Sam Cogley Books In Order

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Publication Order of Dane Winter Books

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Sam Cogley is an American published author.

He had a passion and love for storytelling, ever since he was younger. As a child, Sam’s imagination was sparked by the adventures of characters like James Bond or the narratives of the Bourne films as well as the action films from the eighties and nineties. As he grew up, his literary taste evolved and he also pulled inspiration from the works of authors such as Michael Crichton, Tom Clancy, Lee Child, Daniel Silva, and Vince Flynn. He admires the way that they are able to fuse espionage intrigue with tech marvels, which started his passion for coming up with similar narratives.

He released his debut novel Shadow Operative in 2024, proving to be the first in the Adam Knight Thriller series. This started as just one book but has since expanded into a fast paced series that is reaching readers all over the globe with the first five novels out for readers to enjoy and only continuing to grow. Cogley has also followed this series up with the spin-off series the Penumbra Division, set in the same universe as the first. He is also the author of the Dane Winter series, featuring the elite ex-soldier and now freelance operative by the same name.

The author says that in his works, he tries to bring together espionage plots full of suspense with the world of high tech innovations. He has a deep enthusiasm for cars that he is able to integrate into his stories. It all brings more authenticity to the scenes where he is writing about things such as high speed pursuits.

Outside of writing, Sam says that his life is ‘deeply enriched’ by his family. He is happily married, a father to his son and daughter, and the support of his family is something that Sam notes as being a cornerstone of his achievements both personal and professional. He says their encouragement has been pivotal and has helped guide him to where he is today in his life and in his writing career. He also says that without them in his life, none of this would be possible!

Hostile Asset is the first book in the Dane Winter series by Sam Cogley. This is the first in a high octane series that fans of action and adventure books will love. If you enjoys works by Vince Flynn or Lee Child, you might really enjoy this book. Read on to get a brief summary of what happens and find out why so many fans are loving the character of Dane Winter.

Dane Winter is a man who is a soldier, and he’s like a machine who has been built for death. At the same time, he is doing his best to go out and get revenge. Dane is a former U.S. Marine and he has spent years of his life leading a team of highly-skilled operatives for Redwind, which is a global private security conglomerate. The latest mission that he took on in Mexico ought to have been routine and regular.

All that he was supposed to do was protect a high ranking official against an attack that could be coming down the line from a local drug cartel. However, nothing would have been able to get him ready for the slaughter that is coming his way.

The operation gets more complicated and ends up going further into chaos, Dane is left wounded, and ends up being cut off from all that he knows. He gets rescued by the brave local woman Maria Pineda, who ends up putting everything on the line in order to get him out to safety. In order to survive, the couple are going to have to go off of the grid if they want to make it.

Things may not look good, but you can’t keep a guy like Dane Winter down for too long. He comes up out of the ashes and is being motivated by his deep need to tell the truth. He’s the ultimate quiet predator. Everything that he does and ever move he makes as well as every life he takes contributes to bringing him even closer to a confrontation that could end up being deadly. Can it bring his downfall or give him the vengeance that he craves? Read the first book in this exciting series from Sam Cogley to find out!

Collateral Damage is the second book in the Dane Winter series by Sam Cogley. If you read the first book in this series and thought that it was exciting, check out the sequel and see what you think.

Winter was coming for the pancakes, but instead Hollowvale gave him the dead to eat. Dane Winter has no job and describes himself on being on a road to nowhere. He’s busy riding his motorcycle and moving west from New York when he sees a sign on the Hollowvale, Pennsylvania for a place that he has not been to since at least his days working with Redwind Security.

In those days, the town was known for its coal mines but to him, it was also just as famous for having the best pancakes that he has ever tasted in his life. Then he has a random encounter with a local woman, which ends up getting him into investigating the disappearance of her friend. Somehow Dane just finds himself in these types of situations.

Then Jacob Rhodes’s body is discovered at the bottom of an abandoned mine shaft. The authorities around want to label it as an accident. Despite this, Winter isn’t entirely convinced that it was. Between Jacob’s death and the illnesses that were spreading through the population, it is clear that in the town of Hollowvale nothing is as it appears to be. Even worse than this, he believes that it might have something to do with the time that he spent there two years previous.

What begins as a quest to find answers quickly transforms into a fight to get to the bottom of a conspiracy that might be far bigger than just this town. Can Winter find out the horrible truth, and will he be ready? Find out by grabbing a copy of this high-octane book!