Dale Brown

Author Information
Dale Brown
  • Bibliography:
    35 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    June 1987
  • Latest Book:
    June 2024
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About the Author

Dale Brown is a former U.S. Air Force Captain and is the recipient of many military honors. He is a lifetime member of the Air Force Association and U.S. Naval Institute.

His real-life experiences helped to shape his military action novels, which have sold over 10 million copies worldwide and have been translated in 11 languages. He lives with his family in Lake Tahoe, Nevada.

Full Series List in Order

AirBattleForce

1 - Silver Tower (May-1988)
2 - Flight of the Old Dog (Jun-1987)
3 - Hammerheads (Aug-1990)
4 - Sky Masters (Jul-1991)
5 - Night of the Hawk (Aug-1992)
6 - Chains of Command (Jul-1993)
7 - Storming Heaven (Jul-1994)
8 - Day of the Cheetah (Jul-1989)
9 - Shadows of Steel (Jul-1996)
10 - Fatal Terrain (Jun-1997)
11 - The Tin Man (May-1998)
12 - Battle Born (Nov-1999)
13 - Warrior Class (May-2001)
14 - Wings of Fire (Jul-2002)
15 - Air Battle Force (Jun-2003)
16 - Plan of Attack (May-2004)
17 - Act of War (Jun-2005)
18 - Edge of Battle (May-2006)
19 - Strike Force (Jun-2007)
20 - Shadow Command (Jun-2008)
21 - Rogue Forces (Jun-2009)
22 - Executive Intent (May-2010)
23 - A Time for Patriots (May-2011)
24 - Tiger's Claw (Sep-2012)
25 - Starfire (May-2014)
26 - Iron Wolf (Aug-2015)
27 - Price of Duty (May-2017)
28 - The Moscow Offensive (Jun-2018)
29 - The Kremlin Strike (May-2019)
30 - Eagle Station (May-2020)

Brad McLanaham

1 - Tiger's Claw (Sep-2012)
2 - Starfire (May-2014)
3 - Iron Wolf (Aug-2015)
4 - Price of Duty (May-2017)
5 - The Moscow Offensive (Jun-2018)
6 - The Kremlin Strike (May-2019)
7 - Eagle Station (May-2020)

Nick Flynn

1 - Arctic Storm Rising (May-2021)
2 - Countdown to Midnight (May-2022)
3 - Weapons of Opportunity (Jun-2023)
4 - Devil's Fortress (Jun-2024)

Book List in Order: 35 titles

  • Flight of the Old Dog

    AirBattleForce - 2

    Flight of the Old Dog is the runaway bestseller that launched the phenomenal career of Dale Brown. It is the riveting story of America’s military superiority being surpassed as our greatest enemy masters space-to-Earth weapons technology -- neutral...

  • Silver Tower

    AirBattleForce - 1

    From the bestselling author of Flight of the Old Dog comes this shattering novel of the ultimate Middle East crisis. Iran has been invaded. And America responds in a grueling counterattack by air, by sea -- and by a brave new technology that will red...

  • Day of the Cheetah

    AirBattleForce - 8

    Now, Dale Brown presents his newest, most electrifying adventure--a high-flying race for technology that will shatter the world. The Soviets have hijacked America's most advanced fighter plane, a marvel of technology called the DreamStar. Lieutenant ...

  • Hammerheads

    AirBattleForce - 3

  • Sky Masters

    AirBattleForce - 4

    After the devastating "Flight of the Old Dog," Lieutenant Colonel Patrick McLanahan was virtually exiled at the Air Force's ultrasecret High Technology Aerospace Weapons Center. But now he's offered a chance to test-fly a new, state-of-the-art B-2 bo...

  • Night of the Hawk

    AirBattleForce - 5

    At the end of that terrifying mission, Lt David Luger was left for dead on a frozen Siberian airfield -- but Luger didn’t die. Captured and then brainwashed, he was sent to a secret research facility in Lithuania, where he developed the first Sovie...

  • Chains of Command

    AirBattleForce - 6

    Under a new president, the future of the Air Force--and the nation--hangs in the balance... In Desert Storm, Major Daren Mace made a fateful decision to go against orders. To abort a secret mission which was, in his judgment, ill-advised. His acti...

