Coming soon · Book 2 of the Ryan Wolfe Series
Core of Truth
A Ryan Wolfe Thriller
They didn’t take the heir for money. They took him to open a door — and the only man alive who can open it is the lawyer his mother hired to find him. Ryan Wolfe is about to discover that his past doesn’t just haunt… it hunts.
Coming 2026
“Taut… quietly engrossing… Riveting.”Kirkus Reviews on Recoil of Justice
The Ryan Wolfe Series
Ryan Wolfe is a Houston litigator with a corner office, a dark secret, and a question he can’t outrun.
Book 1 of the Ryan Wolfe Series · Available now
Recoil of Justice
Award-winning debut
A routine lawsuit was supposed to end in a settlement. It ended in blood. When Houston attorney Ryan Wolfe takes on a tech-theft case, his investigation uncovers stolen software weaponized by a Mexican cartel — and the case turns devastatingly personal when someone close to him is listed for sale on the cartel’s encrypted network.
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Book 2 of the Ryan Wolfe Series · Coming 2026
Core of Truth
The sequel
They didn’t take the heir for money. They took him to open a door — and the only man alive who can open it is the lawyer his mother hired to find him. Ryan Wolfe is about to discover that his past doesn’t just haunt… it hunts.
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Prequel novella · Available now
Pale Horse
Iraq, February 1991
When Lt. Col. Chuck Bednerik’s Black Hawk takes a missile hit during a hot-LZ extraction, his bird goes down forty kilometers inside hostile territory. Set thirty years before Recoil of Justice — the mission that made the men Ryan will one day call on.
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“One thing is abundantly clear — Brad Elder is one heck of a storyteller.”
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“This is an outstanding debut. Ryan Wolfe is a great character. Looking forward to reading everything from Brad Elder.”
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“I love reading Cussler, Preston and Child, and Jack Carr. Now I have a new author to follow.”
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About the author
Brad Elder
Brad Elder is an award-winning, best-selling thriller author and a licensed attorney in the state of Texas.
He is an avid golfer (read: mediocre) and enjoys playing racquetball, hunting, fishing, and a beer or two (not all at the same time). Though a sub-.500 Little League baseball coach, he is expecting a call from an MLB team any day now.
When not poking fun at himself, Brad spends his days in Lubbock, TX, with his wife, their two children, and golden doodles Chili and Frito.
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