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Robert Cole

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Robert Cole writes thrillers about what happens when the systems we trust stop working.

A former Army Ranger and infantry officer with a Ph.D. in international relations, he has consulted on classified government projects and spent years in and around the Middle East and Africa’s conflict zones. That experience gives his fiction its operational detail and its global stakes.

He is the author of The Blank, Book One of the new Data Famine series; the post-apocalyptic Matt Sheridan series; the Fractured Union political thrillers; and Diamond Coast, the first Relief Solutions international thriller. When he isn’t writing, he teaches college and runs his own businesses. He is currently at work on his next novel.

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Average rating: 4.59 · 7,168 ratings · 373 reviews · 10 distinct works • Similar authors

	Cataclysm: A Matt Sheridan Novel - Book One (Matt Sheridan Series 1) 4.43 avg rating — 1,898 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Breaking Contact: A Matt Sheridan Novel - Book Two (Matt Sheridan Series 2) 4.69 avg rating — 1,496 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Standing Ground: A Matt Sheridan Novel - Book Three (Matt Sheridan Series 3) 4.66 avg rating — 1,284 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bounding Overwatch: A Matt Sheridan Novel - Book Four (Matt Sheridan Series 4) 4.73 avg rating — 1,225 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Divided We Stand: Fractured Union - Book One 4.41 avg rating — 651 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Defending Meridian: A Matt Sheridan Novel - Book Five (Matt Sheridan Series 5) 4.64 avg rating — 303 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	United We Fall: Fractured Union Series - Book Two 4.67 avg rating — 192 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Triumph Shall Wave: Fractured Union Series - Book Three 4.73 avg rating — 88 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Final Click: a soldier. a father. a lifetime of memories 4.75 avg rating — 20 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Blank: The Data Famine Series - Book One 4.50 avg rating — 12 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Standing Ground - Book Three of the Matt Sheridan Series

Standing Ground: A Matt Sheridan Novel - Book Three, Book 3 in the Matt Sheridan Series, is now live on Amazon.

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