In their new mission the Shadow Squadron is faced with a diplomatic nightmare--a Chinese oil rig in Cuban waters has been taken over by American mercenaries who are holding the workers hostage, and it is up to Ryan Cross and his men to get there before the Cuban military, and avoid an international incident.

Lieutenant Commander Ryan Cross is in charge of a special operations force drawn from every branch of the military, and called the Shadow Squadron--and for their first mission they have to rescue several hostages from Somali pirates.

Based on a tip from CIA agent Bradley Upton, Shadow Squadron rushes to Yemen in an attempt to apprehend an elusive Iraqi explosives expert nicknamed "The Professor." But when the mission goes wrong, the terrorist manages to escape--and Lieutenant Commander Ryan Cross is knocked unconscious. When Cross awakens, he finds himself face to face with The Professor, who has some interesting things to say about agent Upton... In their Starred Review of Elite...

Phantom Sun: When an unidentified drone crashes in Antarctica, and the research station nearby stops communicating, Ryan Cross and the Shadow Squadron are sent to investigate but their job is complicated by a Russian special forces team, and an officer of Phantom Cell who is more interested in the device than the safety of the American scientists. White needle: Ryan Cross and the Shadow Squadron have been assigned to recover a chemical weapon that...

Syrian rebels have gotten their hands on a White Needle, or stolen chemical weapon, and plan to use it on an unknown target. Only Shadow Squadron has the talent and technology to locate and neutralize the missile before it's launched.

Lieutenant Commander Ryan Cross and his Shadow Squadron are assigned to extract a rogue CIA agent from Iran, but the agent claims he had to sever communications in order to complete his mission to create discord between two separate terrorist groups--and he wants the Shadow Squadron to help him.

When a video surfaces of a man making terrorist demands, an ex-teammate of the Shadow Squadron recognizes the man as a former SEAL, lost in an operation nine years before--but something is strange about the video, and it is up to Lieutenant Commander Ryan Cross and his team to locate and capture the apparent traitor in Afghanistan.