Jerry Ahern Books In Order

Buckingham Blowout

World War III has passed and John Thomas Rourke, ex CIA Cover Operations Officer, weapons specialist and survival expert has at last reached his home only to find that his wife and two children have fled for their lives. With the knowledge that his family has survived the nuclear holocaust, Rourke, with the aid of young Paul Rubenstein, must find his loved ones. But the Soviets are consolidating their military hold on the country and both the ruthless KGB and the fledgling post war U.S. government have begun their own search. First they must learn the purpose behind the massive launch of secret U.S. rockets on the night the war began. Then they have to determine the meaning of the mysterious Eden Project and find the one surviving NASA official who can answer all the questions. A deadly game of intrigue within the Soviet High Command, the formation of the American ‘resistance’ and a highly placed traitor in the new U.S. government all block Rourke’s path. But nothing can stop him he is The Survivalist. GraphicAudio…
A Movie in Your Mind is a unique audio entertainment experience that features a full cast of actors, sound effects and cinematic music. Publisher’s Weekly says ‘Graphic Audio delivers an action and sound effect loaded audiobook that lives up to its tagline, A movie in your mind.’ Audiofile Magazine says, GraphicAudio sets the gold standard for full cast dramatizations, and new listeners will become instant fans.

Total War

For years, like millions of other Americans, John Thomas Rourke had planned for what seemed inevitable the destruction of civilization. There were various possible causes: global economic collapse, some uncontrollable pestilence, a world famine or nuclear war. And the rumbling signaling the coming of Total War was becoming increasingly strong as Rourke, ex CIA Covert Operations Officer, weapons expert, and survival authority, made his last desperate gambit to save his estranged wife and two children before the button was pressed, the missile launched, the multi megaton bombs loosed. Here then is the story of the ultimate war, the final nuclear holocaust and the unrelenting quest of John Thomas Rourke as he begins his search across war ravaged America, following every haunting clue, however fragmentary, to locate his missing family. There are Soviet occupation troops, lawless murderous brigands, and vast uncharted nuclear deserts to block his way. John Thomas Rourke has no option but to go on he is The Survivalist. GraphicAudio…
A Movie in Your Mind is a unique audio entertainment experience that features a full cast of actors, sound effects and cinematic music. Publisher’s Weekly says ‘Graphic Audio delivers an action and sound effect loaded audiobook that lives up to its tagline, A movie in your mind.’ Audiofile Magazine says, GraphicAudio sets the gold standard for full cast dramatizations, and new listeners will become instant fans.

The Nightmare Begins

World War III is now a bloody page in American history. With nuclear holocaust killing more than a quarter billion people worldwide and the United States just a memory, John Thomas Rourke, ex CIA Covert Operations Officer, weapons expert and survival authority is enduring the ultimate test. Soviet Occupation Forces have landed and must begin the ‘pacification’ of America. They will start by liquidating any prominent Americans who could become a rallying point for armed resistance. The first name on the list is Samuel Chambers, the lone surviving member of the Presidential cabinet. And as the American KGB invades Texas to find Chambers, they find Rourke there as well. With his young friend Paul Rubenstein, Rourke is fighting his way back to continue the search for his missing wife and children. Paramilitary armies, heavily armed brigands, a beautiful KGB infiltrator, an unending stream of War refugees, and a land gone mad with violence block his path. The birth of U.S. II has begun and the quest continues for John Thomas Rourke, The Survivalist. GraphicAudio…
A Movie in Your MindTM is a unique audio entertainment experience that features a full cast of actors, sound effects and cinematic music. Publisher’s Weekly says ‘Graphic Audio delivers an action and sound effect loaded audiobook that lives up to its tagline, A movie in your mind. ‘ Audiofile Magazine says, GraphicAudio sets the gold standard for full cast dramatizations, and new listeners will become instant fans.

