Character-driven special ops military thrillers
CRONUS: Team Zeus
The first book of CRONUS: Team Zeus is out now!
They’re a Special Ops team, stateside for the first time in years. Being rested from missions while they recover from their last, but what happens when the team leader’s wife goes missing?
The hunt is on for a serial killer.
Their Captain wants his wife back and nothing will stop him.
This book is the first in the series focusing on three special ops teams working under the code name CRONUS. Nothing is ever simple but with a leader that drives their admiral crazy, their humor and their compulsion to make ridiculous bets, they’ll get through anything.
"Bring out the next one!"
Hurry up and bring out the next one! This book was full of suspense and action and I just powered through it. When it was finished it was one of those novels that I did not want to end, I was living in the book and experiencing all the emotions! Please bring out book 2 soon, I feel like my life is missing something.
"Gripping thriller with high-stakes action and a race against time"
30 Days Has November... by Asher Zands is an electrifying mix of military thriller, suspense, and relentless action that will keep you hooked from page one. With a pulse-pounding premise, razor-sharp tension, and a team of Special Ops soldiers determined to bring justice, this book is impossible to put down.
Women are disappearing every month—without a trace, without a clue. But when the wife of a Special Ops Captain vanishes, the hunt becomes personal. The CRONUS team is no stranger to danger, but this time, the battlefield is at home, and the enemy is a ruthless serial killer operating on a deadly timetable.
What I loved about this book is the perfect balance of high-stakes intensity and the camaraderie of the CRONUS team. Their humor, their brotherhood, and their unwavering loyalty make them more.
"Loved the team and their dynamics"
I couldn’t put it down and it only got harder as I got further into the story and it picked up speed. This book cost me sleep! There was humour, twists and turns.... I loved the team and their dynamics. Lachlan and Bruce were my favourites. For the importance and seriousness of their jobs, they often came across as big kids. Lots of banter. I also loved how the female lead character wasn’t just waiting for others to come to her rescue.
This novel covered some heavy topics but I found it wasn’t overwhelming. The author didn’t make light of these situations but showed instead the strength and resilience of the characters. I really liked how past traumas were portrayed as being a journey and not a quick fix, where with therapy they were moving on but bad memories or moments would still revisit every now and then.
Meet the author
Hello! I'm Asher Zands
A walking contradiction, I’m an introverted, self-confessed hermit, happy to hunker down and not leave the house for days yet just as quick to jump at any opportunity to travel by air or sea. I bring that love of travel and exotic places to my novels. From throughout the US to Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South America, Mexico, the Caribbean and Europe, I’ve found many favorite places. I know what it’s like to be a fish out of water but despite my love of travel, there is still no place like home.
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CRONUS: Team Zeus is a series that will resonate with lovers of JD Robb, Lee Childs and Karen Rose.
As an avid reader, I know the challenge of finding characters I can sink into, and a story world that keeps going beyond the final page. In the dozens of books I read every month, the ones that speak to me most are those with characters that reach through the page and grab me.
It’s this passion for character-driven story that led me to write the CRONUS: Team Zeus series. Although we follow Team Zeus into some awful situations, life is too stressful to not enjoy happier endings. Even when facing terror, our team can get through it, together.
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Team Zeus: your new book family
Around here, we hate stories that end too quickly, leaving us unsatisfied and frustrated. We love characters that are given time to breathe, that we can celebrate alongside when they overcome terrible odds. We’re all time-poor and we aught to have books that immerse us. We love fully-rounded characters, the cutesy among the thrills, and stories that keep growing with each book.
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As an author and avid reader, I know the joy of coming through the darkness into the light alongside a cast of characters that you know and love. We need stories that take us through the thrills, action and mystery, but still let us celebrate a happier ending.
The problem is that it’s become genre convention to catch the bad guy, then write THE END, leaving us marooned at the end of a book without closure, without time to see the characters we’ve come to know and love enjoy their success. And even the greatest books come to an end, and we have to leave our favorite characters behind.
That’s why I write character-driven, brain-twister books that toss out the bland, cookie-cutter characters and welcome in the hijinks, love, and comradery – while they overcome the odds in some of the darkest situations humans can concoct.
Real life’s too stressful to not enjoy happier endings. Dive into CRONUS: Team Zeus today: special ops military thrillers with a team of loyal, beat-anything characters you’ll love, where there’s always another adventure just around the corner.