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Solomon Church #3
The Outcast
We've all done terrible things... But can we really be forgiven?Fallujah, Iraq, 2004. Four US nationals are ambushed by Al Qaeda and tortured, hanged from a bridge over the Euphrates. In Response, the US government launches a fierce assault to try and take the city once and for all. In the carnage, a stockpile of weapons and ordinance is lost, along with a vital CIA asset... And the men hunting her are the worst possible kind, a merciless extremist sect known as Tariq al-Aswad.
Solomon Church, stationed on the outskirts of the city with a small SAS team, is pulled right into the heart of a vital find the missing asset and recover the weapons stockpile before the enemy. It sounds simple, but Fallujah is a labyrinth of tight alleyways and bomb-laden streets, and the AQI hide among the population. If they're spotted, if they're caught... A fate worse than death awaits them. But if they don't go in, then Fallujah falls, and their failure could turn the very tide of war.
Twenty years later, a mysterious figure reaches out to Church, promising him the one thing he's wanted since he left another chance at taking down the remaining members of Tariq al-Aswad. But can this contact be trusted? Or are Church's past mistakes finally catching up to him ...
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The Outcast is the harrowing and explosive third installment of the Solomon Church series. Perfect for fans of Lee Child, Vince Flynn, Mark Greaney, Robert Enright, and readers who love a hero that can't, and won't, be stopped.
Solomon Church, stationed on the outskirts of the city with a small SAS team, is pulled right into the heart of a vital find the missing asset and recover the weapons stockpile before the enemy. It sounds simple, but Fallujah is a labyrinth of tight alleyways and bomb-laden streets, and the AQI hide among the population. If they're spotted, if they're caught... A fate worse than death awaits them. But if they don't go in, then Fallujah falls, and their failure could turn the very tide of war.
Twenty years later, a mysterious figure reaches out to Church, promising him the one thing he's wanted since he left another chance at taking down the remaining members of Tariq al-Aswad. But can this contact be trusted? Or are Church's past mistakes finally catching up to him ...
***
The Outcast is the harrowing and explosive third installment of the Solomon Church series. Perfect for fans of Lee Child, Vince Flynn, Mark Greaney, Robert Enright, and readers who love a hero that can't, and won't, be stopped.
450 pages, Paperback
Published July 27, 2025
About the author
Morgan Greene
33 books353 followersMorgan Greene grew up in Wales, and works a copywriter, editor, and author. Morgan studied Creative Writing and English Literature at Swansea University with a focus on narrative structure and theory, and published the first crime novel in the Jamie Johansson series in 2020. Since its release, the series has gone on to reach bestseller status, with Detective Jamie Johansson quickly becoming a reader favourite.
The series blends classic Scandi-noir elements with modern and cinematic thriller writing to create a unique style that adds to the emerging Brit-noir genre. Jamie has many novels ahead of her, but Morgan is also working on a variety of other projects across crime, thriller, and mystery and plans to publish plenty more in 2022 and beyond.
The series blends classic Scandi-noir elements with modern and cinematic thriller writing to create a unique style that adds to the emerging Brit-noir genre. Jamie has many novels ahead of her, but Morgan is also working on a variety of other projects across crime, thriller, and mystery and plans to publish plenty more in 2022 and beyond.
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August 2, 2025
A long-time fan of Morgan Greene, I thought I ought to expand my horizons with this newer series. Solomon Church is nothing like Greene's Jamie Johansson, which permits me to see some of the other perspectives the author has to offer. I thoroughly enjoyed the first two novels, but needed to know more about Church and all that he can do. During his time in Iraq, Church saw a great deal that still remains with him. He receives a call to help hunt down and terminate a number of men who brutally attacked innocent civilians while Church served in the SAS. Wanting to tie off a loose end or two, Church is persuaded to help with the hunt, even as it digs up old memories. Morgan Greene crafts another great piece here!
While working in Fallujah during the Iraq War, four Americans are ambushed by the brutal forces of Al Qaeda and tortured before being publicly hanged. US forces begins retaliatory attack to take the city once and for all, but a stash of weapons and ordnance is lost, alongside an important CIA asset. A brutal sect within Al Qaeda has also disappeared, suspected of being on the hunt for the weapons and willing to do whatever is needed to get them.
