The Council
From award-winning author Matthew Betley—creator of the popular Logan West series—comes The Council, an action-packed thriller perfect for fans of Jack Carr and the Tier One series.
Dating back to our country’s founding, the Council has been the puppet master behind nearly every seat of power in Washington for centuries, doing what it must for the good of the country. Made up of senators, Supreme Court justices, cabinet members, and wealthy corporate executives, the Council’s orders are enforced by the Custodian, whose lineage can be traced all the way back to the Revolutionary War. A true believer in the Council’s code, the current Custodian serves one master at all costs.
But years of absolute power and influence have corrupted and warped the mission of the Council. They don’t merely recruit retired Special Forces operators and Navy SEALs to do their dirty work, they resort to coercion and psychological pressure. But when a Council member, and US Senator, creates a controversial plan to expand the Council globally—though the methods of her strong-arm campaign break all the rules—the Council’s elite special forces team, led by Owen Pierce, find themselves in an ethically and morally compromising position.
When the team find themselves the Council’s prey instead of predator, Owen swears to put the Council out of business, if it’s the last thing they do.
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Matthew Betley
Matthew Betley grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, which he considers home after his family moved there from New Jersey, where he was born and which also explains his affinity for the New York Yankees. He attended St. Xavier High School and then Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where he graduated with a B.A. in psychology and minors in political science and sociology. He also spent the first semester of senior year investigating felony murder cases as an intern investigator in Washington, D.C., for the Public Defender’s Office, a formative experience that provided countless stories that could fill the pages of a non-fiction book. Upon graduation, he worked in corporate America for five years in Cincinnati before joining the Marine Corps in 1999.
Matt spent ten years as a Marine officer and was trained as a scout sniper platoon commander, an infantry officer, and a ground intelligence officer. His experiences include deployments to Djibouti after 9/11, and Fallujah, Iraq, prior to the surge, both in staff officer support billets, although he learned that enemy rocket and mortar fire don’t discriminate between billet types.
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