The Quest

World War III has passed and John Thomas Rourke, ex CIA Cover Operations Officer, weapons specialist and survival expert has at last reached his home only to find that his wife and two children have fled for their lives. With the knowledge that his family has survived the nuclear holocaust, Rourke, with the aid of young Paul Rubenstein, must find his loved ones. But the Soviets are consolidating their military hold on the country and both the ruthless KGB and the fledgling post war U.S. government have begun their own search. First they must learn the purpose behind the massive launch of secret U.S. rockets on the night the war began. Then they have to determine the meaning of the mysterious Eden Project and find the one surviving NASA official who can answer all The Questions. A deadly game of intrigue within the Soviet High Command, the formation of the American ‘resistance’ and a highly placed traitor in the new U.S. government all block Rourke’s path. But nothing can stop him he is The Survivalist. GraphicAudio…
A Movie in Your Mind is a unique audio entertainment experience that features a full cast of actors, sound effects and cinematic music. Publisher’s Weekly says ‘Graphic Audio delivers an action and sound effect loaded audiobook that lives up to its tagline, A movie in your mind.’ Audiofile Magazine says, GraphicAudio sets the gold standard for full cast dramatizations, and new listeners will become instant fans.

The Doomsayer

John Thomas Rourke, ex CIA Covert Operations Officer, weapons expert, and survival authority, is pursuing the trail of his wife and children from whom he was separated when World War III began. As he sets out from his retreat, he meets a beautiful woman scientist, who has learned that the nuclear bombing on the Night of the War has created an artificial fault line. Within days, perhaps hours, it will cause one of the most massive quakes in history separating the Florida peninsula from the U.S. mainland. Rourke must postpone the search for his family in order to reach Army intelligence and begin the evacuation of Florida. He must also find young Paul Rubenstein who has gone there to learn if by some miracle his parents had survived The War. Communist Cuban troops, Soviet Cuban rivalry, a traitor in the inner circle of U.S. II and natural disaster of blood chilling magnitude block Rourke’s way. But he must go on he is The Survivalist.

The Web

John Thomas Rourke, M.D., ex CIA Covert Operations Officer, weapons expert, and survival authority, has accomplished one of his goals he’s helped his young friend Paul Rubinstein locate his parents. Now, Rourke’s search for his own family must continue, hampered by severe storms raging along the Eastern Seaboard caused by the earthquakes which destroyed Florida.

Rourke picks up his relentless quest, avoiding the Russian troops searching for the missing data on the enigmatic Eden Project ,and rides into the most bizarre situation he’s discovered since the Night of the War.

Life in the Tennessee mountain village is all too normal, seemingly unaffected by the war. It is there that John Thomas Rourke finds himself in the middle of a mass suicide pact…
and is expected to participate!

While battles rage and blizzards roar, Rourke fights to escape. He must go on he is The Survivalist.

The Savage Horde

John Thomas Rourke, M.D., ex-CIA Covert Operations Officer, weapons expert, and survival authority is on the move again searching for a cache of eighty megaton warhead missiles secreted on the New West Coast.

It all begins with a fire fight between Brigands and a unit of U.S. II armed forces, a battle that ends with Rourke, and a seriously wounded Natalia, taking refuge on a submarine.

The sight of the sunken remains of San Francisco is a grisly reminder of the Night of the War; the horde of half-dressed savages waiting on the shore, a deadly example of the madness of this brutal post-holocaust world.

Surrounded now by murderous madmen and threatened by a mysterious officer who has been travelling with him, Rourke must call on all his training to escape and continue the search for his family. He must go on he is The Survivalist.

The Prophet

World War III was just practice for what’s coming. And even those who survived the original firestormlike John Thomas Rourkewon’t have a chance when the next round of carnage begins. But Rourke, ex CIA Covert Operations Officer, weapons specialist, and survival expert didn’t struggle to stay alive in this brutal world only to die in a final holocaust of fire and blood. As six nuclear missiles are poised to start the ultimate conflagration, Rourke’s constant quest for his wife and son becomes a desperate mission to save both his family and all humanity from being blasted into extinction. If he should fail, no man will ever walk the earth againnot even The Survivalist.

