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Bad Times

One helluva bad time

A high-octane sci-fi series by New York Times bestselling author Chuck Dixon. BAD TIMES blends elite Army Rangers, time travel, and nonstop action. What more could you ask for???

BAD TIMES BOOK ONE: CANNIBAL GOLD cover

BAD TIMES BOOK ONE: CANNIBAL GOLD

What began as a simple mission into the distant past becomes a nightmare when scientists are stranded 100,000 years ago. Now, four former Army Rangers must travel to prehistoric Nevada, facing unknown horrors and impossible odds to bring them home.

BAD TIMES BOOK TWO: BLOOD RED TIDE cover

BAD TIMES BOOK TWO: BLOOD RED TIDE

Treasure only matters once you find it. Back in the present, the Rangers face a new threat while running from the world’s richest man. From hidden caves in Nevada to pirate-filled ancient seas, they race through time hunting lost treasure, discovering once again that history isn’t what it seems and the future is never certain.

BAD TIMES BOOK THREE: AVENGING ANGELS cover

BAD TIMES BOOK THREE: AVENGING ANGELS

To save humanity’s future, the Rangers travel back to Roman-era Judea to rescue one enslaved man whose fate could change the world. Facing the Roman Empire at its peak, they fight through time itself in their bloodiest and most dangerous mission yet.

BAD TIMES BOOK FOUR: HELLDORADO cover

BAD TIMES BOOK FOUR: HELLDORADO

The Rangers return to prehistoric Nevada to rescue the man they left behind 100,000 years ago, facing giant predators and humanity’s darker side. Meanwhile, in the present, a mysterious billionaire kidnaps one of their own to exploit the Tauber Tube, while their future ally reveals a shocking secret.

BAD TIMES BOOK FIVE: SONS OF HEAVEN cover

BAD TIMES BOOK FIVE: SONS OF HEAVEN

Forced to follow orders from a man they’d rather see dead, the Rangers plunge into the bloodiest civil war in history. Somewhere within a collapsing empire lies a secret worth killing for, and possibly dying for, as Lee, Chaz, Jimbo, and the team fight to survive the chaos.

BAD TIMES BOOK SIX: PIRATES OF THE CRETACEOUS cover

BAD TIMES BOOK SIX: PIRATES OF THE CRETACEOUS

Trapped in a prehistoric hell, the men (and woman) of the Ocean Raj will need all their courage and all their intelligence to escape back to the present. The latest volume in Chuck Dixon’s epic Bad Times series finds the Rangers separated from each other and the ones they love by thousands of miles and millions of years. While Lee, Jimbo, Chaz and Boats battle to survive on a world of monsters, Dwayne finds himself a captive of Aztecs and drafted by Vikings to fight a murderous naval battle. And Caroline Tauber remains in the present where she is hunted across the globe by killers from another time. Loaded with the kind of bloody action, lightning pace and high intrigue that readers all over the world have come to expect from this wild read of a series. “Chuck is a damn good writer who is really good at hooking you, giving you fun characters, and telling you one hell of an adventure story.” Larry Correia, Monster Hunters International, the Grimnoir Chronicles “Chuck Dixon’s prose is a perfect weld of muscular writing with razor edge wit and storytelling.” Beau Smith, creator of Wynona Earp “Chuck Dixon writes in a visceral, matter-of-fact voice that erases the barrier between reader and page, grabbing you by the throat and dragging you through the story, until you look up and it’s four a.m. and you finished the book.” Mike Baron, creator of Nexus, the Badger and author of Whack Job