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Logan Dodge is on his way home, driving down the Florida Keys in his truck, when he gives a young hitchhiker a ride. The drive is uneventful. And Logan thinks nothing of it. That is until two detectives show up on his doorstep the following morning. Logan learns that the young man he gave a lift is wanted for a recent triple homicide. The victims? One is the young man’s own mother. Another is her boyfriend, a guy who just so happened to be a prominent member of a violent gang based out of Tampa. At first, the situation appears clear-cut.

The prospect of hidden riches can bring out the best… and worst in its seekers. It can drive men mad. It can drive men to kill. While visiting the hallowed battlefields of Normandy, former Navy SEAL Logan Dodge and his family make an extraordinary discovery. One left behind in the tattered pages of a young soldier’s journal—a cryptic entry by a Key West native, alluding to a clue to a legendary lost treasure that’d long ago faded to the realm of myth.

As summer rolls around in the Florida Keys and the tourists head north, former Navy SEAL Logan Dodge has nothing on his mind but the ocean and enjoying the company of his buddies and his beautiful new girlfriend. But with summer comes hurricane season, and strong winds and heavy rains aren’t the only troubles a-brewin' in paradise. When Logan hears gunshots on an island in Dry Tortugas, he investigates and soon finds himself standing between an innocent young family and a ruthless gang hell-bent on murdering them.

Adventure takes its toll on heroes and villains, and Logan Dodge has the physical and mental scars to prove it. Needing a break from it all, the former Navy SEAL and his family venture south to the island of Cozumel. But it’s not all scuba diving, fresh fish tacos, and bottomless margaritas in this much-needed getaway. While savoring the island paradise, a stroke of fate causes Logan to cross paths with a local charter captain who claims to know the location of a lost Spanish galleon. All the while, a string of mysterious murders plagues the region.

In 1521, the Aztec treasure, considered to be the greatest ever assembled, vanished from the capitol city of Tenochtitlan. Almost five centuries later, former Navy SEAL Logan Dodge finds a mysterious gold coin off of a secret ledge in the Florida Keys. When he learns the origin of the coin, he goes on a mission to find and secure the treasure for the people of Mexico. But he’s not the only one who’s caught the scent of gold. A notorious Mexican drug cartel known as Black Venom is right on his heels and will stop at nothing to take the treasure for themselves.

Former Navy SEAL Logan Dodge and his friends team up with a has-been treasure hunter on the most daring and dangerous search of his career. Their target is a precious lost diamond that was supposedly hidden away somewhere in the Florida Keys. Following hundred-year-old clues, they race to find the diamond while fighting off one of the most ruthless villains they’ve ever faced: a cold blooded Albanian mafia leader hell-bent on taking the diamond for herself and killing whoever stands in her way.

Months after taking down a sex trafficking operation, former Navy SEAL Logan Dodge is finally falling back into his normal island lifestyle. But when his politician friend discovers the location of a corrupt billionaire on the run, Logan jumps at the chance to put an end to the vile businessman for good. Logan and his friends travel across the Caribbean to engage and put an end to the corruption. But when the powerful billionaire slips through their fingers, he retaliates by sending a group of highly trained killers to Key West to take down Logan for good.

After taking a liking to a teenaged orphan named Scarlett, Logan Dodge’s tropical lifestyle takes a gut-wrenching nosedive when she’s abducted by deadly sex traffickers. Knowing all too well what horrors await the innocent girl, the former Navy SEAL resolves to do whatever it takes to save her. Logan and his former mercenary wife sneak into Cuba and fight to track down Scarlett before the clock runs out. Outgunned, outnumbered, and on their enemies’ home turf, the odds mount high against them. Logan will need to act quickly and without mercy.

Admiral James Harrington spent 40 years commanding and training elite special forces operatives. A war hero and revered leader, he was a father figure to thousands of elite warriors. Then, less than two months after retiring, he disappeared. Vanished without a trace. Armed with only a cryptic lead, former Navy SEAL Logan Dodge teams up with brothers in arms from his past to search for their lost leader.

