Meet Terrence McCauley

 
 

Background: Terrence McCauley is an award-winning writer of Thrillers, Crime Fiction and Westerns.

His first two Aaron Mackey westerns (Where the Bullets Fly and Dark Territory), were finalists for the Western Writers of America’s Silver Spur Award. Where the Bullets Fly won the Western Fictioneers Award for Best Novel in 2018. The third and fourth books in the series, Get Out of Town and The Dark Sunrise, were published in 2020.

Terrence has also written three stand-alone novels for the successful Ralph Compton Series at Berkeley. The Kelly Trail and Ride the Hammer Down were published in 2020, with Stagecoach to Hell released in 2021.

Terrence is also the author of the acclaimed University Series, which includes: The Moscow Protocol, A Conspiracy of Ravens, A Murder of Crows and Sympathy for the Devil. He has also written two award-winning crime fiction novels set in 1930 New York City – Prohibition and Slow Burn. His World War I novella – The Devil Dogs of Belleau Wood – won the Silver Medal for Historical Fiction from the Military Writers Society of America. Proceeds from sales go directly to benefit the Semper Fi Fund.

In 2016, Terrence’s short story El Cambalache was nominated for Best Short Story in the ITW’s annual Thriller Awards. His short stories have been featured in Thuglit, Shotgun Honey, Down and Out Magazine and many other publications. He is a member of the New York City chapter of the Mystery Writers of America, International Thriller Writers, the International Crime Writers Association, the Military Writers Society of America and the Western Writers of America.

Terrence is an avid reader, loves classic movies and enjoys traveling. A proud native of The Bronx, NY, he currently lives in Dutchess County, NY where he is writing his next work of fiction.

Upcoming Book News: The fourth book in my University Series, The Moscow Protocol, will be published by Rough Edges Press on February 2, 2022. (summary, reviews and links to purchase)

Authors That Influenced You: Nelson DeMille, James Ellroy, Raymond Chandler, Patricia Highsmith and Len Deighton.

Authors You Would Recommend: Eric Bishop, Paul Bishop, Cheryl Head, Sean Lynch, Jeff Hess and Marc Cameron.

Favorite Indie Bookstore: Merritt Book Store in Millbrook, NY.

Charities: Semper Fi Fund is dedicated to providing assistance to our combat wounded, critically ill and injured service members, military family members, and veterans, from all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces.

How To Contact Terrence: Email, Website, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

The Moscow Protocol (University Series #4)

 
 

Men are driven by grief and duty. Only justice can complete the mission.

What do an ex-KGB agent, a North Korean Colonel, an arms dealer, a vice peddler and a renegade Chinese general have in common? Each of them has a target on their back.

After spending his life fighting his nation’s enemies all over the globe and grieving the death of a fellow agent and lover, James Hicks is on the road to recovery from extensive facial reconstructive surgery—which thwarts all known facial recognition scanners—when he finds one of the most wanted men in the world. This does not come without cost, as Hicks soon discovers. Interpol and the FBI want to question him, the CIA wants to capture him, and a mysterious network known as The Vanguard wants him dead.

Forced into hiding, Hicks is determined to team up with The University and devise a bold and deadly plan, which aims to lure The Vanguard into a trap that will end its threat to democracy once and for all.

In an epically mad chase spanning the mean streets of Manhattan, the dangerous jungles of Vietnam, and the back alleys of Bangkok, Hicks and his international team must work together to pull down The Vanguard in a final blow that may change the course of history forever. But will the addicting taste of revenge and the ever-interfering American Intelligence community stand in the way of them completing their mission?

A Conspiracy Of Ravens (University Series #3)

The Battle Lines Have Been Drawn. The War Has Begun.

James Hicks has spent his entire life and career fighting on the front lines of terrorism for the clandestine intelligence organization known as The University. Hicks has learned that enemies can appear and disappear in the blink of an eye, and allegiances shift like the wind. But now, Hicks has finally discovered his true enemy: the criminal organization known as The Vanguard.

This shadowy group has operated as a deadly organization—comprised of weapons dealers, drug runners, and money launderers—for decades and has recently decided to add a regime change to their catastrophic agenda. But knowing the enemy is one thing. Being able to defeat it is another matter entirely. When Hicks uncovers a solid lead, his world explodes. His home base is attacked, his operatives in the field are wiped out and, for the first time, The University finds itself in open combat against an unknown enemy.

In a battle that rages from the streets of Manhattan to the halls of power in Washington, D.C., and towards the dark alleys of Berlin, Hicks will have to use every resource at his disposal to defeat A Conspiracy of Ravens.

A Murder Of Crows (University Series #2)

The crows are gathering. War is coming.

For years, every intelligence agency in the world has been chasing the elusive terrorist known only as The Moroccan. But when James Hicks and his clandestine group known as the University thwart a bio-terror attack against New York City and capture The Moroccan, they find themselves in the crosshairs of their own intelligence community.

The CIA, NSA, DIA and the Mossad are still hunting for The Moroccan and will stop at nothing to get him. Hicks must find a way to keep the other agencies at bay while he tries to break the terrorist and uncover what else he’s planning.

When The Moroccan ultimately surrenders information that leads to the most wanted terrorist in the world, Hicks and his team find themselves in a strange new world where allies become enemies, enemies become allies and the fate of the University—perhaps even the Western world—may hang in the balance.

Sympathy For The Devil (University Series #1)

 
 

Old war. New enemies. The devil has arrived.

The University has been a clandestine organization since the days of the OSS. The University and its agents have always lived in the shadows, using its vast intelligence resources to help defeat the Nazis, end the Cold War and strike back at terrorists all over the globe. They have been at the forefront of global espionage for decades. Entrusted with running The University, James Hicks is one of the most powerful—and secretive—men alive.

But when Hicks’ brilliant protege is turned by a terrorist group that has alarmingly already begun operating on U.S. soil, Hicks finds himself in a race against time to find out just how the agent was turned and why. He must use The University’s covert global network to uncover a deadly biological plot that threatens to unleash a new era of chaos and anarchy—not only against the United States, but the entire western world.

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