Meet Steven Konkoly

meet steven konkoly
Steven Konkoly is the USA Today bestselling author of over twenty novels and novellas. His canon of THRILLERS includes: the FRACTURED STATE trilogy, a “24-style,” near future conspiracy series set in the southwest United States; the BLACK FLAGGED books, a gritty, no-holds barred covert operations and espionage saga; and THE PERSEID COLLAPSE series, a tense, thriller epic, chronicling the aftermath of an inconceivable attack on the United States. He recently released HOT ZONE, the first book in the ZULU VIRUS thriller series chronicling the events surrounding a bioweapons attack against the United States.


Steven graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1993, receiving a bachelor of science in English literature. He served the next eight years on active duty, traveling the world as a naval officer assigned to various Navy and Marine Corps units. His extensive journey spanned the globe, including a two-year tour of duty in Japan and travel to more than twenty countries throughout Asia and the Middle East.


From enforcing United Nations sanctions against Iraq as a maritime boarding officer in the Arabian Gulf, to directing aircraft bombing runs and naval gunfire strikes as a Forward Air Controller (FAC) assigned to a specialized Marine Corps unit, Steven’s “in-house” experience with a wide range of regular and elite military units brings a unique authenticity to his thrillers.


He lives with his family in central Indiana, where he still wakes up at “zero dark thirty” to write for most of the day. When “off duty,” he spends as much time as possible outdoors or traveling with his family–and dog. Steven is an active member of the International Thriller Writers (ITW) and Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) organizations.


His full catalog of books are available on Amazon and browsable below.

Black Flagged Series

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ALPHA – Black Flagged Book 1

“Daniel Petrovich, the most lethal operative created by the Department of Defense’s Black Flag Program, protects a secret buried in the deepest vaults of the Pentagon. Blackmailed into executing one final mission, Daniel’s carefully constructed “life” rapidly disintegrates into a relentless federal manhunt–and a “24-style” race against the clock to suppress the shocking truth about his past. To survive, he’ll release the darkest side of his concealed identity. A dark side with few boundaries–and even fewer loyalties.”


ALPHA is available as an eBookpaperback & audiobook – and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program. 

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REDUX – Black Flagged Book 2

“Two years after shocking Washington D.C. with a brutal betrayal, General Terrence Sanderson waits in the shadows for the right moment to demonstrate the grim necessity of his resurrected Black Flag program. His opportunity may arrive sooner than expected.


In the end, nothing is what it seems in this gritty world of covert operatives and back room Washington agendas.


REDUX is available as an eBookpaperback & audiobook – and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program. 

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APEX – Black Flagged Book 3

“A tense alliance between General Sanderson and the CIA narrowly averts an apocalyptic attack by Islamic fundamentalists in Europe, but ultimately fails to recover the virus canisters. With the biological weapons still missing, the specter of an attack against the United States looms dangerously closer.


Desperate to stop Al Qaeda, Daniel Petrovich’s “black ops” team is sent to investigate the last lead provided by Anatoly Reznikov, the twisted scientist responsible for designing the virus. What they uncover will shake U.S. authorities to the core.


APEX propels the gritty, often unapologetic Black Flagged Series into new territory, where hidden agendas, startling betrayals and brutal action define the daily landscape navigated by the puppet masters and frontline operators in the war on terror.”


APEX is available as an eBookpaperback & audiobook – and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program. 

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VEKTOR – Black Flagged Book 4

“With the most recent bioterrorism threat against the United States neutralized, and Dr. Anatoly Reznikov in secret custody; CIA Deputy Director Karl Berg proposes a more permanent solution to prevent future attacks — a covert raid by General Sanderson’s Black Flag unit deep inside Russia to destroy a bioweapons program that should have ended with the Cold War. 


Through an intricate web of unsavory alliances, deviously orchestrated political maneuvers and shockingly brutal black-ops sanctions, Karl Berg will set in motion an unstoppable chain of events with the potential to ignite a new Cold War.”


VEKTOR is available as an eBookpaperback & audiobook – and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program. 

