Underdogs - by Stephen Leather (Hardcover)

About the Book

Book Synopsis

Buckle up for Underdogs, an adrenaline-fueled action-thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of the Spider Shepherd series. Perfect for fans of Lee Child and James Patterson.

'He has the uncanny knack of producing plots that are all too real' - DAILY MAIL

'A writer at the top of his game' - SUNDAY EXPRESS

'Kickass action, high stakes and nail-biting excitement. Underdogs delivers on all with flying colors and then some' - BEST THRILLER BOOKS

Underestimate this underdog at your peril . . .

Once a fearless SAS hero, Andy 'Deadman' Bird now battles the harsh streets of London after a catastrophic mission stripped him of his hearing, career, home and marriage. His only solace is Tyson, his fiercely loyal and battle-tested dog.

When fate thrusts them into the path of a chilling alleyway murder, Andy and Tyson become the next targets. Who are these relentless hunters, and what dangerous secrets are they willing to kill for?

Desperate and cornered, Andy reaches out to his former brothers-in-arms - a team who owe him their very lives. But as they unravel a sinister web of organised crime and deadly political plots, who will be saving who this time?

Praise for Stephen Leather

'Grabs the reader by the throat' - Daily Mail

'Explosive' - The Sun

'Enthralling' - Financial Times

'A master of the thriller genre' - Irish Times

'Leather's battered hero and his loyal dog power through a gritty thriller about unfinished business' - The i Paper

Review Quotes

"It wouldn't be a Stephen Leather story without kickass action, high stakes and nail-biting excitement. Underdogs delivers on all with flying colors and then some. As soon as you start your journey with Underdogs, you're only going to put it down once you've run out of pages to flip" --Best Thriller Books

"Leather's battered hero and his loyal dog power through a gritty thriller about unfinished business (*selected by the i Paper as a Best New Crime and Thriller Read for February 2026*)" --The i Paper

"He has the uncanny knack of producing plots that are all too real" --Daily Mail

"A writer at the top of his game" --Sunday Express

About the Author

Stephen Leather is one of the UK's most successful thriller writers, an ebook and Sunday Times bestseller and author of the critically acclaimed Dan 'Spider' Shepherd series and the Jack Nightingale supernatural detective novels. Before becoming a novelist he was a journalist for more than ten years on newspapers such as The Times, the Daily Mirror, the Glasgow Herald, the Daily Mail and the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong. His titles have topped the Amazon Kindle charts in the UK and the US, and his bestsellers have been translated into fifteen languages.

You can learn more from Stephen's website, http: //www.stephenleather.com, and find him on Facebook at https: //www.facebook.com/stephenleatherofficial/. Stephen also has a website for his Spider Shepherd series, http: //www.danspidershepherd.com, and for his Jack Nightingale series, http: //www.jacknightingale.com.