  • Storming Heaven

    AirBattleForce - 7

    War has been declared on America At San Francisco International Airport, highly trained terrorist unleash a devastating cargo of high-impact explosives. Their method is ingenious: using large commercial aircraft to deploy bombs on an unsuspecting ...

  • Shadows of Steel

    AirBattleForce - 9

    THE NEW GULF WAR IS ERUPTING... And this one will be far bloodier than the first. A newly powerful Iran is flexing its military muscle in the Middle East. The Iranians have declared the Persian Gulf their territorial waters--and an American ship h...



  • Fatal Terrain

    AirBattleForce - 10

    The People's Republic of China has launched a terrifying attack against Taiwan. Cold. Swift. Deadly. The U.S. isn't willing to stand by and watch, but when they come to Taiwan's aid, they're dealt an unexpected blow from Chinese forces. It looks like...

  • The Tin Man

    AirBattleForce - 11

    Brown pits men and technology against impossible odds, in vividly realized stories. Now, in his eleventh novel, he brings aerial combat hero Patrick McLanahan out of retirement and plunges him into the most personal war he's ever fought. His old e...

  • Battle Born

    AirBattleForce - 12

    Patrick McLanahan is back--and this time he faces his most difficult challenge. He must pull together a team of aggressive, maverick young pilots to face a world on the brink of massive nuclear conflict. It begins with a joint U.S.--Japanese--South K...

  • Warrior Class

    AirBattleForce - 13

    Pilot hero, Patrick McLanahan, takes on an individual mission with international consequences... The country of Russia is collapsing--and oil magnate Pavel Kazakov seizes the opportunity to take control, using the Russian army to back him up with ...

  • Wings of Fire

    AirBattleForce - 14

    Now, in Wings of Fire, the Air Force's General Patrick McLanahan--ostracized by the government, the military, even his own family--is near the end of his rope. And it's about to get worse. North Africa is in turmoil. The new Libyan president has h...

  • Air Battle Force

    AirBattleForce - 15

    In military circles it's known as Air Battle Force -- an air combat unit of the future, under the command of aerial warfare expert Major General Patrick McLanahan, capable of launching stealthy, precision-guided firepower to anywhere on the globe wit...

  • Plan of Attack

    AirBattleForce - 16

    The destruction of a Russian air base by robotic U.S. warplanes has reawakenedthe bear -- and America must pay a terrible price. In retaliation, Russia's leader launches the most devastating military sneak attack since Pearl Harbor, decimating Americ...

  • Act of War

    AirBattleForce - 17

    Near Houston, Texas, an oil refinery belonging to one of the world's largest energy companies is obliterated by a "backpack" nuclear device -- the first of many planned global attacks against corporations and government organizations accused of plund...

  • Edge of Battle

    AirBattleForce - 18

    Tensions have never been greater along America's boder with Mexico. To aid his narcotics smuggling operatiosn, criminal kingpin Ernesto Fuerza - under the name "Comandante Veracruz" and the false banner of Mexican nationalism - is calling for an arm...

  • Strike Force

    AirBattleForce - 19

    A new era appears to be dawning in the Middle East. But the free world must be wary of old enemies ... Rebel Iranian General Hesarak al-Kan Buzhazi is launching a coup that could destroy Iran's theocratic regime, and must turn to his old nemesis, ...



  • Shadow Command

    AirBattleForce - 20

    Based on the Armstrong Space Station orbiting the earth, the Black Stallion spaceplanes of General Patrick McLanahan's Aerospace Battle Force can attack any target on the planet within hours--and its powerful network of satellites can invade any comp...

  • Rogue Forces

    AirBattleForce - 21

    The clash of civilizations will be won... by the highest bidder. Newly inaugurated president Joseph Gardner has followed through on his pledge to pull American forces out of Iraq. But the region has quickly re-emerged as a hot zone, as Kurdish natio...

  • Executive Intent

    AirBattleForce - 22

    Will the most powerful defense system in history be used to safeguard America -- or to force universal domination? The U.S. has unleashed Thor's Hammer, a missile-launching satellite that can strike anywhere on the planet in seconds. But when Pres...