Solomon Church is stationed in the region with the British SAS. He and his team are tasked with finding the weapons, as well as the asset. However, they will have to contend with the maze-like set up of Fallujah’s streets, as well as the brutal Al Qaeda team who want blood like nothing Church has seen before. The battle for the city is essential to ensuring the war is not lost and one wrong move could cost everything.
Twenty years after the fact, someone reaches out to Church and asks him to help hunt down the remaining members of the Al Qaeda group to finish what was shelved all those years ago. Church is persuaded to enter the fight, but knows that it will not be easy. It is a dangerous mission, but essential to put things to rest once and for all! Morgan Greene shows skill and determination with this piece and has me eager to read more Solomon Church.
Morgan Greene effectively creates a bond with the reader in many novels. I discovered his work reading the Jamie Johansson series, but this collection forced me to mentally change gears. Solomon Church differs tremendously from Jamie, as the reader will discover. Told in chapters that alternate between past and present, the reader learns much from both timelines as the narrative comes together. Church shows a penchant to develop in the series and provides a decent backstory to entertain and flavour the story well. Plot points permit a glimpse of Church’s multi-faceted nature. He surprises the reader with his experiences and Greene shapes him to provide tense moments. I am eager to see where Greene takes things with the next novel.
Kudos, Mr. Greene, for keeping me on the edge of my seat!
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While working in Fallujah during the Iraq War, four Americans are ambushed by the brutal forces of Al Qaeda and tortured before being publicly hanged. US forces begins retaliatory attack to take the city once and for all, but a stash of weapons and ordnance is lost, alongside an important CIA asset. A brutal sect within Al Qaeda has also disappeared, suspected of being on the hunt for the weapons and willing to do whatever is needed to get them.
Solomon Church is stationed in the region with the British SAS. He and his team are tasked with finding the weapons, as well as the asset. However, they will have to contend with the maze-like set up of Fallujah’s streets, as well as the brutal Al Qaeda team who want blood like nothing Church has seen before. The battle for the city is essential to ensuring the war is not lost and one wrong move could cost everything.
Twenty years after the fact, someone reaches out to Church and asks him to help hunt down the remaining members of the Al Qaeda group to finish what was shelved all those years ago. Church is persuaded to enter the fight, but knows that it will not be easy. It is a dangerous mission, but essential to put things to rest once and for all! Morgan Greene shows skill and determination with this piece and has me eager to read more Solomon Church.
Morgan Greene effectively creates a bond with the reader in many novels. I discovered his work reading the Jamie Johansson series, but this collection forced me to mentally change gears. Solomon Church differs tremendously from Jamie, as the reader will discover. Told in chapters that alternate between past and present, the reader learns much from both timelines as the narrative comes together. Church shows a penchant to develop in the series and provides a decent backstory to entertain and flavour the story well. Plot points permit a glimpse of Church’s multi-faceted nature. He surprises the reader with his experiences and Greene shapes him to provide tense moments. I am eager to see where Greene takes things with the next novel.
Kudos, Mr. Greene, for keeping me on the edge of my seat!
Love/hate the review? An ever-growing collection of others appears at:
http://pecheyponderings.wordpress.com/
August 1, 2025
Another brilliant book letting us see what made Church the man we first met in the Jamie Johansson book.
I love the way the story is told alternating between 2004 & 2024, it gives us insight into how events then affect what is happening now.
After 4 US personnel are killed in an horrific manner, the US second Church from his SAS unit in Iraq to recover armaments that are missing , belived stolen by an Iraqui radical and his 4 psychotic disciples with an army of followers. The events that follow allow us to see behind Church 's military personna to the man beneath. War is indeed hell.
20 years later he is contacted by the leader who has reinvented himself as a French national with a wife and 2 children, disgusted by the actions of the man he was he wants Church to help him kill his 3 cohorts from Iraq.
Church has had these 4 men on his mind for the horrific actions in the past that ended so many lives in the most abhorrent ways.