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COVENANT – Black Flagged Novella 4.5

“The tree of liberty must be refreshed at every opportunity… with the blood of our enemies.” — General Terence Sanderson, USA, Retired (Head of the Black Flagged program)


At a luxury resort on the coast of Uruguay, Jessica Petrovich and a select team of Black Flagged operatives prepare to kill Dr. Anatoly Reznikov, the elusive bioweapons scientist responsible for designing and selling a lethal virus to America’s enemies. At the same time, a Mossad assassination cell moves on a Russian mafiya boss believed to have offered Reznikov’s bioweapons to the Iranians.


There’s only one problem — BOTH TARGETS ARE LOCATED IN THE SAME HOTEL SUITE, and neither team knows the other is coming!”


COVENANT is available as an eBook and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program. 

omega

OMEGA – Black Flagged Book 5

“A joint U.S.- Russian Special Forces raid against a hidden laboratory yields an alarming discovery. Anatoly Reznikov, the deranged bioweapons scientist stolen from U.S. custody a few years earlier, vanished minutes before the attack–taking his deadly work with him.


In the United States, Beltway power brokers grapple with True America’s surprise presidential win, finding the new administration to be anything but easy to work with. Karl Berg, demoted within the CIA due to the sudden shift in agency leadership, seeks to stay out of trouble, and retire quietly — a task he finds impossible when news of Reznikov’s near-capture unofficially reaches his desk.


Oblivious to the growing threats domestic and abroad, Daniel and Jessica Petrovich finalize their plan to abandon the “Black Flag” business for good, only to have it delayed by close-hitting news. A last minute trip to the United States drags them closer to an unfolding plot in the heart of Washington D.C.


A plot connected to everyone and everything the Petroviches have touched. A diabolical conspiracy none of them saw coming — AND ONLY ONE GROUP CAN STOP IT!”


OMEGA is available as an eBookpaperback & audiobook – and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program. 

Fractured State Series

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FRACTURED STATE – Fractured State Book 1

In a future California ravaged by drought and on the brink of political upheaval, a high-profile assassination triggers a cascade of violence and sabotage facilitated by the highest levels of power. Nathan Fisher, an unassuming government employee, is drawn into the unraveling conspiracy after accidentally witnessing a suspiciously timed clandestine military-style operation.


Hunted by ruthless killers seeking to ensure his silence, suspected by the authorities, and aided only by a loyal Marine officer with a mysterious agenda, Fisher and his family must somehow stay a step ahead of their relentless pursuers, navigating a dangerously changed world in a desperate search for sanctuary.

With their lives on the line and California on the brink of secession, can they save themselves — and ultimately their country?"


FRACTURED STATE is available as an eBookpaperback & audiobook – and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program. 

rogue state

ROGUE STATE – Fractured State Book 2

Twenty years in the future, America perches on the edge of collapse, devastated by drought and dwindling resources. California, now a totalitarian surveillance state controlling the lion’s share of the nation’s economy, is on the brink of secession. And family man Nathan Fisher finds himself at the heart of a bloody conspiracy that threatens the lives of his loved ones and the future of the country itself. Pursued by Mason Flagg and the sinister Cerberus organization, Nathan and his embattled family — accompanied by tough-as-nails Marine David Quinn — make a desperate run across the blasted wastes of the western United States, seeking sanctuary in Nevada.


Woefully outmanned and outgunned by a cadre of ruthless Russian mercenaries enlisted by Flagg, and closely pursued by the drug cartels that rule the ravaged Southwest, the Fishers need some serious help to survive…but at what price?"


ROGUE STATE is available as an eBookpaperback & audiobook – and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program. 

Zulu Virus Chronicles

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HOT ZONE – Zulu Virus Chronicles Book 1

Dr. Lauren Hale, a new hospital resident, is nearly killed by a raving mad emergency room patient, in a senseless, unprovoked attack.


Officer David Olson, veteran cop and former Marine, returns from a father-son camping trip to discover that his ex-wife has vanished under bizarre circumstances, and his police department is on the verge of collapse.

Jack and Emma Harper, a young, upwardly mobile couple, find their hip city neighborhood rapidly descending into madness.


Dr. Eugene Chang, a research scientist for a major pharmaceutical company makes a shocking discovery that might explain the spreading wave of illness and violence gripping the city.


