CHARLIE ASTON

Wildcat Mercenary

 

Ben Jackson is a ghost—an SAS operator leading mercenaries on a black-ops anti-poaching contract deep in Central Africa. But on the savanna, the line between hunter and hunted is razor-thin.

 

The mission turns lethal within hours.

 

Hunted by a warlord and his machete-wielding army—backed by heavy ordnance and a shadowy European financier claiming to "save" endangered species—Ben's team is cut off, bleeding out across open plains. Child soldiers and nomadic warriors are caught in the crossfire as the mercenaries push past exhaustion, operating with shrapnel wounds and dwindling ammunition.

 

When the warlord seizes hostages—including a war correspondent with a personal connection to Ben—the contract becomes a vendetta. Poaching is only a cover: the real threat is a genocidal agenda that could set Central Africa ablaze.

 

Racing against an execution deadline, Ben must rescue the prisoners and dismantle his enemy’s power base before the entire region becomes a mass grave.

 

Wildcat Mercenary—a savage, relentless thriller written in gunfire and blood.