Soldier of Fortune

Rainey had met her in Nam. Nancy Williams was a doctor, an angel of mercy; he was a killer. Yet somehow they became lovers for a brief period. Now Rainey had learned of her death in Central America at the hands of the Nicaragua National Guard. Enraged, he invades the rebel stronghold, a one-man demonstration of concentrated firepower and white-hot hatred. This is one job Rainey will do for free.

The last place in the world Rainey feels like visiting is Vietnam—as a Green Beret during the war, he’d been responsible for a lot of deaths, and he’s still a wanted man. But when a powerful Mafioso offers him a quarter of a million dollars to find his son, reported MIA but apparently still alive somewhere within the lawless hellhole known as the Golden Triangle, Rainey decides to risk it.

Many years ago, fellow mercenary 'Wild Bill' Corcoran had rescued Rainey from a grisly death in the African bush. Now it's Rainey's chance to repay the debt. Corcoran is being held prisoner in a jail in Namibia, sentenced to death for working with Namibian freedom fighters, if Rainey can't break him out, Corcoran will hang. And Rainey's not about to let that happen!

Jim Rainey was approached by the elderly widow of an American brigadier general, who wanted him to find a valuable document hidden somewhere on a remote Philippine island. He soon found himself dodging the bullets of Communist and non-communist rebels, President Marcos’ secret police, and freelance gunmen hired by parties unknown. They all had one goal in common—kill Rainey!

A wealthy Irish-American group hired Rainey to get rid of Daniel Larkin, a Vietnam vet turned professional killer who heads up a team of ruthless assassins and demolition experts in Belfast. Larkin’s gang is in the pay of both the IRA and the Ulster Defense League. So Rainey’s assignment is to either provide evidence that will put Larkin in prison for life, or kill him.

Jim Rainey was being paid to rescue journalist, Charles Goldman, captured in Afghanistan while reporting on the secret war between the Russians and the Islamic rebels. Jim faced death at the hands of Afghans, the Pakistanis and an American CIA agent who’s gunning for Goldman and for Rainey as well!

Jim Rainey had fought in five wars, but the civil war in Lebanon is – and was – the bloodiest, most fiercely waged conflict in Middle East history. The soldier of fortune was getting good money from the beleaguered government, which was trying to build order from chaos, but there were times when the killing got to him. Rainey goes where the fighting is, no matter what the odds.

Professional soldier Jim Rainey went to Argentina because that’s where the action was. Rainey signed on—at $2000 a month—as the leader of a special seek and destroy squad. His orders: take no prisoners. It was dirty, dangerous work … but Rainey loved it.

Jim Rainey was an ex-marine from Texas who made his living doing what he did best—fighting. Now he was in Rhodesia, signing up for a nice fat fee as leader of a special anti-terrorist squad. The men under his command were a bunch of steel-hard killers like himself. Their target—a homicidal maniac known as ‘Colonel’ Gwanda and his murderous band of guerillas. A tough action novel.