MIKE4
Book 1 in the MIKE4 Series
MIKE4 IS THE CALL SIGN FOR CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER SUE O’CONNELL — a Special Operations Force (SOF) surveillance specialist. She is the daughter of pair of CIA agents and the granddaughter of a famous World War II OSS agent. She is part of a team that “finds and fixes in place” terrorists so that SOF assault teams can “finish” the target.
An injury forces O’Connell to join a team of SOF operators training to become counterterrorism intelligence collectors. While at the CIA Farm, Sue learns that her family has a more complex history in the CIA than she thought: A history that includes both counterintelligence secrets and a 60 year-old Russian vendetta.
Sometimes, learning family secrets can be painful.
Sometimes, they can be deadly.
Publication Date
August 15, 2019
friend or foe
Book 2 in the MIKE4 Series
SOF intelligence operator Sue O’Connell, callsign MIKE4, returns to hunt down a terrorist network determined to acquire nuclear material for a dirty bomb. As part of that effort, Sue must rescue a kidnapped colleague someplace on the Syrian-Iraq border. Meanwhile, both her mother and her brother continue to face the threat of the vendetta with a Russian mafia family.
Publication Date
June 3, 2021
THE EXECUTIONER’S BLADE
Book 3 in the MIKE4 Series
In this suspense-filled thriller, Seeger takes his readers on a voyage of discovery across a dangerous, clandestine world he knows so well. His own experience in special ops add unmatched granularity and reality to a fast-paced, terrific yarn.
Milt Bearden, author of The Black Tulip and co-author of The Main Enemy
In his latest in the Mike4 series, The Executioner’s Blade, JR Seeger explores the increasing overlap between America’s Special Forces warriors and their silent cousins in the intelligence community. Nobody is better positioned to tell these stories. Seeger has been on the front lines of the post-9/11 wars and his breadth and depth of experience is visible on every page. Seeger has developed enduring characters who allow him to explore issues related to war, family and betrayal.
John Sipher, retired CIA Senior Intelligence Service. John (@john_sipher) is the co-founder of Spycraft Entertainment (Spycraft), a production firm providing content and talent to the entertainment industry, and a Director of Client Services at CrossLead, a software and consulting firm
Publication Date
June 9, 2019
O’CONNELL’S TREASURE
Book 4 in the MIKE4 Series
In 1943, Captain Peter O’Connell leaves the 82nd Airborne through a mysterious invitation and joins the first US Special Forces, the Office of Special Services (OSS). O’Connell soon realizes the OSS mission to support the Resistance in Occupied Europe is more than just sabotage and subversion. It also means staying alive behind the lines when you rarely know who is friend and who is your enemy. Reassigned to India in late 1944, Peter and his British colleagues work to destroy a Nazi sabotage ring based in Goa. Success in this operation uncovers O’Connell’s treasure — Nazi gold and his future wife.
Publication Date
November 25, 2019
A GRAVEYARD FOR SPIES
Book 5 in the MIKE4 Series
A murder in East Aurora begins another tale of the espionage adventures of the O’Connell family. As retired CIA officer Barbara O’Connell follows the trail of an Irish assassin, her daughter, SOF operator Sue O’Connell (AKA MIKE4), tracks a terrorist smuggling ring in Afghanistan. The two threads of the story end with a final, explosive climax on the Dalmatian Coast of the Adriatic Sea.
Publication Date
May 13, 2020
THE SILICON ADDICTION
Book 6 in the MIKE4 Series
In The Silicon Addiction retired 82nd Airborne paratrooper and CIA officer JR Seeger delivers another thrilling espionage adventure. This time Special Forces Operator Sue O’Connell’s mission is to detect and neutralize a threat in cyber space. From a source meeting in Dubai to a high-speed chase along New York Route 16 and a gun fight in Tadzhikistan, Seeger demonstrates a sophisticated command of military special operations and spying tradecraft. O’Connell’s introspective discussion about 9/11 with her comrade in arms “Flash,” demonstrates Seeger’s skill in entwining character development with a riveting plot, best read in one sitting. —DAN HOFFMAN, retired member of the CIA Senior Intelligence Service and Fox News Media Contributor
SOF intelligence assets are dying. Operations in the Middle East and Afghanistan have been compromised. Sue O’Connell and her teammates have to find the leak and find it fast.