He is torn between wanting to kill him there & then but having met his wife & children he decides to help him and whilst doing so decide if he is prepared to spare him for his family's sake if he truly is repentant and changed.
I love this style of writing and the pace builds towards the outstanding Finale.
Thank you Morgan Greene for yet another blockbuster book.
I love the way the story is told alternating between 2004 & 2024, it gives us insight into how events then affect what is happening now.
After 4 US personnel are killed in an horrific manner, the US second Church from his SAS unit in Iraq to recover armaments that are missing , belived stolen by an Iraqui radical and his 4 psychotic disciples with an army of followers. The events that follow allow us to see behind Church 's military personna to the man beneath. War is indeed hell.
20 years later he is contacted by the leader who has reinvented himself as a French national with a wife and 2 children, disgusted by the actions of the man he was he wants Church to help him kill his 3 cohorts from Iraq.
Church has had these 4 men on his mind for the horrific actions in the past that ended so many lives in the most abhorrent ways.
He is torn between wanting to kill him there & then but having met his wife & children he decides to help him and whilst doing so decide if he is prepared to spare him for his family's sake if he truly is repentant and changed.
I love this style of writing and the pace builds towards the outstanding Finale.
Thank you Morgan Greene for yet another blockbuster book.
August 5, 2025
Book 3 in the Solomon Church Series and definitely my favourite of the series so far. Told in dual timeline 2004 in Fallujah, Iraq and the present. In 2004 the US have lost vital military equipment together with one of their team Charlie Cassidy. Together with Sean Briggs, a US officer, Church sets out to find Charlie and the missing armaments, believed to be in the hands of Tariq al Aswad group a particularly violent offshoot of Al Qaeda.
Briefly, twenty years later Church is approached by a man he recognises from Fallujah. He wants Church to join him in killing the three remaining lieutenants from Tariq al Aswad saying that they are threatening his new life in France with his wife and two children. But Church doesn’t trust him and doesn’t know how he feels about allowing him to live!
This is a fast paced and exciting read with both threads equally as interesting and compelling. Church is a bit of a wild card who, despite his SAS training and his ability to kill without any compunction, has a kinder, gentler side which comes out more than once in this book. This is proper edge of the seat stuff, a very entertaining thriller, and looking forward to book 4.
Briefly, twenty years later Church is approached by a man he recognises from Fallujah. He wants Church to join him in killing the three remaining lieutenants from Tariq al Aswad saying that they are threatening his new life in France with his wife and two children. But Church doesn’t trust him and doesn’t know how he feels about allowing him to live!
This is a fast paced and exciting read with both threads equally as interesting and compelling. Church is a bit of a wild card who, despite his SAS training and his ability to kill without any compunction, has a kinder, gentler side which comes out more than once in this book. This is proper edge of the seat stuff, a very entertaining thriller, and looking forward to book 4.
November 27, 2025
Another fantastic book in the Solomon Church series!
Like the previous two books, this one had me on the edge of my seat! I love how the chapters swing from the past to the present and it really offers insight into Church's character.
Set in Fallujah 2004, this book takes you into the heart of Iraq. Once again we see Church embark on a dangerous mission that puts his life at risk. In the present Church works together with one of the remaining members of the terrorist group Tari al-Aswad. Can this contact be trusted? Will Church's past mistakes finally catch up to him?
I'm really enjoying this series and I love how the author writes so vividly that you can really picture yourself in the heart of the location and the unfolding drama. Church is such a multi-layered character that he makes for such great reading. At the heart of his character is ma who always seeks to do the right thing, even though people often get hurt.
Like the previous two books, this one had me on the edge of my seat! I love how the chapters swing from the past to the present and it really offers insight into Church's character.
Set in Fallujah 2004, this book takes you into the heart of Iraq. Once again we see Church embark on a dangerous mission that puts his life at risk. In the present Church works together with one of the remaining members of the terrorist group Tari al-Aswad. Can this contact be trusted? Will Church's past mistakes finally catch up to him?
I'm really enjoying this series and I love how the author writes so vividly that you can really picture yourself in the heart of the location and the unfolding drama. Church is such a multi-layered character that he makes for such great reading. At the heart of his character is ma who always seeks to do the right thing, even though people often get hurt.
