The New York Times bestselling authors of SEAL Team Six , which "pulses with the grit of a Jerry Bruckheimer production" ( The Washington Post ), are back in action, bringing the covert operations of the world's most elite military team to stop a new terror threat from al-Qaeda. When America's controversial Phoenix Program was buried during the Vietnam War, a new program rose from its ashes: a top-secret Special Operations unit, with a core mission to combat terror wherever they find it. With Bin Laden dead, the leaders within al-Qaeda struggle to assume his role at the top, but the president of the United States doesn't want any of them left to dominate…and that means he has only one choice. But doing what's needed without political repercussions will take a small team flying under the radar. A team capable of finessing the U.N.'s policies on national sovereignty and acts of war. A team like the Outcasts.

The team's mission: Take out the seven terror merchants vying to take Bin Laden's place. The team's status: Expendable. With no official support from their government and no one to rely on but themselves, the Outcasts must track down each target. Hot on the tail of the third, the team starts to close in on a larger plot, one that puts the security of the United States in dangerous jeopardy. The terrorists are threatening American territory once again, and the Outcasts will have to do what SEALs do best: whatever it takes to keep their country safe.