Bob Asher Intelligence Officer | Military Aviator | Police Officer | Author

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Release Date: November 6, 2025

 
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Overview

Get ready for a wild ride with the Jon Smith Military/Espionage Thriller Series, where action meets espionage in heart-pounding fashion! If you crave adrenaline-fueled adventures filled with intrigue, betrayal, and relentless action, dive into these captivating tales and discover what makes Jon Smith an unforgettable hero! Grab your copy today!

BEAR TRAP is the first standalone book in the series.

This is the novel the FBI and CIA don’t want you to read! After being delayed by the US Government for over a year, it’s finally here! The author, Bob Asher, is a retired supervisory intelligence officer with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA).

Ruthless Russian Spetsnaz have invaded Alaska to snatch a KGB defector. Fortunately, CIA Paramilitary Officer Jon Smith has just arrived in Homer for a well-deserved vacation. The Pentagon scrambles to assemble an ad hoc rescue team for a possible suicide mission. Can Smith’s ragtag group of Red Shirts save the defector before time runs out?

"A fast-paced, action-packed military thriller that will have readers on the edge of their seats. Bear Trap takes America’s best out of retirement to retrieve a Soviet-era defector from a group of Russian Spetsnaz kidnappers ready to kill without hesitation. An exhilarating mission written with the precision and attention to detail of someone who has clearly been on the battlefield, this book is easily capable of becoming an award-winning movie."
- Kristi Elizabeth, San Francisco Book Review

ESCAPE FROM DONETSK is the second standalone book in the series.

Jon Smith’s goddaughter, Sister Joan, is trapped behind the Russian lines in war-savaged Donetsk. Chechen soldiers have beaten her priest to death in front of their church. Jon and his loyal teammate, Angus Hawkins, leave a trail of destruction in their wake as they race across Ukraine to rescue her.

“Jon Smith returns for a perilous rescue mission behind the front lines of the conflict in Ukraine in this gritty and witty action thriller that only a veteran like Bob Asher could write. Escape from Donetsk is required reading for fans of Rapp and Harvath.”
- Ross Sidor, Author of the Covert Action Thriller Series

“In the realm of military thrillers, few novels resonate with the authenticity and pulse-pounding excitement that Bob Asher’s Escape from Donetsk delivers. Author Bob Asher masterfully intertwines personal sacrifice with a high-stakes rescue mission, creating a story that is both thrilling and deeply human.”
- Steve Lepper, Creator of the Facebook Military Thriller Book Group

FLASH OVERRIDE is the third standalone book in the Jon Smith series.

Smith and Hawkins are in Chechnya settling unfinished business with a modern-day vampire and human trafficker, when Jon receives an urgent BROKEN ARROW text from his brother, small-town Deputy Sheriff Zack Goodson, on the other side of the world. The two-word code shared by the brothers means someone in their immediate family is in mortal danger and help is needed ASAP.

An unidentified assassin has accidentally blown himself up while planting a bomb under Zack’s wife’s car. Zack sends his wife and young son to her parents’ farm outside the small rural community of Farmington for safekeeping with two deputy sheriffs to protect them. While he investigates the bombing, the farmhouse is attacked, and his wife and son are abducted. An angry, vindictive man calls Zack from his wife’s cell phone to tell him he intends to torture and murder Zack’s family, but the situation is not as it seems. Jon, Angie, and Zack discover a much larger attack is planned that will endanger the entire Metropolitan Saint Louis Area while the newly elected President holds a rally downtown.

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