Faster, Grittier, Darker, Deadlier... Part one of the first Chris Ryan Extreme series. Bundled together as the full book, Chris Ryan Extreme: Hard Target When an old friend makes a desperate call for help, former SAS Warrant Officer Joe Gardner is thrust back into the line of fire. His journey leads him into the deadliest favela in Brazil, where violent gangs, crazed hitmen and trigger-happy paramilitaries lurk. Gardner's only hope of staying alive is through his supreme survival skills and warrior's instinct.

Faster, Grittier, Darker, Deadlier... Part two of the first Chris Ryan Extreme series. Bundled together as the full book, Chris Ryan Extreme: Hard Target A chance encounter with an agent from MI6 leads Joe Gardner into a perilous mission in Gibraltar. His objective: bust a major cocaine-smuggling ring involving former a Regiment operator and the Royal Navy. But Gardner isn't alone. A mysterious killer with expert martial arts skills is shadowing his every move. And it's about to get noisy.

Faster, Grittier, Darker, Deadlier... Part three of the first Chris Ryan Extreme series. Bundled together as the full book, Chris Ryan Extreme: Hard Target Dispatched to a postwar Belgrade crawling with criminals and bad memories, Joe Gardner is on a collision course with his one-time Regiment friend John Bald. Garder plans to put a stop to Bald once and for all. But with the Russian mafya and Italian mob closing in, is Gardner too late? If he fails, tens of thousands will die.

Faster, Grittier, Darker, Deadlier... Part four of the first Chris Ryan Extreme series. Bundled together as the full book, Chris Ryan Extreme: Hard Target In the aftermath of a devastating nuclear attack, Joe Gardner discovers a terrifying secret. In order to protect the truth, he must escort special agent Aimee Milana to safety, all the while hunted by government agents and a former Navy SEAL operator equipped with a lethal weapon. The race is on to reach Parliament Square before the clock runs out - and the world descends into all-out war.

From the time that President Ronald Reagan declared war on drugs in 1982 through today, the United States increased the military's role in interdiction and made illegal drugs a central component of U.S. foreign policy. Despite these actions, international drug trafficking has become the world's largest criminal enterprise and the United States is far and away the number one market for illegal drugs. This book sees the so-called war on drugs as a failure that has actually contributed to a growth in the drug trade. An overview of the U.S. antidrug policy is first provided, followed by an in-depth examination of the major criminal organizations that have been involved in trafficking, focusing on how these so-called hard targets got started, their organizational structure, their operations and how law enforcement worldwide has responded to their growth. The social, political and economic effects of drug trafficking are then explored. A concluding section assesses the impact of U.S. policy on the worldwide drug trade and puts forth what has been learned from this failed agenda.