Dave Edlund, is the USA TODAY best selling author of the high-octane, award-winning Peter Savage novels. His latest, Unforgiving Savage, will be released fall 2021.
Dave Edlund’s work has been highly praised by some of the best voices in military fiction and international thrillers.
“I would follow Peter Savage into any firefight,” says James Rollins, New York Times bestseller of The Demon Crown.
Jon Land, USA Today bestselling author of the Caitlin Strong series, asserts that “Edlund is right at home with his bestselling brethren, Brad Thor and Brad Taylor.”
The Peter Savage novels have been called “required reading for any thriller aficionado” by Steve Berry, New York Times and #1 International bestselling author of more than 15 novels, including The 14th Colony.
A member of the International Thriller Writers, Dave’s action-political thrillers are often compared to the Dirk Pitt novels by Clive Cussler, the Sigma Series novels by James Rollins, the Jack Ryan novels by Tom Clancy, and the international thrillers of Steve Berry.
When Dave isn’t cooking up the latest adventure for Peter Savage, readers can find him working as a leading expert in hydrogen energy. He is an inventor on 90 US Patents and more than 120 foreign patents. He has published in excess of 100 technical articles and presentations and has been an invited author of several technical books on alternative energy. Dave is a graduate of the University of Oregon with a doctoral degree in chemistry.
An avid outdoorsman and shooter, he’s hunted throughout North America for big game ranging from wild boar to moose to bear. Edlund is a long-time resident of Bend, Oregon, where he lives with his wife, son, and four dogs. Visit Dave’s website at daveedlund.com.
Crossing Savage
Dave Edlund brings readers face to face with the promise of energy independence... and its true cost. As one by one the world's leading alternative energy researchers are assassinated, Peter Savage and his friend Jim Nicolaou race against the clock to preserve the secret that promises to change the landscape of the world... or start a global war.
In the timely, heart-thumping thriller Crossing Savage, author Dave Edlund presents the theory of abiogenic oil production and the terrifying array of unintended consequences that accompany the belief that energy independence can be realized.
More info →Deadly Savage
"Crackling action, brisk pace, timely topic; Edlund's third Savage thriller... has all the elements..."
– Kirkus Reviews
"From start to finish, Deadly Savage is fresh and exciting work, and is highly recommended to fans of thrillers, specifically of action-packed stories concerning political intrigue."
– Foreword Reviews
From the edge-of-your seat, thrilling series comes a tale of political intrigue, biological warfare, and the fragile balance of world power.
When militants invade the Belarusian State University in Minsk, Peter and his father are caught in the crossfire. Held hostage by gunmen who look suspiciously like Russian soldiers, Peter Savage uncovers a deadly plot to kill thousands of innocent civilians–and lay the blame at the feet of the United States government. In a desperate attempt to avoid a global war, Commander James Nicolaou and Peter are called to the front lines of the sinister campaign, and the stakes have never been higher.
More info →Guarding Savage
"Equal parts military and political thriller, Dave Edlund’s Guarding Savage is a top notch action-adventure tale that rivals the best of Brad Thor and Brad Taylor."
– Jon Land, USA Today bestselling author of the Caitlin Strong series
Summoned to Brunei, Peter unearths dangerous secrets that threaten the security of the US Navy.
In the East China Sea, Japanese and American warships on scheduled training exercises are attacked without warning and sunk by a hypersonic weapon for which there seems to be no defense. The U.S. Government receives an anonymous message: withdraw all military forces from Southeast Asia or suffer total destruction of the Seventh Fleet.
Meanwhile, a young woman named Jade is viciously attacked in Bend, Oregon. She narrowly escapes harm when Peter steps in to protect her from the would-be kidnappers. But the threat persists when others are sent to complete the job.
When Peter is summoned to Brunei, he unearths dangerous secrets—secrets aimed at neutralizing the threat posed by Peter and Jade while ushering in a new world order.
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Hunting Savage
“With a hero full of grit and determination, this action-packed, timely tale is required reading for any thriller aficionado.”