July 29, 2025
This is another page-turner in this series. Solomon is contacted by an enemy from his days in Iraq with the aim to help him track down the old members of a vicious group. He reluctantly agrees and his new mission soon escalates. He also makes an enemy of a Russian mobster which sets things up nicely for a future book.
The story is set in different timelines. One is from his time in Iraq with the other being the present day. I really like this style. It gives us a great insight into events at that older time along with a buildup to why things are happening in the current day. I like seeing a side to Church that we don't really see in the Jamie books. He's not just a determined soldier, he has fears and doubts like the rest of us. The pace is relentless, the action sometimes shocking, but all adds up to a thrilling read. I look forward to the next one.
The story is set in different timelines. One is from his time in Iraq with the other being the present day. I really like this style. It gives us a great insight into events at that older time along with a buildup to why things are happening in the current day. I like seeing a side to Church that we don't really see in the Jamie books. He's not just a determined soldier, he has fears and doubts like the rest of us. The pace is relentless, the action sometimes shocking, but all adds up to a thrilling read. I look forward to the next one.
November 15, 2025
Frying pan & fire come to mind!
Church is the epitome of the good man trapped inside a killer. Despite his best efforts he always finds himself with Hobson's choice on his missions. This time with Hourani, he knows first hand the type of man he's dealing with.
Morgan Greene has created a very sympathetic protagonist in Solomon Church. Having survived to his fifties all he wants is to be left alone in his hideaway, but the world seems to be intent on prising him back out into a maelstrom of violence, unwilling but still capable. Maybe Greene takes pity on him at some point & gives him a shot at a personal life, I'm way behind the curve on this series so he might have even killed him off. I really hope not!
Church is the epitome of the good man trapped inside a killer. Despite his best efforts he always finds himself with Hobson's choice on his missions. This time with Hourani, he knows first hand the type of man he's dealing with.
Morgan Greene has created a very sympathetic protagonist in Solomon Church. Having survived to his fifties all he wants is to be left alone in his hideaway, but the world seems to be intent on prising him back out into a maelstrom of violence, unwilling but still capable. Maybe Greene takes pity on him at some point & gives him a shot at a personal life, I'm way behind the curve on this series so he might have even killed him off. I really hope not!
August 3, 2025
An enjoyable addition to the series
The third instalment of the Solomon Church series is another enjoyable book. Like the previous two books it is split into a current mission interwoven with the related story from Solomon’s past.
This time the stories relate to a twenty year old mission in Fallujah in Iraq 🇮🇶. Unlike the previous two books there is no twist of identity, with those being found in the current mission being known. This doesn’t lessen the drama as the story focuses on survival & finding the targets.
Another book I would recommend to read in his series.
I received an advanced copy for an honest review
The third instalment of the Solomon Church series is another enjoyable book. Like the previous two books it is split into a current mission interwoven with the related story from Solomon’s past.
This time the stories relate to a twenty year old mission in Fallujah in Iraq 🇮🇶. Unlike the previous two books there is no twist of identity, with those being found in the current mission being known. This doesn’t lessen the drama as the story focuses on survival & finding the targets.
Another book I would recommend to read in his series.
I received an advanced copy for an honest review
July 31, 2025
Many thanks to Morgan for the advanced reader copy of this book.
The Outcast is the latest book in the Solomon Church series and as usual it's action packed from the get go to the very last page. Morgan has the ability to make you feel like you are actually there in his books and with this one I could almost taste the grit from Fallujah.
The plot had me intrigued all the way through and I feel we are seeing a different, more human side to Church as the series continues-I'm really looking forward to Church's next outing.
The Outcast is the latest book in the Solomon Church series and as usual it's action packed from the get go to the very last page. Morgan has the ability to make you feel like you are actually there in his books and with this one I could almost taste the grit from Fallujah.
The plot had me intrigued all the way through and I feel we are seeing a different, more human side to Church as the series continues-I'm really looking forward to Church's next outing.