Like buccaneers of old, the violent outlaws strike fast, hard, and without mercy. Stealing and pillaging whatever they can. But unlike bygone swashbucklers, the cunning criminals utilize advanced modern technology and bribes to fuel their vast, intricate, well-oiled operation.

Heir to a billion-dollar fortune, and with two Ivy League degrees under his belt, Jason Wake had the world at his fingertips...and then tragedy struck. On a cold winter morning, the promising young man could only watch as his fiancée was killed in a brutal act of terror that left 57 dead. Fueled by burning passion and an incessant desire for retribution, Jason puts himself through hell at a grueling covert training facility to become one of the deadliest men on Earth.

While checking in on a local friend who’s recently gone off the rails, Logan Dodge discovers the outer reaches of a drug smuggling operation that’s been wreaking havoc on his islands’ inhabitants. His tropical home in a crisis, the former Navy SEAL spearheads efforts to rectify the problem the best way he knows how: with clenched fists and a fully loaded handgun.

Logan Dodge and his wife Angelina are celebrating their anniversary on a beautiful, remote island when tragedy strikes… Early one morning, Logan spots a boat of refugees sinking on the horizon. The former Navy SEAL and his wife race over to help, but are greeted by a surge of gunfire. No strangers to taking on evil, the two spring into action against a group of human traffickers attempting to smuggle victims into the United States. But the duo are outnumbered, outgunned, and caught by surprise. And they can’t save everyone.

The plan was airtight. The murder unpreventable. That was, until Logan Dodge happened to be passing by. When Jasmine Cruz, a beautiful model and global celebrity, visits Key West for a photoshoot, no one suspects she’s the victim of a sinister scheme lurking beneath the surface.

For the first time in his life, Logan Dodge is on the wrong side of the law. Framed for murder, the former Navy SEAL fights to retain his freedom as the eyes of the nation glare upon Key West. In the midst of his battle to keep his head above water, Logan’s troubles are amplified when he finds himself pitted against an illegal arms dealer looking to strike it rich by recovering a secret arsenal hidden away in the Gulf of Mexico. Will Logan clear his name or face disgrace and a hefty prison sentence? Can he defeat the powerful, cold-blooded criminal who’s willing to win at any cost?

In the 13th installment in the Florida Keys Adventure Series, Logan faces off against a twisted former brother in arms and a disgraced crime boss hell-bent on exacting merciless revenge. The odds mount high against Logan and his Key West crew, and the former Navy SEAL will be pushed to his limits, while the lives of his family and countless others hang in the balance.

On a seemingly normal day in paradise, a local treasure hunter is murdered just hours after discovering the biggest find of his life. Sensing a storm brewing, former Navy SEAL Logan Dodge puts his island lifestyle on hold and takes a well-armed boat trip to the Upper Keys to investigate. Logan and his former mercenary wife quickly discover that an infamous white supremacist group is behind the murder, and that the ruthless band of criminals is out for more than just blood.

While investigating a series of underwater explosions in the Virgin Islands, Jason Wake and his team of covert operatives are attacked by a mysterious group of highly trained killers. Fighting back and tracking their unknown enemies, they connect the dots to a vicious Russian oligarch obsessed with unearthing a famous lost treasure and spoiling a tropical paradise.

After Jason Wake foils a plot to release a deadly virus on the world, members of a secret, unrestricted warfare program contract deadly third-party assassins to hunt down the covert operative. Meanwhile, the world is on the brink of war after the United States is suddenly and mysteriously attacked. With global tensions high, Jason and his team race against the clock to uncover the truth and rain justice upon an enemy unlike any they’ve faced off against before.

When a team of scientists investigating a lost Viking shipwreck are murdered, government agencies worldwide scramble to uncover a motive and hunt down those responsible. Upon receiving an urgent request from the White House, Jason Wake and his team of covert operatives race to the land of fire and ice for answers.