The Dark Passage: A Sam Raven Thriller (Sam Raven Book #12)

In the lethal world of espionage thrillers, Sam Raven is once again the last line of defense. This time, the threat isn’t just criminal—it’s geopolitical.

When an undercover CIA operative is found tortured and barely alive in a cartel compound, Raven launches a daring rescue that plunges him deep into the Balkans’ most dangerous underworld. The mission leads to a disturbing discovery: a synthetic opioid engineered for mass addiction, poised to flood Europe. Behind it all is the Balkan Cartel led by a brutal new kingpin with plans to weaponize the profits, topple governments, and build a terrorist sanctuary in Eastern Europe.

Teaming up with the rescued agent, Elena Covaci—a woman driven by vengeance for atrocities committed during the Yugoslav Wars—Raven races to stop a conspiracy that stretches from shadowy warlords to corrupt officials in high places. But Elena’s thirst for justice may put everything at risk.

From Montenegro’s jagged coastlines to the dark alleys of Eastern Europe, Raven faces a race against time through a gauntlet of betrayal, brutality, and bloodshed. As the body count rises, so do the stakes. And in this war, mercy is a weakness—and mistakes are fatal.