
German Intelligence officer Captain Sophie Decker has a reputation for refusing to play by the rules. This has made her enemies in her own spy agency. But when an undercover informant reveals that an assassin called the Scorpion has been hired to assassinate the German Chancellor, Decker's unconventional methods are suddenly seen as an advantage. She is immediately assigned to protect the Chancellor and kill the Scorpion.
But little does she know that she and her superiors have vastly underestimated their opponent. The relentless Scorpion is already five moves ahead and closing in fast.....
Praise for "The Renegade Spy"
"If Die Hard would have had a female lead, Decker would have been it".
"Sophie Decker is my newest favorite heroine".
"This book is the sort of book that is very difficult to put down once you start reading it".
"Move over Dan Brown!"
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German Intelligence officer Captain Sophie Decker has a reputation for refusing to play by the rules. This has made her enemies in her own spy agency. But when an undercover informant reveals that an assassin called the Scorpion has been hired to assassinate the German Chancellor, Decker's unconventional methods are suddenly seen as an advantage. She is immediately assigned to protect the Chancellor and kill the Scorpion.
But little does she know that she and her superiors have vastly underestimated their opponent. The relentless Scorpion is already five moves ahead and closing in fast.....
Praise for "The Renegade Spy"
"If Die Hard would have had a female lead, Decker would have been it".
"Sophie Decker is my newest favorite heroine".
"This book is the sort of book that is very difficult to put down once you start reading it".
"Move over Dan Brown!"
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A national election in Germany threatens to turn deadly when Nazi gold is stolen from its secret hiding place. With right-wing extremist terrorists about to turn the election into a bloodbath, it falls to Captain Sophie Decker and her elite Department 89 spy agency to step in and stop the lawlessness. Will the terrorists succeed in getting their man into the Chancellery? Or will Decker and her team stop them in time? And what secret is the Chancellor's opponent so eager to hide from everyone?
For a story of non-stop action and suspense, buy the award-winning spy thriller The Reichsbank Gold now, and realise THE PAST IS NOT FINISHED YET.
Praise For The Prequel, "The Renegade Spy".
"If Die Hard would have had a female lead, Decker would have been it".
"Sophie Decker is my newest favorite heroine".
"This book is the sort of book that is very difficult to put down once you start reading it".
Move over Dan Brown!
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A German spy undercover in the Russian FSB is betrayed and forced to run. His exposure sets off a wave of panic at the highest levels of the German government, as he has information which could dramatically alter the balance of nuclear power across the world.
Major Sophie Decker, chief of the elite Department 89 Intelligence unit, is ordered to go deep into Russian territory and rescue the spy. If necessary, she must be his executioner. The stage is set for Department 89 to face their toughest challenge yet - and their greatest loss.
Praise for the Department 89 series
"If Die Hard would have had a female lead, Decker would have been it".
"Sophie Decker is my newest favorite heroine".
"This book is the sort of book that is very difficult to put down once you start reading it".
"Move over Dan Brown!"
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A drunken US Embassy official in Berlin crashes his car into a playground and kills six children. But when it emerges that he intends to exercise his right to diplomatic immunity to escape prosecution, that is one step too far for Chancellor Claudia Meyer. Protected by a corrupt US Ambassador, the official thinks he is untouchable. So Meyer orders Major Sophie Decker to find leverage that will force the ambassador to waive the diplomatic immunity.
But as the heat intensifies, and an enraged German public lashes out against the US Embassy, will Meyer risk all-out war with the United States by violating their sovereign territory?
Praise for "The Renegade Spy"
"If Die Hard would have had a female lead, Decker would have been it".
"Sophie Decker is my newest favorite heroine".
"This book is the sort of book that is very difficult to put down once you start reading it".
"Move over Dan Brown!"
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For years, spy chief Major Sophie Decker has had to live with the memories of a terrible childhood in Communist East Germany, and an alcoholic father who sexually abused her. Those memories made her into the ruthless government agent she is today with no conscience, morals or qualms, working for the German state. The anger and the impotence she felt when she was younger is now driving her forward with a vengeance.
But on a covert mission to the German city of Weimar, suppressed memories start flooding back, and long-forgotten dark family secrets are about to rear their ugly head again. As Sophie Decker goes on the rampage to exact revenge and finally find out the truth, she proves one thing.
The past never stays in the past. There are some secrets that refuse to die.
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Nazi scientists finally perfect a nerve gas that has the potential to cripple the invading Allied armies. But before it can be put to use, the war is over and the gas canisters lie hidden in a sealed underground concrete bunker. Fast forward 70 years and the canisters are stolen by terrorists who threaten to use the gas on the German population if their demands are not met.
Refusing to make any deals, German Chancellor Claudia Meyer unleashes Department 89 and its ruthless spy chief, Major Sophie Decker to save the day. But Decker only has 24 hours before the terrorists' deadline expires. The clock is ticking…..
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Since day one, German special forces Major Sophie Decker has had a ruthless enemy in the government who wants Decker's department destroyed. He has tried and failed twice. Now with Decker determined more than ever to discover the identity of her nemesis, the traitor knows he has only one shot left. He needs to make it count - or he’s dead.
