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The Second Son

A Thriller (Chase Burke, Book 1)

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The Second Son

By: Simon Gervais, Ryan Steck
Narrated by: Joe Knezevich
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A pulse-pounding yet soulful espionage thriller for fans of Brad Thor, Jack Carr, and Mark Greaney, delivering plot twists so explosive, it took two top suspense writers to pull it off.

Soldier-turned-sommelier Chase Burke may have traded his rifle for bottles of wine, but violence and conspiracy aren’t through with him yet. First, his intelligence analyst brother is killed in a covert op gone wrong and branded a traitor. Then a brutal ambush at the restaurant where Chase works leaves the woman he is romantically involved with—a congresswoman—clinging to life.

Scrambling to clear the family name and protect his secret love, Chase teams up with NYPD Detective Alice Doyle, a single mother fighting battles of her own. Together they uncover a powerful criminal syndicate whose unscrupulous influence sweeps the globe—and strikes painfully close to home.

As elite mercenaries close in, Chase is dragged back into the dangerous world he thought he’d escaped. Facing a mother losing her memory and a past that never forgets, he fights to win a zero-sum game where trust can be lethal. But when all seems lost, an unlikely ally could help turn the tide…

©2025 by Simon Gervais Entertainment, Ltd. and Ryan Steck. (P)2025 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.
Crime Thrillers Espionage Mystery Police Procedurals Spies & Politics Thriller & Suspense

Critic Reviews

“From the opening page to the last, this book is a relentless force of non-stop action and thrills.”—firstCLUE Reviews

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