On July 2, 2024, John Dempsey, the hero of Andrews & Wilson’s bestselling Tier One series, returns for more action in Ember, one of the year’s most anticipated new thrillers.
Dempsey—a former Navy SEAL who previously went by the name Jack Kemper before faking his own death and leaving his old life behind to join a top-secret government program designed to take the fight straight to the bad guys—was first introduced in the 2016 novel, Tier One. Since then, he’s gone on to star in seven books to date, including, most recently, last year’s blockbuster, Dempsey. That book, which saw Dempsey go deep undercover at the direction of the vice president, kicked off a new trilogy within the series, sparking new story threads that will continue into Andrews & Wilson’s new book, Ember.
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After surviving the most dangerous mission of his career, John Dempsey is back at Ember. But Ember has changed—and so has Dempsey. After the death of Petrov, a new adversary sees an opportunity to rise. As Dempsey and Vice President Jarvis are about to find out, the world stage is about to get more deadly than ever….
To survive in the Russian prison IK2 and assassinate Russian President Vladimir Petrov, John Dempsey had to become rosomakha, the wolverine. Now back at Ember, he tries to put the pieces of his life at Ember back together. Who came back from Russia—Dempsey, or the wolverine? He can tell by the way his teammates look at him that they’re not sure anymore, and neither is he.
Meanwhile, Vice President Kelso Jarvis has barely had time to mourn the death of his mentor before a devastating attack reveals a new threat. Unbeknownst to anyone, the events Dempsey put into motion in Russia have changed the rules of the game—only now it’s not clear who the players are. As Dempsey leads Ember on a mission to protect and avenge a shocking attack on America, and as Jarvis’s oath to his nation is tested in ways he never imagined, the race is on to determine who is behind the greatest threat to the international order any of them have ever seen.
And just as Dempsey begins to feel like his old self again, an old ally resurfaces, someone he thought he’d left for dead long ago….
Navy veterans BRIAN ANDREWS and JEFFREY WILSON (Andrews & Wilson) are the writing team behind the Wall Street Journal, Audible, and #1 Amazon bestselling Tier One series which has been optioned for television. Brian is a nuclear engineer and Park Leadership Fellow who served as an officer on a fast-attack submarine. Jeff is a vascular surgeon and jet pilot who conducted combat operations with an East Coast-based SEAL team and worked in cover government task forces.
They have over twenty published novels and have sold over a million copies across media channels. Their other works include the Sons of Valor and Shepherds series, Rogue Asset for the W.E.B Griffin estate, The Sandbox, and the twenty-fourth installment in Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan series, Act of Defiance. In addition to their novels, Andrews & Wilson have multiple original works in development for film and television with A&E, Amazon Studios, Endeavor Content, Imagine Entertainment, PictureStart, Skydance, Sony, and Walden Media.
2024 is shaping up to be a huge year for Andrews & Wilson, the thriller genre’s premier writing duo, who are also set to release their first Jack Ryan novel, Tom Clancy Act Of Defiance (a sequel to Clancy’s iconic novel The Hunt For Red October), in May. Before that, though, the authors will publish Four Minutes, a new technothriller, on April 2. Then, of course, Ember rockets into bookstores on July 2. So, buckle up—it’s going to be an action-packed year for sure. In the meantime, make sure you’re following Andrews & Wilson on X, Facebook, and their official website for more details.
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