– Steve Berry, New York Times and #1 international bestselling author
When an unthinkable act of treason and a clandestine pact threaten to redraw the map of the Middle East, Peter Savage becomes both hunter and prey.
A free-lance hacker uncovers top-secret files about a government cover-up surrounding the 1967 Six-Day War and triggers a murderous rampage at a resort town in Central Oregon. When the files inadvertently land in the possession of Peter Savage, he is targeted by assassins from both sides of the Atlantic and implicated in murders he didn’t commit. As the body count rises and with nowhere to turn, Savage makes a desperate decision: he draws his pursuers to the Cascade Mountains, where he plans to leverage the harsh terrain to his advantage. Doggedly trailed by both law enforcement and a small army of battle-hardened assassins, Savage becomes both hunter and prey. With his own fate uncertain, Peter Savage fights overwhelming odds to reveal the truth before full-scale war engulfs the Middle East.
More info →Judgment at Alcatraz
Capitalizing on a peaceful protest for Native American rights, a small, extremist militia swiftly seizes Alcatraz Island and holds more than 200 people hostage. Their demand: return all lands taken from Native American tribes through broken treaties, or an armada of drones will render the San Francisco Bay Area a glowing ruin, uninhabitable for decades.
Former Mossad assassin Danya Biton and her friend Toby Riddle are thrown headlong into the conflict. As the authorities debate the cost of acquiescing to the demands versus the loss of civilian lives, Danya—on the run from agencies on both sides of the Atlantic—offers the only hope for rescuing the hostages and preventing an unprecedented disaster... but she may have to sacrifice herself to save the others.
Fans of Jon Land's Caitlin Strong series and of James Rollin's Seichan will identify with and devour the Danya Biton series.
More info →Lethal Savage
"I would follow Peter Savage into any firefight."
– James Rollins, New York Times bestseller of The Demon Crown
Two men, one driven to the edge of sanity by heart-breaking losses, the other craving revenge, conspire to reshape America and bring her population to their knees.
When young men on the Warm Springs Reservation in Central Oregon are stricken with an unidentified disease that leaves them sterile, Peter Savage is called to aid in the investigation.
With the inquiry gaining momentum, Peter is kidnapped by hardened mercenaries. In the remote high desert of Oregon, Peter finds himself face to face with a demon from his past—an adversary who has seemingly risen from the grave.
As the minutes count down to a biological holocaust, Peter presents the only chance to save an unwitting civilian population. With his trusted canine companion Diesel by his side, along with a former-assassin-turned-ally, Peter must gamble far more than his own life… and the odds have never been so long.
More info →Peter Savage Boxed Series Books 1-4
“With a hero full of grit and determination, this action-packed, timely tale is required reading for any thriller aficionado.”
– Steve Berry, New York Times and #1 international bestselling author
The Peter Savage Series Books 1-4 by USA Today bestselling, award-winning author Dave Edlund have taken readers around the world on a deadly race to energy independence, dropped them in a battle to end a genocide, made them stare down a threat of bioterrorism, and unearthed an unthinkable act of treason threatening to redraw the map of the Middle East.
The Peter Savage novels have been lauded for their "crackling action" (Kirkus Reviews), and come "highly recommended to fans of thrillers" (Foreword Reviews). New York Times and #1 international bestselling author Steve Berry praises Peter Savage as "a hero full of grit and determination" and calls the series "required reading for any thriller aficionado."
Now, you can purchase the first four books of the Peter Savage Series for 92% off!
CROSSING SAVAGE
In this edge-of-your-seat thriller, author Dave Edlund brings readers face to face with the promise of energy independence... and its true cost.
RELENTLESS SAVAGE
In this fast-paced, action-driven adventure Peter Savage confronts a hidden genocide, genetic manipulation, and a tipping point in the balance of world power.
DEADLY SAVAGE
From the award-winning Peter Savage novels comes a tale of political intrigue, biological warfare, and the fragile balance of world power.