The hunt for the cyber hackers takes the SOF contingent to Turkey, the Persian Gulf and Afghanistan. Back at home, Sue’s brother in the BBI finds himself stuck on a similar problem, as adversaries in the US are using cyber operations to steal Pentagon secrets. Even Sue’s mother, retired CIA case officer Barbara O’Connell, faces the a cyber challenge. And every time they defeat one cyber threat, another is uncovered.
In The Silicon Addiction, the complex world of cyber operations is in full display. Hunting terrorists on the battlefield is one thing, hunting cyber villains who can be in any place, at any time, is another.
Publication Date
February 21, 2021
PLAYGROUND FOR AMBITION
Book 7 in the MIKE4 Series
SPECIAL OPERATIONS INTELLIGENCE OFFICER SUE O’CONNELL has found a way to break free from mundane office desk work. She and her colleagues from the SOF HUMINT cell are going to hunt down two Balkan war criminals visiting Germany.
Better still, Sue is going to get a chance to work with her boyfriend, who is also based in Germany. They simply need to prove that the travelers are war criminals, then turn the information over to the German authorities. Meanwhile, Sue’s mother, Barbara O’Connell, is working on a project to return art looted during World War II to the original owners. The project involves identifying if the art for sale at a Frankfurt auction house belonged to a Jewish family in 1939. If so, the family can file a lawsuit to stop the sale and arrange for the return of their heirlooms.
Both projects seem straightforward: Collect the information and turn the operations over to the Germans. But, like so much in the history of the O’Connell family, nothing is truly easy or without risks. When the two operations collide with a scheme involving a vast, new playground for ambition, treachery reaches startling heights.
Publication Date
June 12, 2022
THE SWORDFISH DECEPTION
Book 8 in the MIKE4 Series
After nearly fifteen years of war zone deployments as a military intelligence officer with the US Special Operations Force (SOF), Sue O’Connell is now working in a world where it iss unlikely that she would be shot, blown up, or captured. Officially, she now works for the CIA. But US and European agents and sources are dying mysteriously, and Sue’s team is suddenly on its way to Germany. As CO Jamie Schenk says, “It’s murder, Sue. A simple case of murder.”
Meanwhile, Sue’s mother, retired CIA case officer Barbara O’Connell, is at home and puzzling out a mysterious note and the key to a Swiss bank account left to her by her father-in-law, OSS commando and CIA intelligence officer Peter O’Connell Sr. So, Sue reaches out to friend and colleague Beth Parsons, former ambassador and current troubleshooter for an international insurance company. Beth offers her banking assistance in exchange for a little help with a stolen Russian icon.
Once again, the paths of Sue and Barbara twist and converge. Once again, they find themselves targeted obstacles to be eliminated by the Russian mercenaries known as SWORDFISH.
Publication Date
December 11, 2023
THE REMAINS OF A SPY
Book 9 in the MIKE4 Series
Barbara O'Connell discovers more of her family history than she can imagine. Hidden in her house, she finds her father-in-law's diary of events in SE Asia in the 1960s. The secrets in this diary lead Barbara and her colleagues on a chase to save a kidnapped friend and the final resolution of Nazi gold sitting in a Swiss safety deposit box. The gold is only one part of the story revealing the remains of a spy.
Publication Date
July 13, 2025
swordfish revenge
Book 10 in the MIKE4 Series
Sue O'Connell (MIKE4) is a target of an assassination plot by SWORDFISH, the Russian mercenary organization that she and her colleagues have been fighting for years. In response, a joint CIA and US Special Operations Force unit works to track down the leaders of SWORDFISH and bring them to justice. Along the way, Sue meets new allies and new enemies as the story moves across the US and Europe.
Publication Date
October 15, 2025