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Matt Drake · Book 1

Without Sanction

by Don Bentley
Published
3 March 2020
Pages
424
ISBN-13
9781984805119
Type
novel
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About this book

At 424 pages, Without Sanction is the longest entry in Matt Drake, launching Don Bentley's series in 2020. It introduces Drake, a Defense Intelligence Agency operative and former Army pilot, through a hostage rescue in Afghanistan that spirals into a much larger conspiracy, written with the technical precision of an author who actually flew Apache helicopters and worked FBI counterintelligence.

Key facts about Without Sanction

Without Sanction is a novel by Don Bentley. Readers have had it since 3 March 2020. It runs to 424 pages.

Our list holds 2 editions of Without Sanction. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781984805119 to find the main one.

Without Sanction is book 1 of 4 in the Matt Drake series. The series has 4 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with. Forgotten War is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 2 May 2023.

Additionally, Don Bentley writes Jack Ryan and Mitch Rapp as separate series. Those series sit on our thriller and military thriller shelves. Meanwhile, Denied Access is the latest published Don Bentley book on file, from 30 September 2025.

About Don Bentley

Don Bentley is an American thriller writer and former U.S. Army Apache helicopter pilot and FBI special agent whose military and law-enforcement background directly informs his fiction. See every Don Bentley book in order.

Its place in Matt Drake

Without Sanction is book 1 in the Matt Drake series. It is followed by The Outside Man. See the full Matt Drake reading order.

Before Don Bentley took over Mitch Rapp and started co-writing Jack Ryan, he launched his own hero: Matt Drake, a Defense Intelligence Agency operative and former Army pilot whose missions read with the technical precision you'd expect from an author who actually flew Apache helicopters and worked FBI counterintelligence before writing fiction. Without Sanction (2020) drops Drake into a hostage rescue in Afghanistan that spirals into a much larger conspiracy; The Outside Man (2021), Hostile Intent (2022) and…

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