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If you fly on the airlines and are looking for a thrilling read, check out the novel MAYDAY!

Be sure to fasten your seat belt and raise your tray table because the ride is about to get terrifying.

The Tech-Liner—appropriately christened the Spirit of Silicon Valley—is the most advanced airliner ever built. Its speed and luxurious amenities could usher in a new golden age of air travel. Struggling Alpha Airlines is betting its future on the new jet.

But on its maiden voyage—packed with VIPs from government, industry, and banking—this state-of-the-art plane is also a prime target for attack.

Capt. Mark Smith, former US Air Force pilot and now Alpha Airlines Chief Pilot, will need to draw on all his decades of experience to make sure that never happens. At thirty-five thousand feet above the ocean, things on his flight spin wildly out of control. Smith will need a decidedly old-school strategy to save this high-tech marvel.

Ever wondered what really happens in an airliner cockpit during a life-threatening emergency? Then this is a book you won’t want to miss. Dan takes his readers where no passenger is ever allowed to go – past the armored steel cockpit door and into the pilot seat – transporting them on a terrifying journey that has a chilling resemblance to recent actual events. Only an experienced airline pilot like Captain Stratman could bring such authenticity and frightening realism to this story.

The MAYDAY story was originally written as a screenplay. After it did well in several large screenplay competitions, Dan thought it would be well-received by a wider audience and decided to convert it into a novel.

MAYDAY keeps readers on the edge of their floatable seat cushions from start to finish.


Captain Mark Smith and his flight attendant ex-wife, Noelle Parker, are lucky to be alive.

After a terrifying crash landing in the Azores, the unlikely lovers attempt a fresh start, but fate will show them no mercy. Rather than be hailed as a hero for saving everyone, Mark is blamed for the accident and vilified by the press. Their dream of a new life together—in jobs flying the super-rich on private jet charters—is threatened when Noelle’s secret past with a powerful and dangerous French billionaire comes back to haunt her.

Has their newfound luck run out already? Will Noelle’s long-buried secrets shatter their renewed relationship and cost them their lives?

Fresh off his stunning debut with the fan favorite and #1 Bestseller MAYDAY!, author Dan Stratman delivers another riveting thriller with HURRICANE, a white-knuckle shocker packed with more twists than a jetliner in a death spiral.

The storm was only the beginning…


Be careful who you trust.

Fate isn’t quite done with Capt. Mark Smith and his beautiful flight attendant ex-wife, Noelle. Their plan to reconcile is jeopardized when a dark secret from Noelle’s past as a model in Paris is exposed. Innocent family members are drawn into the intrigue as the couple battles betrayal at every turn. Their lives spin out of control, discovering too late that treacherous conspirators at the highest levels of power and wealth are behind the chaos.

Author Dan Stratman delivers another #1 Bestseller with BETRAYAL. In this third installment of his Capt. Mark Smith series, Stratman again forces you to the edge of your seat and holds you there for another international thrill ride.

To get the greatest enjoyment from reading BETRAYAL I suggest reading the first two books in the series, MAYDAY and HURRICANE. Knowing everything that led up to the story in BETRAYAL will make the experience even better.


The Capt. Mark Smith Collection: MAYDAY, HURRICANE, BETRAYAL

Three #1 Best Sellers in one eBook boxed set.

“From start to finish, this one will keep you on the edge of your floatable seat cushion.”
Steve BerryNew York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author

Readers across the world have fallen in love with the irascible Capt. Mark Smith and his beautiful ex-wife, Noelle Parker, as they struggle to rekindle their relationship and fend off the perilous forces trying to keep them apart.


As the top ICBM crew commander in the Air Force, Capt. Cyndi Stafford has the most lethal job on earth. She goes to work every day carrying the fate of the world on her shoulders.

Stafford and her deputy, boyfriend Lance Garcia, are isolated and alone, buried sixty feet under the frozen Wyoming prairie in a nuclear missile launch control center. Then the unthinkable happens.

Torn between love and duty, they face a deadly dilemma that could bring about the annihilation of civilization as we know it.

In this first installment of his new series, Dan Stratman takes you where the public is never allowed—inside the highly classified and frightening world of nuclear weapons.


Move over Top Gun. Sorry Maverick, but the most exhilarating and demanding flight program in the military is now Air Force pilot training.

In just a few short years, Capt. Cyndi Stafford has proved herself one of the toughest, most capable young officers in the Air Force. After enduring unimaginable perils as an ICBM missileer, Cyndi has finally achieved her dream—a coveted slot in the next Air Force pilot training class. But on day one she learns that the Air Force has revolutionized pilot training, catapulting it from the Stone age to the Space Age. Even more of a challenge, the base commander doesn’t think she deserves to be there and will stop at nothing to see her washed out. Cyndi’s body, mind, and spirit are tested to their limits as she navigates a grueling year of triumphs and heart breaks.

No one writes aviation thrillers quite like former Air Force pilot and airline pilot Dan Stratman. Author of the fan-favorite Capt. Mark Smith series, Dan is back with Lethal Wings, the second installment of his latest high-flying thrill ride. Utilizing his decades of experience as a pilot and his deft storytelling, Dan transports you inside the cockpit as you rocket alongside Capt. Cyndi Stafford in her daring quest to earn the Air Force’s coveted silver wings. Strap in tight and prepare for the ride of your life!


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When the Devil smiles at you, guard your soul.

Captain Cyndi Stafford, a strikingly beautiful yet lethal fighter pilot, commands the world’s most advanced stealth fighter.
She’s now at the summit of the elite, and cutthroat, Air Force pilot pyramid.

In this high-octane Thriller, Cyndi discovers a sobering truth: not all enemies are half a world away. The most dangerous adversaries are lurking right in her own backyard.

This third installment of the immensely popular series kicks on the afterburners and thrusts you deep inside the top-secret world of fifth-generation stealth fighters. Hold on tight for a gut-wrenching thrill ride that will leave you breathless.


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The pulse-pounding adventures of Captain Cyndi Stafford soar into thrilling new territory. Her captivating allure and unmatched flying skills have catapulted her to the pinnacle of the Air Force’s elite ranks: test pilot at the legendary Edwards AFB, where danger rides shotgun on every flight. When she discovers the truth about the most frightening and wildly unpredictable weapon ever invented it could cost Cyndi her life. When she discovers the truth about her family’s hidden secrets it could cost her even more!

Fans of military thrillers have helped each installment in this adrenaline-fueled series soar to the coveted spot of #1 Best Seller. Author and pilot Dan Stratman’s knack for weaving gripping tales with unmatched realism and suspense has garnered high praise from the most discerning fans of the genre. Strap in tight as the beautiful Capt. Stafford unravels the most closely guarded secrets in aviation as a test pilot. Better yet, ride along on her riveting journey through the most demanding jobs in the Air Force from the very beginning with the series explosive debut, DEADLY DILEMMA.