German Chancellor Claudia Meyer orders Major Decker to use any and all means necessary to silence the traitor forever. But the traitor has now upped the stakes by involving an investigative tabloid newspaper journalist, who is determined to break the story and put Decker and Meyer in prison.
Will Decker find and kill the traitor in time? Who is the person hell-bent on taking Decker and her team down? Find out in THE TRAITOR.
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A North Korean diplomat comes to Berlin wanting to speak with the Chancellor, Claudia Meyer. He suggests that the country is ready to topple the Communist regime and seek peace with the West.
But when the plot is discovered, a cold-blooded female assassin is sent to kill the diplomat and thereby send a warning to others. Department 89 is tasked to protect the diplomat, but have they finally met their match?
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After the failed attempt to kill a defector who fled to Germany, North Korea carries out a revenge attack in Berlin. It is the most serious attack on the city since World War II. Major Sophie Decker of the elite German Intelligence unit, Department 89, is ordered that everyone connected with the attack should be hunted down and killed mercilessly.
But the clues in tracking them down are few and far between, and tensions begin to show in the department. Especially when those closest to them lose their lives. Under pressure to deliver quick decisive results, Decker ultimately resorts to reckless and illegal measures.
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When a refugee is accused of a vicious sexual assault and robbery, outraged members of a far-right nationalist group vow revenge. Setting up armed vigilante groups, they declare their town's independence from Berlin. They also take hostages, one of whom is Lieutenant Max Amsel from Department 89, who is there visiting his mother. He is mistaken for the refugee and beaten savagely.
With the international media watching, Chancellor Claudia Meyer has no other option but to order in Major Sophie Decker and Department 89 to take back the town at all costs and rescue Amsel. But Amsel is scheduled to be executed in front of the entire world.....
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It’s been six months since German Chancellor Claudia Meyer declared war on North Korea. But hostilities has ground to a halt. Major allies are deserting under pressure from an aggressive USA, and Pyongyang is launching devastating terrorist attacks inside Germany. Meyer decides to regain the initiative with a huge and decisive strike against the North Korean regime.
The task is given to Major Sophie Decker and her elite military intelligence unit Department 89, who are determined to take the war back to North Korea's doorstep. But right from the start, political self-interests ensures that regime change in Pyongyang is going to be long, costly, and very very bloody.
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Germany's elite Department 89 has crossed paths with the Central Intelligence Agency on more than one occasion. But after their last encounter, Langley decides enough is enough.
Sending a covert black-ops hit team to Berlin, the CIA Director orders the deaths of the Department 89 chiefs and the obliteration of the entire department. A deadly message must be sent to German Chancellor Claudia Meyer, and Agent Tom Finn is the messenger.
But Finn and his team have never met anyone like Department 89 before. By the end, there can only be one victor - and Finn is on Major Sophie Decker's home turf.
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Department 89 receives a credible threat that the French President will be assassinated on his upcoming state visit to Germany. Major Sophie Decker is ordered to ensure nothing happens to the President while on German soil. The leader of the assassination plot is inside the same prison as Keller. But they don't know who he is.
So Decker offers Keller a deal. Help track down the plotters, help to foil the assassination attempt, and gain his freedom as a reward.
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Nazis in South America. A Nuclear Bomb. Only Department 89 Can Stop It.
When German Major Sophie Decker and her military intelligence unit assassinate a Columbian drug dealer named Hector Gonzalez, little do they realise they are about to uncover a larger, more sinister plot. One that involves Nazis in South America hell-bent on establishing a new world order using a nuclear bomb to hit a high profile target in Europe.
Is this the end of Major Sophie Decker and Department 89? Or will the bomb be defused in time? If you love Mark Dawson or Daniel Silva, this is one electrifying book which you won't forget.
Praise from advance readers!
★★★★★ "A thrill ride from start to finish"
★★★★★ "This book riveted me to my chair from beginning to end. The tension keeps ratcheting up every page-turn until the very satisfying end."
★★★★★ "A well written exciting book. I read it in one day!"
★★★★★ "Fast paced, well crafted, this is a great read."
★★★★★ "A wonderfully crafted action-packed story with twists and turns that keep you on the edge of your seat right to the last page. This fast-paced read grabs you on the first page and is powered by non-stop action and a taut, emotional narrative."
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The chief of the German army weapons research institute is forced to steal their most dangerous bioweapon and hand it over to an armed group. Faced with the potential for the bioweapon to unleash a lethal global pandemic, German Chancellor Claudia Meyer orders Major Sophie Decker and her ruthless spy agency, Department 89, back into battle once again.
But little do they know that stealing the bioweapon is only a very small part of a much larger plan - one that is designed to change the balance of world power forever by sending NATO and the EU into oblivion.
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Mark has been writing in one form or another for the past 30 years as an author, journalist, copywriter, and editor. He is now an independently published fiction writer, currently working on the Department 89 espionage novels starring the female spy Captain Sophie Decker.
The first D89 book, "The Renegade Spy" was downloaded more than 4,000 times in the first 4 weeks. The first book, "The Renegade Spy" has received Bookworks' "Book Of The Week" Award and Mark's second book "The Reichsbank Gold" received the Readers Choice Award.
You can visit Mark at his website at markoneill.org