Red Sky Mourning by Ray Porter

Red Sky Mourning

A Thriller

Ray Porter, Jack Carr, Simon & Schuster Audio

Atria/Emily Bestler Books · Print & ebook · September 2, 2025

With the walls closing in, Navy SEAL sniper James Reece is on a race to dismantle a conspiracy that has forced America to her knees in the latest high-octane page-turner that seems ripped from the headlines from the “hottest author on the thriller scene today” (The Real Book Spy), #1 New York Times bestseller Jack Carr.

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Who it’s for
A taut thriller built for tension, momentum, and the familiar snap of political stakes.
Genres
Military Thrillers, Spy Fiction, Political Thrillers
Published
Atria/Emily Bestler Books, September 2, 2025

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With the walls closing in, Navy SEAL sniper James Reece is on a race to dismantle a conspiracy that has forced America to her knees in the latest high-octane page-turner that seems ripped from the headlines from the “hottest author on the thriller scene today” (The Real Book Spy), #1 New York Times bestseller Jack Carr. You think you know James Reece. Think again. A storm is on the horizon. America’s days are numbered.

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A Chinese submarine has gone rogue and is navigating towards the continental United States, putting its nuclear missiles within striking distance of the West Coast. A rising Silicon Valley tech mogul with unknown allegiances is at the forefront of a revolution in quantum computing and artificial intelligence. A politician controlled by a foreign power is a breath away from the Oval Office. Three seemingly disconnected events are on a collision course to ignite a power grab unlike anything the world has ever seen. The country’s only hope is a quantum computer that has gone dark, learning at a rate inconceivable at her inception. But during her time in hiding, she has done more than learn. She is now positioned to act as either the country’s greatest savior or its worst enemy. She is known as “Alice” and her only connection to the outside world is to a former Navy SEAL sniper named James Reece who has left the violence of his past life behind. Will there be blood? Count on it! Will the forces that threaten to destroy the United States be enough to light the fuse of Reece’s resurrection?

Tense and Fast

A taut thriller built for tension, momentum, and the familiar snap of political stakes.

Come here for

  • political-military tension
  • modern thriller pace

Expect

  • category-familiar signals
  • immersive, sustained reading

Where it sits

Military Thrillers90%
Spy Fiction48%
Political Thrillers33%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Spy Fiction
  • Suspense
  • Political Thrillers
Authors
Ray Porter, Jack Carr, Simon & Schuster Audio
Publisher
Atria/Emily Bestler Books
Published
September 2, 2025
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Spy Fiction