The Amir Duran Series

John Ward

Book 1: The Citadel
Publication date: March 3, 2017
Genre: Espionage Thriller
Paperback: 978-1-925417-28-9
eBook: 978-1-925417-29-6​

Detective Amir Omar Duran was just a boy when the British invaded his beloved Granada. Now—after two decades of colonial rule—the ancient city of winding alleys and iconic architecture is a smoldering caldron of corruption, poverty and strife.

On the eve of a political summit between the city’s wrangling factions, Amir is dispatched to Granada’s torrid outskirts to investigate the unusual death of an African migrant. When the investigation puts Amir at odds with some of Granada’s most powerful men, Agent Brit Tillman is assigned by The British Crown to keep a watchful eye.

As more shocking evidence is unearthed, Amir and Brit must form an alliance to foil a dark conspiracy and uncover the man behind it. And in a city full of unsavory businessmen, desperate refugees, and hard-boiled spies, almost everyone is a suspect.

Book 2​: The Sovereign
Publication date: September 25, 2018
Genre: Espionage Thriller
Paperback: 978-1-925417-75-3
eBook: 978-1-925417-76-0

Special Agent Amir Duran can’t wrap his head around any of it. First, his boss tells him about the boy down in Zanzibar. He’s immune, she says--immune to the Red Death. A potential cure for the most catastrophic disease in human history? If that weren’t enough to blow Amir’s mind, she lets him know who the brass back in London have chosen to chase the kid down. And, quick—the Russians and Japanese are after the boy too.
 
None of it computes. Just a year ago Amir was still a cop keeping the peace in the squalid slums of Granada, Spain. He hasn’t even travelled outside the city since the British invaded when he was a kid. And now they’ve chosen him—a brand new case officer without an ounce of international field experience—to spearhead the most important covert op in decades.

​Amir’s late grandfather, Jeddo, always warned him about the British. They can’t be trusted. All they care about is conquest. But orders are orders, and Amir can handle himself in dangerous situations.
 
When Amir arrives in Zanzibar, though, Jeddo’s paranoia begins to ring of prophecy. London’s orders have changed. What had been a rescue mission has become a hit job. With a ruthless killer on his trail, Amir must call on an unlikely assortment of friends and strangers to get the boy out alive.

Book 3​: The Sierra
Publication date: October 14, 2019
Genre: Espionage Thriller
Paperback: 978-1-925965-00-1
eBook: 978-1-925965-01-8​

After a bloody stint abroad, onetime spy Amir Duran returned home to the British colony of Granada, Spain to do what he does best: police work. 

But it’s a bad time to be a cop in Granada. Climate change has ravaged the colony’s all-powerful agricultural industry and its unscrupulous plantation owners have resorted to farming the most lucrative—and addictive—crop their hothouses can produce. 

With half the city hooked on plantation dope, crime is abundant and hope is in short supply. To make matters worse, Granada’s British overlords have conveniently turned a blind eye to the sins of the powerful and the suffering of the poor. 

When Amir’s own partner is gunned down while investigating a drug-related homicide, Amir decides playing by the rules just won’t cut it anymore. Amir sets out for justice—and retribution—by any means necessary. Even it means tearing the whole bloody system down. ​