Eric Larsen, leader of a top-secret, rapid-response unit, circles high above the Midwest, in an unmarked military transport. Mission still unknown, his team waits to parachute into the night.


WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS, complete strangers from different walks of life will be forced to join together to survive the LIVING NIGHTMARE that has been unleashed on their city — AND THEIR COUNTRY.

This is their story."


HOT ZONE is available as an eBookpaperback & audiobook – and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program. 

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KILL BOX – Zulu Virus Chronicles Book 2

A LETHAL BIOWEAPON HAS BEEN RELEASED ACROSS AMERICA.


With their daring escape plan thwarted at the last possible moment, HOT ZONE’s motley band of survivors faces a worst-case scenario. Forced to take refuge near the epicenter of the bioweapons outbreak, deep inside in a city gone mad, THEIR TIME IS RUNNING OUT.


Unable to slow or adequately contain the infected population, the government has triggered KILL BOX, a desperate and merciless contingency protocol.


HOT ZONE’s survivors have less than twenty-four hours to escape the KILL BOX."


KILL BOX is available as an eBookpaperback & audiobook – and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program. 

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FIRE STORM – Zulu Virus Chronicles Book 3

“SOMETHING MERCILESS WATCHES OVER THE OUTBREAK — GUIDING ITS COURSE.


Having narrowly survived the KILL BOX, HOT ZONE’s hardened survivors and their KILL BOX allies separate to pursue different objectives — outside of the Indianapolis quarantine zone.


For David Olson, that means bringing his son south, to the safe haven of his parents’ home — far away from the infected cities. Eric Larsen takes him up on the offer to rest and heal at the house, before departing on the long journey to find his family in Colorado.


For Rich and his secretive black ops team, that means transporting Dr. Chang and Dr. Hale to a secure facility out east, where they will join the nation’s few surviving bioweapons researchers — with the hopes of pinpointing the source of the virus and possibly developing a vaccine.


Neither group will get very far, before the true face of the evil controlling the Zulu Virus arrives — tempting them with irresistible opportunities.


DANGEROUS OPPORTUNITIES, WITH THE POTENTIAL TO SWEEP THEM RIGHT INTO A LETHAL FIRESTORM.”


FIRE STORM is available as an eBookpaperback & audiobook – and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program. 

Perseid Collapse Series

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THE PERSEID COLLAPSE – Perseid Collapse Book 1

“In the face of an unthinkable catastrophe, how far would you go to protect your family?


In the very near future, an inconceivable attack against the United States will unleash a human darkness over the country — with a vast appetite for chaos and violence. Alex Fletcher, former Marine, will wake to this brutally hostile landscape, thrown headfirst into an epic, impossibly grueling journey to save his family and friends.”


THE PERSEID COLLAPSE is available as an eBookpaperback & audiobook – and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program. 

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EVENT HORIZON – Perseid Collapse Book 2

“With Boston collapsing faster than Alex Fletcher predicted, his personal rescue mission deep into the heart of an increasingly unfamiliar city reaches a critical point. Pursued by a ruthless militia group, and forced to navigate a treacherous landscape, he runs a gauntlet of grim decisions and impossible odds to reach perceived safety. Perceived because nothing is safe in the world emerging after the “event”.


In rural Maine, a series of lethal coincidences fuels a local militia leader’s ghastly strategy to raise a private army, planting the Fletchers firmly at the intersection of his power play–and the epicenter of his rage.


The human darkness released on August 19, 2019 continues to grow, threatening to tear the fabric of their fragile society apart…until nothing remains but a distant memory of the past.”


EVENT HORIZON is available as an eBookpaperback & audiobook – and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program. 

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POINT OF CRISIS – Perseid Collapse Book 3

“In the aftermath of the brutal attack on his family compound, Alex Fletcher embraces his rapidly expanding role within the New England Regional Recovery Zone (RRZ).


Fueled by a limitless drive to protect his family and a rekindled sense of duty, he enlists the reluctant aid of a local militia commander — to ease the public’s fears of a federal government takeover.


