Don Bentley is the New York Times Bestselling author of the Matt Drake series, four Tom Clancy Jack Ryan, Jr. novels, and the Vince Flynn Mitch Rapp series.
Don spent a decade as an Army Apache helicopter pilot was deployed to Afghanistan as an Air Cavalry Troop Commander. Following his time in the military, Don worked as an FBI special agent focusing on foreign intelligence and counterintelligence and was a Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team member. Don lives with his family in Austin, Texas.
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