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The Mad Mick #1-3
The Mad Mick Box Set Volume 1: Books 1-3 of The Mad Mick Series
Consistently hitting the top of the charts in Post-Apocalyptic Fiction and Military Thriller, The Mad Mick Series has garnered thousands of reviews from readers who can't get enough of this character. He's the guy you want on your side in a fight. He's the friend who can make you laugh until you cry. He's the last man on earth you want to cross.
This omnibus edition contains the first three books in the Mad MickMasters of MayhemBrutal Business
“Rock-solid characters, buzz-saw action and backstories deserving of books of their own. Amazing...”
For a hardened assassin and his snarky daughter, navigating the apocalypse is little more than business as usual. They have food, weapons, top-notch gear, and connections in the darkest holes of the special operations community. Just don't cross them because hell hath no fury like the Maguires.
Conor Maguire nearly lost his daughter when she was three years old, injured by the drunk driver who killed his wife. When the justice system failed him, Conor retaliated against the driver in dramatic and gruesome fashion.
An ironclad alibi prevented the police from pinning the murder on Conor. His actions didn't go unnoticed though. A covert agency within the US government recruited the talented young bomber and machinist. For over twenty-five years, Conor designed and built custom weapons of death and destruction at his secluded compound in the mountains of Virginia.
When a series of devastating terror attacks brought down the United States, Conor and Barb assumed they were safe in their compound. They had everything they needed. They were armed and highly trained. Then Barb was kidnapped.
The kidnappers didn’t know why Conor was known as The Mad Mick. They didn’t know the fear and respect his name invoked in the shadowy underworld of covert operations. They didn’t know that when it came to protecting his family, he was without conscience, without compassion, and without equal.
But they would soon find out.
This omnibus edition contains the first three books in the Mad MickMasters of MayhemBrutal Business
“Rock-solid characters, buzz-saw action and backstories deserving of books of their own. Amazing...”
For a hardened assassin and his snarky daughter, navigating the apocalypse is little more than business as usual. They have food, weapons, top-notch gear, and connections in the darkest holes of the special operations community. Just don't cross them because hell hath no fury like the Maguires.
Conor Maguire nearly lost his daughter when she was three years old, injured by the drunk driver who killed his wife. When the justice system failed him, Conor retaliated against the driver in dramatic and gruesome fashion.
An ironclad alibi prevented the police from pinning the murder on Conor. His actions didn't go unnoticed though. A covert agency within the US government recruited the talented young bomber and machinist. For over twenty-five years, Conor designed and built custom weapons of death and destruction at his secluded compound in the mountains of Virginia.
When a series of devastating terror attacks brought down the United States, Conor and Barb assumed they were safe in their compound. They had everything they needed. They were armed and highly trained. Then Barb was kidnapped.
The kidnappers didn’t know why Conor was known as The Mad Mick. They didn’t know the fear and respect his name invoked in the shadowy underworld of covert operations. They didn’t know that when it came to protecting his family, he was without conscience, without compassion, and without equal.
But they would soon find out.
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1017 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 11, 2023
About the author
Franklin Horton
127 books388 followersFranklin Horton lives and writes in the mountains of southwestern Virginia. He attended Virginia Intermont College and Virginia Commonwealth University. In his spare time he pursues outdoor adventures with his wife and two children. His interests include camping, kayaking, backpacking, mountain biking, and shooting.
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May 24, 2025
Mad Mick Vol 1
The story was going great; nicely paced, set in a plausible post 911 America. The believable development of the characters was quite interesting. I was enjoying listening to it on my noise canceling over-ear headphones while waiting overnight in SeaTac airport. I’d had a nice dinner a few hours earlier hoping to catch a space available seat on a redeye to home. As it happens, the flight wound up leaving completely full thus my overnight wait at the airport. So, here I am sitting at the gate 1145 PM, just chilling, listening to the book with no idea of what was about to happen….
Chapter 21: our heroine has made herself sick to her stomach remembering an event from her past. There was a soggy ceiling tile that she decided to investigate…
Well folks have you ever tasted the scent of a rotting bloated skunk that has just been torn open by vultures? The kind of stink that coats your throat and sinuses? The kind of putrescence that just the thought of the smell causes you to gag? Well folks this is exactly what happened to me but wait, it gets better. Our heroine is flashing back to her experience and our wonderfully talented author has detailed this event so phenomenally well, that I flash back 6 years to the one and only time that I have ever gotten carsick. Yes, that skunk tale really happened and I don’t think my husband had the truck stopped before I was out of the truck and spewing like a freshly struck oil well. Here I am at gate 16, gagging and throwing up in my mouth, trying to swallow it back down, get the damn headphones off, and not puke on myself. I failed. I failed in the most spectacular of fashions! I spewed into the wrap I was using to cushion my head, not once, not twice, but at least three times. I was trying so hard to stop hearing the story and tasting the stench and now there’s the fetid pong of my own vomiting engulfing my personal space. As this is happening I can see the bathrooms and they’re closed. So here I am, trying not to spew on the carpet, gathering my belongings, and booking it to the closest open bathroom. Now remember folks, I have vomit down my shirt front and on my wrap, there are no open stores; what on earth do I do next?
