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The Serpent's Fall - JD Zeeman

The Serpent's Fall

Paperback | 17 February 2026

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20.32 x 12.7 x 3.25

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A hunted woman. A ruthless gang. A one-man war he never wanted-but can't walk away from.

Jack Dunning was trained to end fights before they began. Now he hides behind coffee mugs and grease-stained counters in a Cape Town diner, trying to forget the explosion that took everything from him.

Then a terrified young woman runs through his door, carrying secrets powerful enough to bring down a criminal empire. The Serpent gang wants her erased. Permanently.

Jack knows the rules of survival: don't get involved, don't draw attention, don't look back.

He breaks every one of them.

What follows is a brutal descent into Cape Town's underworld-storm-lashed docks, back-alley ambushes, and violent reckonings with men who believe they own the city. Each step pulls Jack closer to the truth... and closer to the man he used to be.

The Serpent's Fall is a dark action thriller with a clean read edge-relentless, grounded, and unapologetically violent when it needs to be. If you enjoy vigilante heroes, anti-hero protagonists, and high-stakes revenge stories in the tradition of Lee Child and Don Winslow, this one doesn't let go.

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