Rocket’s Red Glare

Lee Child meets Tom Clancy in this tense new thriller from the world's bestselling thriller writer.

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He's trained to fight America’s enemies overseas.

Now the battle has come home.

When a presidential candidate is assassinated during a summer retreat on Nantucket Island, the country is thrown into turmoil.

Enter Rocket’s Red Glare – a covert unit so classified it doesn’t officially exist. Led by former Special Forces operative Nat Phillips, this team is built to respond when national security collapses.

But what begins as a manhunt for a killer soon unravels into a global conspiracy stretching from Washington to foreign capitals.

To save his country, Phillips must face the unthinkable – because the next war has already begun.

Author: James Patterson

Crime & mystery

Published on 9 Apr 2026 by Cornerstone.