Glynn Stewart does an excellent job of blending magic, Elves, Mages, Werewolves, Vampires, Demons, etc with present day military equipment.ĭecent enough setup but the MC needs work Touchdown!!! I land on Glynn Stewart's 'To Protect and Serve: Onset Series Book 1'! Fantastic! it's very similar to 'Joe Ledger' stories but there is more of a fantasy angle and quite a lot of nods to 'Lord of The Rings'.

So I decided to base my search on narrators (Ray Porter). I haven't been able to find any books that come close to my favorites. This is how I learned of 'ONSET', Ray Porter. They are action/thrillers and move very fast but as audiobooks you receive the added bonus of having Ray Porter as the narrator. The 'Joe Ledger' novels are uniquely written with excellent moments of comic relief. Joe ends up battling people who can't die, zombie-virus, mutants, killer drones and even bad guys with alien type technology. He meets all sorts of people throughout the series including a vampire ex-terrorist/all female team who he works with from time to time. The main character, 'Joe Ledger' is a cop recruited by the 'DMS' (Department of Military Science). He had branched out into the Spec-Ops/Shadowy world of spies fighting terrorists or 'James Bond' type villains with world altering objectives.

Once I finished the entire series, I read about Jonathan Maberry in a forum, he's generally a horror writer (vampires, werewolves, zombies).

I went on to 'Bob Lee Swagger' novels next, then on to the author who should be the inspiration for all other authors in the spy/thriller/action/black-ops genre, the late Vince Flynn (he is greatly missed)! Vince Flynn writes about 'Mitch Rapp' as most of you know. I'm not necessarily Tom Clancy fan but rather a 'John Clark' fan. I prefer the present day /near future to past or far future (alien beings and space ships). I ran out of 'Joe Ledger', 'Mitch Rapp', 'Court Gentry' and 'John Clark' novels. Excellent multi genre story with plenty of action!

To Serve and Protect by Glynn Stewart