Tom Locke is an elite warrior working for Apollo Outcomes, one of the world's most successful private contracting firms. Pulled out of a mission in Libya, he is tapped for an unusual and risky assignment: a top secret black op in Ukraine.

Given one week to rescue an oligarch's family and pull off a spectacular assault, he soon realises his mission has repercussions for this imperiled Eastern European nation and the world.

What Locke doesn't know is that the operation comes with a dangerous complication: his enigmatic and ambitious boss, Brad Winters. One misstep could cost Locke and the region everything.

Written by an army veteran with deep military expertise, Shadow War is an explosive and unputdownable thriller.

'I was blown away' Mark Greaney, #1 New York Times bestselling author

'Ex-mercenary Sean McFate has produced a first novel that's assured, authentic, timely, gritty, and most of all real' C.J. Box, New York Times Best-selling Author of Badlands and Off the Grid

'Shadow War has pace like a catapult, sudden and fierce, and it will hit readers straight between the eyes' Ted Bell, author of Patriot

Dr. Sean McFate is an expert on national security, foreign policy and terrorism, and is a novelist. He is a Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, a think tank, and a professor of strategy at the National Defense University and Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service.

Bret Witter is a professional co-author, primarily of nonfiction books. He has written seven New York Times bestsellers since becoming a full-time writer in 2007 (plus one uncredited in 2003). His books have sold more than 2.5 million copies worldwide and spent almost two years on the New York Times bestseller list. He lives in Decatur, Georgia.