Best John Mackie Books

The Rat Bastards tear through enemies and jungle obstacles when not busy fighting amongst themselves. Levinson and Mackie serve up unfiltered military mayhem where nothing stops the killer squad.

Take society's worst criminals, add a bloodthirsty sergeant and battlefield insanity, and you get WWII's most dangerous fighting unit — the Rat Bastards.

These blood-hungry soldiers fight through malaria, stockades, and tank attacks while their own army hates them as much as the enemy fears them. Levinson's pulp war fiction follows the most dangerous platoon in the jungle on their red-meat rampage of terror.

Enemy forces discover why they call it Meat Grinder Hill when the Rat Bastards come calling with war whoops and hot lead. Levinson and Mackie unleash pure combat fury in concentrated doses.

Pulp war fiction at its most unhinged: soldiers fighting malaria and enemy armies while their own sanity crumbles in the Pacific theater.

The Rat Bastards fight their toughest enemy yet—each other—as internal conflicts threaten to destroy the unit that survived countless firefights.

WWII's most notorious squad fights through steaming jungles and stone tunnels, treating death as a twisted punchline in their relentless Pacific campaign.

The fifth Rat Bastards installment drops the squad into steamy jungle hell where every sound could signal death and survival requires shooting first.

Off-duty, they're town-destroying misfits; in combat, they're the most efficient killing machine Japan has ever faced. Levinson's eleventh Rat Bastards entry explores the thin line between military necessity and personal destruction.

Pulp war fiction at its most unrestrained — hijacked trucks, cave battles with nurses caught in crossfire, and non-stop Pacific theater carnage.

The Rat Bastards take jobs no ordinary outfit will touch, slogging through swamps and caves with minds dominated by one thought: survive by any means.

Fresh misfits join the Rat Bastards' ranks as these reluctant heroes continue their razor-bayonet rampage through endless jungle warfare zones.

WWII's final act brings kamikaze desperation against the Rat Bastards' brutal efficiency in a blood-soaked clash of equally matched killing forces.

The Rat Bastards know exactly when and where Japan's bold New Guinea sneak attack will hit — if they can stop fighting each other long enough to respond.

Four misfits who steal, lie, and kill become the only barrier preventing Japanese recapture of a crucial Pacific island. Levinson's war story celebrates the savage effectiveness of soldiers who reject military protocol.

New Guinea becomes the Rat Bastards' ultimate proving ground where reluctant heroes and outlaw soldiers fight not for glory, but simple survival.