The End is Coming

World War III was only the beginning. Inevitable death now awaits every soul who lived through the holocaust as the earth’s atmosphere is about the explode into a searching blaze of fire. But one man refuses to die, refuses to accept the horror: John Thomas Rourke, the ex CIA Covert Operations Officer, weapons expert and surival authority. Rourke, desperate to find and save his family, must first smash through Russian patrols and then cut to the heart of the KGB plot that could spawn a lasting legacy of evil. And when the sky bursts into flames, consuming every living being on the planet, it will be the ultimate test for The Survivalist.

Earth Fire

The Russians, consolidating their brutal hold on America after the bloody horror of World War III, are planning an act so vicious that mankind, itself, may never recover from the blow. John Thomas Rourke, the ex CIA Covert Operations Officer, weapons expert, and survival authority is the only one with a prayer of stopping them. But the Reds aren’t afraid of Rourke. They fear the same thing he does: the imminent combustion of the earth’s atmosphere into a global mass of deadly flame! Though Rourke has finally found his family, it will be a short reunion if he can’t find a way to survive the Earth Fire. When all of humanity is about the burn in a hell of its own creation, it will be the finaland perhaps fataltest of Rourke’s skills as The Survivalist.

The Awakening

No human being could possibly escape death when the earth’s atmosphere explodes into a blazing wave of global fire. But John Thomas Rourke, ex CIA Covert Operations Officer, weapons specialist, and survival expert would not be denied another chance at life. His family and friends are alive and about the enter a cruel, desolate new world. Thinking that The Retreat is the last refuge of life on earth until the Eden Project returns, Rourke is stunned toind that others have also survived the fiery holocaust. Yet these humans live to kill and kill to live, eating the flesh of their victims. Rourke and all he holds dear will soon be nothing but gnawed bonus unless he once again makes the most of his skills as The Survivalist.

The Reprisal

World War III and its aftermath of all consuming fire left civilization on the brink of extinction. But John Thomas Rourke, the ex CIA Covert Operations Officer, weapons specialist, and survival expertstill lives, fighting the elements and the odds. And those odds have never been more heavily stacked against Rourke than when he finds his son mortally wounded and Natalia and all of his family kidnapped by a Russian foe, long thought dead. As Rourke’s son hovers between life and death under the watchful eyes of John Rubenstein, Rourke loads his weapons and sets out across a desolate America. His destination: ”The Womb” in Colorado, where he must battle an enemy who brutally tortures his helpless captives before killing them. Rourke cannot afford to fail. There will be no second chances for The Survivalist.

The Rebellion

It’s a new world after the apocalypse, and John Thomas Rourkeex CIA Covert Operations Officer, weapons specialist, and survival expertfinds himself in a strange alliance with a former Na*zi in the hope of thrwarting a Communist take over of the devastated planet. Rourke isn’t sure if he can trust his new ally, but to save the Eden Project, he has no choice except to play along. But from that moment on, death stalks Rourke’s ever move as he risks his lifeand the lives of those he loveson a bold bid to rid the earth forever of both the Reds and the Na*zis. Freedom for a battered humanity is Rourke’s ultimate goal. And in this post World War III wasteland, freedom is the only thing worth living for, if you’re The Survivalist.

Pursuit

When John Rourke’s daughter is kidnapped by a Russian agent, Rourke follows their trail across a frozen Arctic wasteland and stumbles upon a small pocket of humanity living in a tropical paradise surrounded by ice and snow. The community of Icelandic descendants has flourished in seclusion during the long years following the fiery holocaust, unaware of the fierce and bloody struggle in the outside world between the forces of freedom and Communist tyranny. And as the Russian strike force readies to assault the tranquil enclave, Rourke must quickly teach these people of peace the harsh realities of war, the techniques of killing to survive for freedom’s sake, and the hard-earned skills of surviving!

The Terror

A secret weapon, buried before the fiery apocalypse of World War III, is unearthed from the sands beneath the shadow of the Great Pyramid–a weapon that Hero Marshall Vladmir Karamatsov will use to establish himself ruler of the new earth. And as John Rourke searches the icy wastelands of the Ural Mountains for the secret entrance to the Soviet Underground City, he is inexorably drawn into Karamatsov’s plan for world conquest. Because Rourke, now more than ever, must kill Karamatsov to avenge the murder of one of Rourke’s own–even if it means spearheading a commando raid into the midst of a bloody battle of Russian against Russian.