  • A Time for Patriots

    AirBattleForce - 23

    Welcome to Battlefield America When murderous bands of militiamen begin roaming the western United States and attacking government agencies, it will take a dedicated group of the nation's finest and toughest civilian airmen to put an end to the home...

  • Tiger's Claw

    AirBattleForce - 24
    Brad McLanaham - 1

    The fight for the Pacific begins When China increases its naval presence in the Pacific and develops advanced weapon technology that targets American ships with lethal accuracy, it imperils American military superiority. Can the United States, in ...

  • Starfire

    AirBattleForce - 25
    Brad McLanaham - 2

    New York Times bestselling author Dale Brown -- “the best military writer in the country” (Clive Cussler) -- is back with Starfire, a masterful military thriller that explores a future all too possible and all too close: the weaponization of spa...

  • Iron Wolf

    AirBattleForce - 26
    Brad McLanaham - 3

    New York Times bestselling author Dale Brown goes beyond the headlines in this high-tech, high-tension military thriller in which a resurgent Russia enflames sectarian unrest and violence in Ukraine and Poland, setting off a stealth robotic war and e...

  • Price of Duty

    AirBattleForce - 27
    Brad McLanaham - 4

    The U.S. and its Western allies come under a diabolical Russian cyber warfare attack in this action-packed military techno-thriller from New York Times bestselling master Dale Brown. In a top-secret location deep in the Ural Mountains, Russian Pre...

  • The Moscow Offensive

    AirBattleForce - 28
    Brad McLanaham - 5

    On a remote island estate, a billionaire investor sells his air freight company to the devious president of Russia, Gennadiy Gryzlov. The Russians are plotting to use these massive private planes to secretly transport dangerous cargo into the United ...

  • Football Is My Game Jimmie

    Synopsis: Don Taylor is the pride of his family, and the local hometown football hero, until he breaks his wrist in the very first game of his senior year. It's not easy being on the sidelines while Bill Cobb runs the plays that have designed for...



  • The Kremlin Strike

    AirBattleForce - 29
    Brad McLanaham - 6

    In this exciting, visionary, and all-too-plausible next chapter in the legendary Dale Brown’s New York Times bestselling techno-warfare series, Brad McLanahan and the Iron Wolf Squadron must fight the Russians on a dangerous, untested battlefield: ...

  • Eagle Station

    AirBattleForce - 30
    Brad McLanaham - 7

    In this thrilling geopolitical adventure from New York Times bestselling legend Dale Brown, Brad McLanahan and the Space Force must fight to preserve America’s freedom when ruthless enemies forge an unlikely alliance to control not only the earth, ...

  • Arctic Storm Rising

    Nick Flynn - 1

    First in a new series from New York Times bestselling author Dale Brown, featuring U.S. Air Force intelligence officer Nick Flynn on the hunt for Russian commandos in the mountains of Alaska. After a CIA covert mission goes badly awry, U.S. Air Fo...

  • Countdown to Midnight

    Nick Flynn - 2

    In this sequel to Dale Brown’s New York Times bestselling Arctic Storm Rising, former U.S. Air Force officer Nick Flynn is caught up in a shadow war against allied Russia and Iran -- a duo wielding a terrifying new weapon. Nick Flynn is back in ...

  • Weapons of Opportunity

    Nick Flynn - 3

    Fresh off his success in the New York Times bestselling Countdown to Midnight, Nick Flynn finds himself once again facing a vicious enemy—one determined to destroy the United States.When Nick Flynn left the US Air Force to join the Quartet Dire...

  • Devil's Fortress

    Nick Flynn - 4

    After saving the US from a Russian nuclear attack in the bestselling Weapons of Opportunity, Nick Flynn returns in what could be his most dangerous mission yet.Former US Air Force officer Nick Flynn joined the clandestine Quartet Directorate to conti...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Dale Brown has published 35 books.

The next book by Dale Brown, Devil's Fortress, will be published in June 2024.

The first book by Dale Brown, Flight of the Old Dog, was published in June 1987.

Yes. Dale Brown has 3 series.
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