Matthew Betley
3 SeriesMatthew Betley is an American author known for his Logan West thriller series. He graduated from Miami University with a B.A. in psychology and served 10 years in the Marine Corps as a scout sniper platoon commander, infantry officer, and ground intelligence officer. Betley's military deployments include Djibouti and Fallujah, Iraq, and he draws on his experience as a recovering alcoholic to add depth to his characters.
In "Overwatch," the first Logan West thriller by Matthew Betley, Logan, a former Marine officer, answers a dead man's phone and becomes entangled in a global race to stop an unknown organization from using an Iraqi artifact to launch an attack that could provoke a major conflict between the United States and Iran. Hired as a consultant by the FBI, Logan joins a special task force to thwart the shadowy operatives across various international locales, from the Midwest to war-torn Al-Anbar province. The team faces trained mercenaries employed by a private security contractor with a vendetta against the U.S. government. Amidst the action, Logan grapples with personal demons stemming from a traumatic ambush in Fallujah in 2004, which threatens his personal life.