Overlord

It’s a perilous world after the fiery apocalypse of World War III, and John Thomas Rourke ex CIA Covert Operations Officer, weapons specialist, and survival expert pursues his arch enemy Vladmir Karamatsov into the strife torn, blackened wilderness of mainland China and a rendezvous with certain death. Karamatsov, in possession of devastating gas that transmutes normal men into homocidal, blood crazed animals, is determined to use it to seize control of the vast Communist Chinese nuclear arsenal that survived the hell fire destruction of the Night of The War.

The Arsenal

Marshal Vladmir Karamatsov is dead, the victim of the fierce undersea battle for Mid Wake. But with his arch enemy gone, John Thomas Rourke, ex CIA Covert Operations Officer and survival authority, discovers a terrifying new threat looming on the eastern horizon. On an expedition to secure peaceful relations with the Far East, Rourke’s son Michael and his ambassadors are imprisoned by the mysterious leader of the Second City of Chinaa sad*istic madman intent on unleashing another nuclear holocaust on an already war ravaged world. With Russian Colonel Antonovich, Karamatov’s surviving second in command, preparing to mount his own assault on the Second City to gain control of the remainder of China’s prewar atomic arsenal, John Rourke finds himself trapped between two seemingly invincible enemies. And with precious time running out, he is the only man who can rescue his captured son and save what is left of civilization from total destruction. He is The Survivalist.

The Ordeal

The brain searing nightmare of World War III left few survivors. These tiny pockets of civilization now face certain annihilation as the Soviet fighting machine advances, tightening its global stranglehold. Only one man dares to challenge it. He is John Thomas Rourke, ex CIA Covert Operations Officer, weapons specialist and survival expert. Rourke vows not to be snuffed out, and to protect his remaining loves ones from this bloody onslaught. When the Russians me hungrily to seize Eden Base and the Hekla Community, the nuclear arsenals of Second City are finally within their grasp. Rourke, attacked on all sides by enemy battalions and blood crazed survivors of the Second City, is alone deep inside hostile territory with helplessly crippled Natalia. Together they fight tooth and nail for another day to play the bitterest game: survival. As the skies darken and the air crackles with the angry flames of war, this may be the final challenge for The Survivalist.

Mid-Wake

Unknown to the survivors on the Earth’s surface, human life endured the nuclear nightmare beneath the seas the Russians in a soaring, multi domed sub oceanic city and the Americans in a secret underwater military complex called Mid Wake. For years these deepwater foes have waged a fierce and bloody war across the ocean floor until the Reds discover the earth’s surface is habitable. If they emerge to join Marshal Vladmir Karamatsov’s killer army on the surface, what remains of the free world is doomed. It’s up to Rourke The Survivalist to enter the undersea world and bring his fight for freedom to the fathomless depths and make sure the deadly alliance of evil never occurs!

The Struggle

In the post apocalyptic world, consumed by World War III, right and wrong, virtue and vice have skewed their meanings. Old animosities remain; new and deadly alliances are formed. But one need remains constantthe need to Survive. John Thomas Rourke, ex CIA Covert Operations Officer and weapons experthas become an expert at the arts of survival in a peril strewn world. But now, in a desperate attempt to render impotent his arch enemy Colonel Antonovich, leader of the tyrannical Soviet forces aligned against the Free World, Rourke has no choice but to lay his life on the line against insuperable odds. Antonovich is plotting an alliance with Russians at their underseas base an alliance which would doom the cause of freedom. Reaching Mid Wake, focal point of the world’s free forces, Rourke learns of the plot and plans his bloody counter attack. It’s a desperate measure, with the survival of the Free World hanging on the outcome. But Rourke is The Survivalist.