I have now made it to the closest bathroom; it is a family bathroom. In I go, lock the door, try to turn on the light, strip off shirt, try again to turn on the light, gag some more, try to turn on the light. To heck (insert sentence enhancer of choice) with the light. Hey Siri turn on light! Now I’m trying to make the stupid motion sensor soap dispenser and water faucet work so I can wash out my shirt and wrap. Wash, wash, wash, rinse, rinse, rinse, still smells like vomit. GREAT! Now what do I do? My shirt is completely saturated with water, I don’t have any extra clothes with me. So I pull a Will Smith from the movie Pursuit of Happiness and just sit on the floor with my back to the door while I let my shirt and wrap try to drip dry for the next 5 hours. Yes someone tried to come in, 3 separate times without knocking, they tried to come in. I stayed sitting there for an hour while I laughed like a loon talking to my sister in a different time zone. What else could I do, cry? I finally left the bathroom wearing a long cardigan that is open in the front with no means of securing it closed and walked over to guest services to find out if there’s a lost and found or somewhere I could get a shirt or maybe someone’s has one I could buy off of them, or even a safety pin I could use to pin my cardigan closed. Nope. Well, folks, here’s hoping my shirt is somewhat dry by my flight at 6. It is currently 2:30 and I have it hanging on a rail right by the gate desk and I’ve got my cardigan wrapped around me and pinned down under my arm hoping that I don’t relax and wind up flashing any of the cleaning crew. As soon as I get to my next stop I’m buying myself an overpriced shirt and I’m never traveling without a button up shirt as part of my travel outfit again.
Oh yeah, the book is great! Watch out for chapter 21!
The story was going great; nicely paced, set in a plausible post 911 America. The believable development of the characters was quite interesting. I was enjoying listening to it on my noise canceling over-ear headphones while waiting overnight in SeaTac airport. I’d had a nice dinner a few hours earlier hoping to catch a space available seat on a redeye to home. As it happens, the flight wound up leaving completely full thus my overnight wait at the airport. So, here I am sitting at the gate 1145 PM, just chilling, listening to the book with no idea of what was about to happen….
Chapter 21: our heroine has made herself sick to her stomach remembering an event from her past. There was a soggy ceiling tile that she decided to investigate…
Well folks have you ever tasted the scent of a rotting bloated skunk that has just been torn open by vultures? The kind of stink that coats your throat and sinuses? The kind of putrescence that just the thought of the smell causes you to gag? Well folks this is exactly what happened to me but wait, it gets better. Our heroine is flashing back to her experience and our wonderfully talented author has detailed this event so phenomenally well, that I flash back 6 years to the one and only time that I have ever gotten carsick. Yes, that skunk tale really happened and I don’t think my husband had the truck stopped before I was out of the truck and spewing like a freshly struck oil well. Here I am at gate 16, gagging and throwing up in my mouth, trying to swallow it back down, get the damn headphones off, and not puke on myself. I failed. I failed in the most spectacular of fashions! I spewed into the wrap I was using to cushion my head, not once, not twice, but at least three times. I was trying so hard to stop hearing the story and tasting the stench and now there’s the fetid pong of my own vomiting engulfing my personal space. As this is happening I can see the bathrooms and they’re closed. So here I am, trying not to spew on the carpet, gathering my belongings, and booking it to the closest open bathroom. Now remember folks, I have vomit down my shirt front and on my wrap, there are no open stores; what on earth do I do next?