September 15, 2025
Great read
When Soloman meets an old enemy his first instinct is to kill him and did the world of this evil man. He convinces Church that the former members of his terrorist cell, who have so far escaped punishment for their barbaric crimes, are plotting something big and he needs Church's help to stop them. With each needing the other, but never truly trusting the other, they embark on a Europe wide mission to track these men down and take them out but are things what they seem or is Church signing his own death warrant
When Soloman meets an old enemy his first instinct is to kill him and did the world of this evil man. He convinces Church that the former members of his terrorist cell, who have so far escaped punishment for their barbaric crimes, are plotting something big and he needs Church's help to stop them. With each needing the other, but never truly trusting the other, they embark on a Europe wide mission to track these men down and take them out but are things what they seem or is Church signing his own death warrant
August 3, 2025
Another great read. Taking you into war zones of the past as well as the harrowing present day battles in Church's moral compass of doing the right thing.
The two worlds linking together and creating new characters that will move forward into the next book.
Plus keeping the old characters that we can't live without.
Well done.
The two worlds linking together and creating new characters that will move forward into the next book.
Plus keeping the old characters that we can't live without.
Well done.
August 4, 2025
Another page-turner, can't put downable book in this series. Solomon is hired by an enemy from his days in Iraq to help him track down the old members of a vicious group. He reluctantly agrees and as usual his new mission turns very intense leaving him with a Russian mobster as an enemy which means we are guaranteed another Solomon Church adventure. Love this series!!!
August 10, 2025
Another great read
Yet again Morgan Greene you write another fantastic book I couldn't put it down full of action and in the edge of my seat I enjoyed reading this as I do all you're books WHATS NEXT??
Yet again Morgan Greene you write another fantastic book I couldn't put it down full of action and in the edge of my seat I enjoyed reading this as I do all you're books WHATS NEXT??
September 1, 2025
Great read
I think what I love the most about these books is that they feed my need by being action packed. I love getting to know the character and what drives him. I love the the endings can go so many different ways .
I think what I love the most about these books is that they feed my need by being action packed. I love getting to know the character and what drives him. I love the the endings can go so many different ways .
September 29, 2025
What a scorcher of a read
Brilliant story , couldn’t put it down. Fast paced , lots of action with the two timelines meeting for a cracking ending.
Love the relationship with Hallberg & hoping Church will be back with Jamie in the next book with Church doing what he does best.
Brilliant story , couldn’t put it down. Fast paced , lots of action with the two timelines meeting for a cracking ending.
Love the relationship with Hallberg & hoping Church will be back with Jamie in the next book with Church doing what he does best.
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October 19, 2025Well plotted and explosive.
The main characters are interesting, the plot twists believable with a fast pace. Our hero Solomon Church finds himself dragged out of hiding to take on an impossible task whilst battling Islamic extremists and sinister Russian mafia bosses.
The main characters are interesting, the plot twists believable with a fast pace. Our hero Solomon Church finds himself dragged out of hiding to take on an impossible task whilst battling Islamic extremists and sinister Russian mafia bosses.
December 2, 2025
Even though, as I have mentioned before these are not my type of stories, but I did enjoy this one. Not too much violence and easy to follow. Like reading the observations of the author at the end of the history behind what lead to the wars etc.
July 29, 2025
Great plot kept me gripped throughout. Greene’s writing made me feel as if I was really there in Fallujah…. Tasting the heat and dust. Morgan Greene is a truly versatile and modern writer.
August 1, 2025
Morgan Greene is a master with these stories. One more can't put it down book that caused a lot of sleep loss because I couldn't stop reading it. I cannot wait for the next book.
August 13, 2025
Loved the 2 time frames in the storyline and looking forward to the next installment after that ending!
February 2, 2026
Another excellent Morgan Greene book. Really keeps you reading.
September 25, 2025
Solomon Church didn’t disappoint in his first two adventures they are excellent reads. His latest outing The Outcast continues to grip you with his moral stance and his loyalty to his given task. The Outcast is an outstanding story seamlessly slipping between his historic story and the present day action. It is a page turner from page 1 the action never stops, the book is unputdownable.
If you like non stop credible action stories I urge to read the book - the series - the authors other books
If you like non stop credible action stories I urge to read the book - the series - the authors other books
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