Last Light Mcnab, Andy

Nick Stone is back in Florida, trying to keep his head down. But MI6 doesn't care about your retirement plans. They want him for one last job: a high-stakes assassination in Panama that spirals into a desperate hunt through the jungle. Stone's target is a man who knows too much, and when the mission goes sideways, he's left with a dying woman's final words and a terrified child he never signed up to protect. Andy McNab writes like someone who's been there — because he has. Former SAS operative turned bestselling thriller writer, he delivers propulsive action that feels authentic rather than Hollywood. This is espionage fiction stripped of glamour: sweaty, brutal, and morally messy. If you want Jack Reacher with more gunpowder residue and fewer shower scenes, or if Tom Clancy feels a bit too sanitized these days, McNab's Nick Stone series hits different.