As Captain Fletcher digs deeper into the government’s plans, he starts to question the federal government’s intentions — and ability to stabilize the situation in New England. With the region’s critical infrastructure destroyed and the nation’s electrical grid crippled, he foresees a human cataclysm, with several hundred thousand desperate refugees marching further north through Maine.


The bad news doesn’t end there.


Alex discovers that Eli Russell has rebuilt his militia — with the intention of hastening the Regional Recovery Zone’s downfall. Obsessed with stopping the deranged psychopath that attacked his family, Alex scours the back roads and rural towns of southern Maine to find him — unaware that Eli’s plans are far more personal.

With the world swiftly unraveling around him, Alex will face his most difficult decisions ever…"


POINT OF CRISIS is available as an eBookpaperback & audiobook – and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program. 

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DISPATCHES – Perseid Collapse Book 4

“In 2019, a rogue military cabal launches an opportunistic EMP attack against the United States — triggering a cataclysmic chain of events —


With the United States crippled, belligerent powers rise to fill the void overseas, catapulting already volatile regions into chaos and war — hastening a worldwide collapse.


On the home front, most citizens continue to struggle with the loss of power and critical infrastructure, exhausting their thin supplies and turning to the mercy of an overwhelmed government to survive the winter.

As spring arrives, Alex Fletcher faces a difficult choice. With their food supplies running low, Alex questions the feasibility of staying with the Thorntons and Walkers at their isolated lake community. While searching northern Maine for a solution to his dilemma — he stumbles on a secret with the potential to destabilize the entire region.


Dispatches concludes The Perseid Collapse Series, answering reader questions about the world scene, while cleanly delivering the Fletchers’ fate.”


DISPATCHES is available as an eBookpaperback & audiobook – and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program. 

the jakarta pandemic

THE JAKARTA PANDEMIC – Perseid Collapse Prequel

Cases of a highly lethal virus appear in major cities around the globe. Most ignore the warnings.


Alex Fletcher, Iraq War veteran, has read the signs for years. With his family and home prepared to endure an extended period of seclusion, Alex thinks he’s ready for the pandemic.


He’s not even close.


The unstoppable H16N1 virus rapidly spreads across the United States, stretching the fragile bonds of society to the breaking point. Schools close, grocery stores empty, fuel deliveries stop, hospitals start turning away the sick…riots engulf the cities. As hostility and mistrust engulfs his idyllic Maine neighborhood, Alex quickly realizes that the H16N1 virus will be the least of his problems.”


THE JAKARTA PANDEMIC is available as an eBookpaperback & audiobook – and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program. 

Ryan Decker Series

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THE RESCUE – Ryan Decker Book 1

Former CIA operative turned mercenary for hire Ryan Decker’s specialty is rescuing kidnap victims. Hired by an influential US senator to liberate her daughter from a human-trafficking ring, Decker never anticipated sabotage or that the assault could go so disastrously wrong. The hostage is dead. His team is wiped out, and so are their families, including Decker’s own wife and son—eliminated one by one by the Russian mafia. And he’s survived to take the fall.


THE RESCUE is available as an eBookpaperback & audiobook – and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program. 

THE RAID – Ryan Decker Book 2

“After exposing and dismantling a deep-state conspiracy that nearly destroyed his life, Ryan Decker finds his covert skills have put him on the radar of influential Senator Steele. Now Steele needs his help. Two patrol agents were killed in a bizarre explosion near the US-Mexico border—and the evidence doesn’t line up with the official story.


THE RAID is available as an eBook & paperback– and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program. 

The Mountain

The Mountain (Ryan Decker Book 3)

Investigating a missing persons case on Murder Mountain means looking for trouble in a propulsive thriller by the author of The Raid.

When someone disappears on Northern California’s lawless Murder Mountain, it isn’t news. The vast terrain for illegal marijuana harvests is also a notorious black hole for outsiders. But when that someone is the family friend of the persuasive and righteous Senator Steele, finding him becomes covert investigator Ryan Decker’s mission.


The Mountain is available as an eBookpaperback & audiobook – and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program. 

Skystorm (Ryan Decker Book 4)



Skystorm is available as an eBook & paperback– and free to read in the Kindle Unlimited Program. 

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