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Final Payout: An Explosive Thriller of Assassins, Power, and Payback
It’s open season on billionaires—and business is booming.
When the world’s wealthiest power players start dying in freak “accidents,” the Shadow Directive is quietly activated. These aren’t coincidences. They’re executions—meticulously planned, ruthlessly carried out.
As the team races to uncover the killer’s identity, the casualty list grows... and so do the stakes. Because in a world where money shields monsters, someone just changed the rules.
And the final payout is death.
The hunt begins. Secure your copy today!
When the world’s wealthiest power players start dying in freak “accidents,” the Shadow Directive is quietly activated. These aren’t coincidences. They’re executions—meticulously planned, ruthlessly carried out.
As the team races to uncover the killer’s identity, the casualty list grows... and so do the stakes. Because in a world where money shields monsters, someone just changed the rules.
And the final payout is death.
The hunt begins. Secure your copy today!
468 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 19, 2026
About the author
R.D. Brady
239 books346 followersR.D. Brady is the bestselling author of over 60 science-based thrillers, cryptid adventure novels, and mythological conspiracy series that blend real-world science with nonstop action.
With a Ph.D. in Criminology and a professional background in counterterrorism and behavioral science, R.D. brings expert insight to her fast-paced fiction. Her stories are known for featuring fierce female leads, ancient secrets, and cutting-edge research that challenges what we think we know about science, history, and the unknown.
She is best known for the long-running Belial Series, a fan-favorite that explores archaeological mysteries and supernatural revelations—and continues with the high-stakes Belial Rebirth Arc.
R.D. is also the author of The Ancestral Code Series, starting with Hominid, a cryptid-meets-science thriller that reimagines the Bigfoot legend. Her other popular works include the A.L.I.V.E. Series, The Unwelcome Trilogy, and the latest addition, the Shadow Directive series, including Predator Dominion.
Whether it's a global genetic conspiracy, an ancient civilization buried beneath modern myths, or a killer storm trapping a wrongly accused man, R.D.'s books deliver the adrenaline, mystery, and emotional depth that fans of Michael Crichton, Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child, and James Rollins crave.
When not writing, R.D. teaches martial arts, runs with her dogs, and tends to her garden. Under the pen name Sadie Hobbes, she also writes sharp, fast-paced urban fantasy thrillers.
📬 Subscribe at rdbradybooks.com to get exclusive extras, free novellas, and first looks at upcoming books.
With a Ph.D. in Criminology and a professional background in counterterrorism and behavioral science, R.D. brings expert insight to her fast-paced fiction. Her stories are known for featuring fierce female leads, ancient secrets, and cutting-edge research that challenges what we think we know about science, history, and the unknown.
She is best known for the long-running Belial Series, a fan-favorite that explores archaeological mysteries and supernatural revelations—and continues with the high-stakes Belial Rebirth Arc.
R.D. is also the author of The Ancestral Code Series, starting with Hominid, a cryptid-meets-science thriller that reimagines the Bigfoot legend. Her other popular works include the A.L.I.V.E. Series, The Unwelcome Trilogy, and the latest addition, the Shadow Directive series, including Predator Dominion.
Whether it's a global genetic conspiracy, an ancient civilization buried beneath modern myths, or a killer storm trapping a wrongly accused man, R.D.'s books deliver the adrenaline, mystery, and emotional depth that fans of Michael Crichton, Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child, and James Rollins crave.
When not writing, R.D. teaches martial arts, runs with her dogs, and tends to her garden. Under the pen name Sadie Hobbes, she also writes sharp, fast-paced urban fantasy thrillers.
📬 Subscribe at rdbradybooks.com to get exclusive extras, free novellas, and first looks at upcoming books.
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May 22, 2026
It is always a pleasure to read this writer's stories. They are well developed as well as well written, with interesting, balanced characters & always amazing ideas! A really good, well paced thriller which I do recommend!
July 17, 2026
Thoroughly enjoyed this story, have only read a couple of books by RD but have to say I’ve enjoyed what I’ve read, this is quite topical at the moment with all the uncertainty, and “Doom” around AI, add in the super wealthy, influencers and a smattering of politics and you have a very up to date, and current thriller, strong characters and great storyline well told, reccomended👍🏻
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