John Milton · Book 6

The Sword of God

by Mark Dawson

Published
1 January 2014
Pages
422
ISBN-13
9781500975180
Type
novel

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About this book

"The Sword of God" (2014) continues the series at number 5, and is 422 pages long. As with the rest of the series, it drops Milton into a new innocent's crisis -- cartels, trafficking, corrupt police, or Group Fifteen's own politics -- while a slow-burn thread about his sobriety and redemption runs underneath.

Its place in John Milton

The Sword of God is book 6 in the John Milton series. It follows Ghosts. It is followed by Tarantula. See the full John Milton reading order.

John Milton was Special Forces before he became Number One -- the lead assassin of Group Fifteen, a deniable British government kill squad -- until a job in Manila broke something in him and he walked away. Mark Dawson's series, launched independently in 2013 with The Cleaner , follows Milton as he tries to atone through a strict personal code (help someone in genuine trouble, then move on before he's found) while his old employers, and the enemies his past has made, keep dragging him back into violence. Each…

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