Black Force Shorts

Government operative James Xu arrives in the peaceful suburb of Greenpoint on a stormy night in Brooklyn, New York. Tasked with infiltrating a mysterious tournament run by shadowy underworld figures, he understands the likelihood of having to use his extensive combat experience is high. As a solo warrior for the division known only as Black Force, he's accustomed to being thrown to the wolves.

In the mountains of Bhutan, a dark secret has been concealed from the rest of the world. Deep in the underbelly of an ancient, abandoned monastery, a collection of sinister individuals slave away at their workstations in an attempt to concoct a virus. A terrifying pathogen. The Chimera. Colt Griffin, an ambitious special forces operative, is contacted by a mysterious organisation known as Black Force. Alone in Bhutan, soul searching in the Paro Valley before diving into a career in government black operations, Colt has no idea what hell awaits him in the mountains.

On a snowy mountainside in the Peruvian Andes, a prisoner withers in his cell. Previously a government agent for a black operations division of the U.S. military, Sam Rollins must accept the fact that his days are numbered. He botched a mission concerning a tribe of Asháninka natives, and now he must pay the price with a lifetime of imprisonment. His government doesn’t officially recognise his actions, and his life is now forfeit.

Sam Rollins thought he was done with the world of government black operations. Embracing an early retirement in the coastal Italian town of Vernazza, he tries to put what happened deep in the rainforests of Peru behind him. Black Force; Jason King; a world of madness and carnage – all forgotten. Until chaos rears its ugly head. When a gang of crack addicts target Rollins for an extortion plot to fuel their habit, Rollins finds himself right back in the violent world he thought he escaped from, forced to grapple with questions he never wanted to ask.

Lagos, Nigeria. A city with a population pushing twenty million, but government black ops agent James Xu is only interested in one man. In a rundown seaside bar damp with humidity he confronts Jimmy Neak, a lowly deckhand set to make a voyage on an international freighter across the Gulf of Guinea in a few short hours. Time is of the essence; U.S. military intelligence fears the Cambodian American has been radicalised in the aftermath of his brother’s violent death. They task Xu with finding out why.

Will Slater – one of the most violent and effective operatives in Black Force history – finds himself in California, drinking, partying and trying to forget about the horrific deeds he’s performed for his country. Then one morning, a stranger kicks down his motel door. Sent by Black Force, the man details Slater’s newest assignment – head to Silicon Valley, locate a private VIP club, and befriend the Sinaloa cartel’s chief interrogator, known only by his nickname: The Wicked.

Deep in Northern Mali in the midst of its coup, Jason King demolishes a compound of regional Islamic terrorists in an attempt to free American aid workers held captive in the region. When he finds the reality of the situation at odds with the intel his handler fed him, he begins to doubt the validity of his orders. For the first time in his life, King deceives his superiors and takes matters into his own hands. He returns stateside and begins a ruthless internal investigation the only way he knows how.

Sam Rollins has life figured out. Between Black Force operations, he lives in a lavish penthouse in Calabasas, spending the days honing his mind and body into the ultimate human weapon. Paid handsomely, evolving constantly, he’s successfully transitioned from his chaotic early years as a solo warrior. Then, one afternoon, someone sneaks into his apartment as he sleeps. They leave a note behind, threatening to reveal his deepest, darkest secrets.

Nursing the mother of all hangovers, Will Slater skydives into the Taklamakan Desert in western China under cover of darkness. He’s searching for three American college dropouts, believed to have been kidnapped by the East Turkestan Islamic Movement. And then, all at once, he finds himself in a no-holds-barred war with both the jihadists and China’s secret police. Because the hostages are lined up for the most painful demise imaginable, and Slater sure as hell isn’t going to let that happen.