The Storm

Hard hitting. Fast paced. High stakes. Welcome to the sixth instalment of the Black Force Shorts series from Matt Rogers, a million-copy bestseller and 'a bright new talent shaking up the genre' (Candice Fox).

Lagos, Nigeria. A city with a population pushing twenty million, but government black ops agent James Xu is only interested in one man. In a rundown seaside bar damp with humidity he confronts Jimmy Neak, a lowly deckhand set to make a voyage on an international freighter across the Gulf of Guinea in a few short hours. Time is of the essence; U.S. military intelligence fears the Cambodian American has been radicalised in the aftermath of his brother’s violent death. They task Xu with finding out why.

What he uncovers sends him on an explosive, pulse-pounding voyage into the bowels of a gigantic merchant vessel – as it heads for one of the most devastating storms in recent history.

© 2025 Simon & Schuster Australia (Audiobook): 9781761631023

Release date

Audiobook: 27 October 2025