Final Rain

John Thomas Rourke’s remarkable survival skills enabled him to emerge unscathed from the nuclear devastation of W.W. III. But terrifying new storm clouds loom over the eastern horizonas the ex CIA Covert Operations Officer and weapons expert takes command of his battered nation’s broadening air and land war against the brutal Soviet foe. Russian troops, utilizing a blood curdling new Particle Beam technology, have launched a furious assault on the Eden Project. Joining forces with his international alliesincluding the army of the underwater citadel Mid Wake Rourke races to the defense of the beleaguered settlement. The entire world is dividing to do battle a fourth time. But this time the Earth’s atmospheric envelope is so fragile that a single nuclear bomb blast will assure the total annihilation of mankind. And unless John Thomas Rourke can stem the raging Communist death tide before the ultimate button is pushed, no power on the planet will be able to forestall humanity’s extinction not even The Survivalist.

Firestorm

When the earth’s atmosphere explodes into a blazing wave of global fire, few could hope to escape with their lives. But John Thomas Rourke, ex CIA Covert Operations Officer, weapons specialist and survival expertwould not be denied another chance at life to thwart the Communist takeover of the devastated planet. Rourke finds himself in an unusual alliance with the forces of New Germany against the bloodthirsty Russian foe when he receives world of the appearance of a new and deadly Soviet super weapon. Survivors describe being washed with a pale green light before earth and rock suddenly explode in debris filled, mushroom shaped clouds. Realizing the Russians have perfected a particle beam weapon that will tip the balance of world power, Rourke embarks on a perilous journey to the frozen Ural Mountains to steal the secret of the killer beambefore New Germany responds to the new threat with their own nuclear arsenal. It would take only one or two thermonuclear detonations above ground to destroy the earth’s already fragile ecosystem. Rourke’s hazardous mission must not fail, for the life of every human being on earth now depends on the skills of The Survivalist.

The Legend

The fiery destruction of nuclear war and its deadly aftermath have driven the free world to its knees, enslaved by the victorious Soviet invaders. John Thomas Rourkeex CIA Covert Operations Officer, weapons specialist and supreme survival expert, leads the forces of freedom in the bloody fight against oppression to save an all but devastated future Earth. Rourke and his raiders break the stranglehold of the Red armies, winning back the West after a massive high tech battle on land and sea. But secret factions threaten the hard won peace in the freed capital of Edenand a terrorist bomb mortally wounds Rourke, forcing him into the healing sub zero mists of cryogenic sleep for decades. While he sleeps, a new tyranny grows: bloodthirsty land pirates from the wastelands crush democracy under the tracks of their huge mobile fortresses equipped with plasma powered mega cannon. Humanity’s only hope is to revive The Survivalist in time to stop the insane menace before millions die and freedom is lost forever. Part 1 of 2

Brutal Conquest

Civil Icon John Rourke must come to terms with his new status as a god among men. He is the ever reluctant hero of legend, and now must battle a completely new retinue of villains in the futuristic new world. Along with the rest of the Rourke family, he will fight to gain supremacy over the one man who has the ability to safe Sarah Rourke’s life.

Call to Battle

In a postnuclear America, Rourke learns of a secret attack by neo fascist commandos that could cripple the free city of Eden, and he marshals his SEAL and TAC teams for a counterattack.

Blood Assassins

World War III has reduced the once-proud land of plenty to a battle-seared landscape of blasted rubble and toxic waste. A few tattered pockets of civilization struggle against the tyranny of the totalitarian armies crushing military occupation. Only one man dares to challenge the enemies of freedom. John Thomas Rourke: ex-CIA Covert Operations Officer, weapons specialist and warrior – the ultimate Survivalist. Ever on the alert, Rourke and his freedom commandos have set defensive positions around their island stronghold of democracy. However, after the devastating eruption of the island’s long dormant volcano that left thousands dead and communications destroyed, the high-tech enemies of freedom move in. Twelve trained terrorist/assassins launch a bloody attack against Rourke’s most trusted freedom fighters, weakening his already strained defenses. The moment ripe, the occupation forces attack by sea and air in a blitzkrieg of terrible destruction with chemical weapons. Rourke must spearhead the counterattack, aided by his super squadron of fighter jets in a lethal battle that will decide the final fate of America’s future!