HUNTING SAVAGE
When an unthinkable act of treason and a clandestine pact threaten to redraw the map of the Middle East, Peter Savage becomes both hunter and prey.
More info →Peter Savage Boxed Series Books 5-7
Some of the best voices in thriller fiction today are fans of the Peter Savage novels. "I would follow Peter Savage into any firefight," says James Rollins, New York Times bestselling international thriller writer. "Edlund is right at home with his bestselling brethren, Brad Thor and Brad Taylor," lauds Jon Land, USA Today bestselling author of the Caitlin Strong series.
The Peter Savage series by USA TODAY bestselling, award-winning author Dave Edlund has taken readers around the world to unearth dangerous secrets in the East China Sea, stop a biological holocaust, and avert a deadly political coup. Now, read Books 5-7 in a convenient anthology before Unforgiving Savage debuts on October 26, 2021.
GUARDING SAVAGE
Summoned to Brunei, Peter unearths dangerous secrets that threaten the security of the US Navy.
"Guarding Savage is a near-perfect international thriller" –Foreword Reviews
LETHAL SAVAGE
As the minutes count down to a biological holocaust, Peter presents the only chance to save an unwitting civilian population.
"plenty of heart-racing action" –San Francisco Book Review
VALIANT SAVAGE
With his faithful canine companion, Peter crisscrosses the northwest in a race against time to avert a political coup the likes of which haven’t been witnessed since the Lincoln assassination plot.
"Action-packed doesn’t begin to describe this exciting entry in the Savage series." –Paul Kemprecos, New York Times best-selling author
More info →Relentless Savage
The second installment in the Peter Savage series launches the reader into a fast-paced, action-driven adventure confronting the greater questions of genocide, genetic manipulation, and the tipping point in the balance of world power.
When Peter Savage's son Ethan is kidnapped by rebel forces in Sudan while on a service trip, Peter will stop at nothing to get his son home.
Recruiting old friends and tapping into the expertise of Commander James Nicolau, Peter puts together an unlikely rescue mission that will pit him against deadly forces. What Peter and his team find in the Sudan is a force far more sinister and dangerous than they could ever imagine. They are drawn into a much larger top-secret government mission, one that leads them to a hidden research site with an army of genetically-perfect soldiers.
More info →Unforgiving Savage
Peter wants nothing more than to settle into a normal life with his fiancée, Kate Simpson. But the Fates seems to have other plans as he finds himself in a deadly confrontation with North Korean agents intent on stealing his latest invention; a pulsed energy weapon that promises to revolutionize small arms technology and upend the international balance of power.
After suffering a heartbreaking loss at the hands of the North Koreans, Peter is devastated. Vowing retribution, he has only one option. With his faithful companion Diesel by his side, Peter must retreat to a remote section of Idaho wilderness known as the Zone of Death—a large, uninhabited tract of Federal land where one can literally get away with murder.
Somehow, he must entice the North Korean assassins to follow him. There Peter will need all his skills as a hunter to kill… or be killed.
More info →Valiant Savage
"Valiant Savage is a pulse-pounding action thriller that’s anchored by its charming everyman hero and a fascinating historical mystery."
– Foreword Reviews
The Cascadia Independence Movement, a radical political group, aspires to succeed where others have failed and split off the Pacific Northwest as an independent nation. With a sympathetic politician occupying the seat of president pro tempore of the Senate, CIM hatches a daring plan.
Eliminating the President, Vice President, and Speaker of the House in a coordinated attack would be difficult enough, but to do so and get away with the crimes would border on the impossible. They plot to frame the commander of The Strategic Global Intervention Team, James Nicolaou, for the murders and steal a revolutionary weapon under development by Peter Savage, which will assure success.
With Commander Nicolaou missing and the subject of a nationwide dragnet with orders to shoot to kill. With his faithful canine companion, Peter crisscrosses the northwest in a race against time to save his friend and avert a political coup the likes of which haven’t been witnessed since the Lincoln assassination plot.
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