manhunt against him, he will find himself back there on more than one occasion and surprisingly pleased with his survival instincts. It is fortunate that Black has kept himself in remarkable shape, partially through being a fan of competing in "backcountry ultramarathons".

He will need that superb conditioning considering that he has an entire government law enforcement bureau, and all of its connections to local police forces, out to bring him in one way or another.

BOOKS

Number of Books:	5
First Appearance:	2023
Last Appearance:	2024


1			Devil's Churn Written by Russ Linton Copyright: 2023 Kade Black is "an elite surveillance operative for the Bureau, he's on the run. Wanted for the type of crime handled outside the normal courts of law. Renditions. Interrogations. A cryptic trail left by a dead Russian double agent his only hope. When the trail leads him to the rugged Oregon coast, Kade comes face to face with his past and a grisly ritual murder only he can solve."

2			Death Bed Written by Russ Linton Copyright: 2023 "Battered. Wounded. Former Special Agent Kade Black isn’t about to give up on the quest to prove his innocence. The trail leads him to the unforgiving deserts of Nevada. A harsh landscape where only the toughest survive. His next clue is buried deep. Sunken in the depths of Lake Mead. But these waters hold secrets never again meant to see the light of day. To uncover the next piece of the puzzle left by a cagey Russian operative, Kade will face a threat created before the glittering lights of Sin City lit the remote reservoir’s horizon. A bloodsport dating back to the Gold Rush and reinvented for the Digital Age."

3			Mineral King Written by Russ Linton Copyright: 2023 Kade Black is on a search for justice when he meets the storm of the century. "Snowed in at a campground in the isolated community of Three Rivers, he's no longer a wanted man just another trapped tourist. He does his best to help. Tries to fit in. Even finds a welcome place to rest his head. But he's not the only stranger in town. Along the dangerous road known as Mineral King lies a fortress-like hacienda. A recent purchase by a man tied inextricably to Kade's past. A ruthless cartel warlord who's got a plan to take over the unincorporated town and turn it into his personal fiefdom. Stopping him could very well be the thing that ends the FBI career Kade's fought so hard to restore. And his life."

4			Death Toll Written by Russ Linton Copyright: 2023 "Former special agent Kade Black knows his adversaries well. He’s shadowed terrorists, spies, and mafia bosses. But he's never had to confront all three at once. Kade’s latest clue has him watching a new dead drop serviced by the late GRU operative, Sergei. But this drop is inactive. No sign of use. Another intelligence agency has arrived in Sergei's wake. Far from a clandestine operation, agents of the PRC are moving around in the open. Forcing their way into small town politics and flirting with criminal enterprise. But to what end?"

5			Roundhouse Written by Russ Linton Copyright: 2024 "A stolen shipment of military hardware. A Russian mercenary group operating on American soil. Compromised nuclear launch codes. But whose finger is on the trigger? Kade Black has got little time to piece together the mystery inherited from his former Russian asset. But as he recuperates from his injuries, he soon discovers he’s the one who has been assigned a handler."

6			Russian Hill Written by Russ Linton Copyright: 2024 "Lured back to his boyhood Montana home, Kade’s trip down memory lane isn’t all fresh asphalt and sunny skies. Someone’s been busy around Fort Black. The Storm Z is rallying – the international mercenary group known for their Russian ties is now a rogue element with access to compromised nuclear codes. All signs indicate an imminent launch. Then there are the shadowy criminal links to a secretive cabal. Mob ties. Cartel funding. The main suspect’s identity lost in a dizzying blitz of false intelligence that points directly at Kade. He’s got little time to find the culprit, a madman intent on extreme destruction. But the nationwide dragnet to stop Kade is closing in."

MY COMMENTS

For all my daydreams decades ago about being a secret agent and the wonderful things I would get involved with (well, the ladies primarily), troubles like what Kade Black has to put up with never entered my mind. Now, years later and older and supposedly wiser, when I read of the things thrown at Black, yikes!

These are some pretty exciting tales and Sergei Zelenkov makes for a terrific opponent, one that the reader will wish many times over would just drop dead already. He doesn't, of course, so Black's problems continue.

GRADE

My Grade: B+

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