I have now made it to the closest bathroom; it is a family bathroom. In I go, lock the door, try to turn on the light, strip off shirt, try again to turn on the light, gag some more, try to turn on the light. To heck (insert sentence enhancer of choice) with the light. Hey Siri turn on light! Now I’m trying to make the stupid motion sensor soap dispenser and water faucet work so I can wash out my shirt and wrap. Wash, wash, wash, rinse, rinse, rinse, still smells like vomit. GREAT! Now what do I do? My shirt is completely saturated with water, I don’t have any extra clothes with me. So I pull a Will Smith from the movie Pursuit of Happiness and just sit on the floor with my back to the door while I let my shirt and wrap try to drip dry for the next 5 hours. Yes someone tried to come in, 3 separate times without knocking, they tried to come in. I stayed sitting there for an hour while I laughed like a loon talking to my sister in a different time zone. What else could I do, cry? I finally left the bathroom wearing a long cardigan that is open in the front with no means of securing it closed and walked over to guest services to find out if there’s a lost and found or somewhere I could get a shirt or maybe someone’s has one I could buy off of them, or even a safety pin I could use to pin my cardigan closed. Nope. Well, folks, here’s hoping my shirt is somewhat dry by my flight at 6. It is currently 2:30 and I have it hanging on a rail right by the gate desk and I’ve got my cardigan wrapped around me and pinned down under my arm hoping that I don’t relax and wind up flashing any of the cleaning crew. As soon as I get to my next stop I’m buying myself an overpriced shirt and I’m never traveling without a button up shirt as part of my travel outfit again.
Oh yeah, the book is great! Watch out for chapter 21!
October 10, 2025
Really Enjoyed this 3 book compilation, and Conner is a enjoyable but deadly character. In the 2nd book Barb, Conner's daughter is such a piece of work that I absolutely hated her and the disrespect she gave everyone. In the 3rd book she starts to learn that she does not know everything. Narration was good but very loud volume when the Mick was speaking even with volume turn down.
January 8, 2025
A Whole Lotta' Death and Destruction
If you're a fan of post-apocalyptic/dystopian reads and you love a good sense of humor on top of that, welcome to Mad Mick. To be sure, this is not a new set, but it's still finding fans regularly. Conor is a simple man who only wants to live his simple life. After years as a world-class assassin, he's happy to hide out in the Appalachian hills with his daughter. But stupid people keep doing stupid things, and, well... Conor can't stand injustice. It's that simple.
The banter between Conor and his highly volatile and aptly named daughter, BARB, is a great stress-buster and just plain fun. You'll find more character depth here than your average post-apocalyptic novel, and 3 great stories as well.
If you're a fan of post-apocalyptic/dystopian reads and you love a good sense of humor on top of that, welcome to Mad Mick. To be sure, this is not a new set, but it's still finding fans regularly. Conor is a simple man who only wants to live his simple life. After years as a world-class assassin, he's happy to hide out in the Appalachian hills with his daughter. But stupid people keep doing stupid things, and, well... Conor can't stand injustice. It's that simple.
The banter between Conor and his highly volatile and aptly named daughter, BARB, is a great stress-buster and just plain fun. You'll find more character depth here than your average post-apocalyptic novel, and 3 great stories as well.
May 1, 2025
Mad Mick
A delightful character who whips across the pages along with his daughter just as colorful. I hope he has more books awaiting my reading list. Thanks Franklin Horton for a new author to follow.
A delightful character who whips across the pages along with his daughter just as colorful. I hope he has more books awaiting my reading list. Thanks Franklin Horton for a new author to follow.
July 22, 2025
Oh, BAD Guys!
If you want to read well written bad guys, this is the series for you. If you want to read well written good guys who know how to be bad, then this series is for you. IE: the characters are great, the dialog is excellent. Very well done, Mr. Horton!
If you want to read well written bad guys, this is the series for you. If you want to read well written good guys who know how to be bad, then this series is for you. IE: the characters are great, the dialog is excellent. Very well done, Mr. Horton!
October 24, 2023
Mad Mick is the bomb, literally!
If you like heroes, even semi crazy ones, you'll love the Mick and Barb. Very exciting and fast paced. You might not be able to put it down.
If you like heroes, even semi crazy ones, you'll love the Mick and Barb. Very exciting and fast paced. You might not be able to put it down.
January 19, 2025
The first two books were awesome. The third book was terrible.
May 12, 2025
Do not put it down
Fast paced action that keeps you on the edge of your seat. I read all three books without taking a break.
Fast paced action that keeps you on the edge of your seat. I read all three books without taking a break.
June 7, 2025
Terrific!
This book was terrific, right up to the very end. It seemed to have a bit of a slow start, but the pace built slowly and steadily until the action reached breakneck speed.
This book was terrific, right up to the very end. It seemed to have a bit of a slow start, but the pace built slowly and steadily until the action reached breakneck speed.
July 13, 2025
pretty Excellent!
Not crazy about Bojangles or Sweet Tea, but Franklin B
Horton is a pretty excellent writer. My 2nd time reading all these books and they hold up well.
Not crazy about Bojangles or Sweet Tea, but Franklin B
Horton is a pretty excellent writer. My 2nd time reading all these books and they hold up well.
December 10, 2025
Reading apocalyptic series is my guilty pleasure. This one goes and goes. I love how Franklin allows his characters to flow from series to series.
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