War Mountain

Rourke and his commandos must fight their way across New York’s wastelands and penetrate an ancient mountain complex, where a fascist leader plots to perform a genetic experiment with Hitler’s frozen corpse.

Countdown

In order to save the free world from dangerous seismic activity in the earth’s crust, John Rourke and his team of freedom fighters must steal nuclear weapons from a group of Na*zis.

Death Watch

In the years following World War III, the Na*zis prepare for a final attack on the Trans Global Alliance, and ex CIA cover operations officer John Thomas Rourke is determined to stop the Na*zis.

Written in Time (With: Sharon Ahern)

As a freelance writer, Jack Naile was used to getting an occasional letter from one of his readers, but when one of those readers sent him a clipping from a magazine, it would not only change his life, but could alter the course of history as well. The clipping had a photo, taken in Nevada in 1903, of a street scene, including a story with a sign, Jack Naile General Merchandise. Intrigued, Jack phoned the Nevada town’s historian and asked for more information. When the historian sent him a photo of the 19th century Jack Naile, what had seemed like an interesting coincidence immediately became much more bizarre. The four people in the photo, dressed in the style of the time, were unmistakably Jack, his wife, their grown son and teenage daughter. Jack decided he would have to take a trip to that town to investigate further. And if he and his family were somehow going to travel back in time, he was going to be prepared and be well armed.

The Freeman (With: Sharon Ahern)

The near future. Weak kneed appeasers in Washington, D. C., have forged an alliance with America’s enemies and created a police state within our own borders. The first victim of the new regime is the Bill of Rights. A chilling novel of Governmental power turned into tyranny and those who resist it by standing up and battling to restore American freedom.

Survive!

This title is a practical, step by step guide to help protect yourself and your family in times of natural or technological disaster or societal upheaval. This title describes various types of disasters, natural and manmade, that can threaten your family’s safety and security. Using straightforward, common sense language, the author shows you, through vivid text and compelling photos, how to survive the critical 72 hour period immediately following a disruption in social services and the power grid. From major disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes and terrorist attack to more mundane disruptions such as power outages and ATM failures, learn everything you need to know in order to survive.

Armed for Personal Defense

DON’T BE A VICTIM ? BE A SURVIVOR!With Armed for Personal DefenseEver feel threatened in your home? In your car? On the street?Violent criminals are everywhere ? and that’s why you need Armed for Personal Defense by Jerry Ahern. In Armed for Personal Defense, you’ll learn the basics of concealed carry, from what kind of gun to choose to what kind of holster. In addition, you’ll learn about knives, clubs and improvised weapons that can save your life when a gun isn’t available. It’s All Here!The best self defense calibersRevolvers vs, semi auto pistolsHolsters: what type is best for you?Improvised weaponsAnd much more!Self defense is YOUR responsibility! So start arming yourself today ? with Armed for Personal Defense!

Gun Digest Buyer’s Guide to Concealed-Carry Handguns

If You Carry a Gun& 150If You?re Considering Carrying a Gun& 150You Need the Gun Digest Buyer?s Guide to Concealed Carry HandgunsThere?s a lot more to legally carrying a concealed handgun than just sticking something in your pocket. Which is best for you, a revolver or semi auto? Which caliber? Shoulder holster, waist holster, or ankle holster& 150or none of the above?In the Gun Digest Buyer?s Guide to Concealed Carry Handguns, concealed carry expert Jerry Ahern sorts it all out for you in clear, plain speaking text, supported with hundreds of detailed photos. From explaining why you might want to carry a concealed handgun to testfires of many of toady?s hottest small handguns, there?s no better guide. It?s All Here!How, when and why to carry a concealed handgunLasers and opticsHolsters and accessoriesPractical, real world testfiresAnd much, much more!Your safety and well being are too important to risk on an uninformed buying decision. Arm yourself with the facts& 150in the Gun Digest Buyer?s Guide to Concealed Carry Handguns!