Dakota Judd Thriller Series: Book 1
Publication Date: July 8, 2025
Jailed Army Ranger Dakota Judd is offered a life-altering deal from Jean Steele, an ambitious and attractive Black FBI agent. Infiltrate a White Supremacist prison gang while he’s incarcerated, then embed himself into their militia on the outside. Become the eyes and ears of the FBI. If successful, his record will be expunged and he can live a normal life. If he fails, he’ll wind up dead.
Embedded, the first book in the new Dakota Judd thriller series, features John Lansing’s trademark propulsive, page-turning writing style, with a tough but sympathetic protagonist. Accompanying Dakota are two powerful women: Aunt Billie, his tough-as-nails wingman, a retired female detective who makes sure Dakota stays alive as he rotates back to civilian life where peril awaits, and Jean Steele, Dakota’s FBI handler, who must thwart her romantic impulses towards Dakota, as one false move can cost her a career in the male-dominated FBI.
Six years into a prison sentence, former Ranger Dakota Judd gets an offer from the FBI that he can’t refuse. All he has to do is infiltrate an elite private security force upon release.
Author John Lansing weaves an exciting thriller in Embedded. It’s the debut for Judd’s character, who offers great potential for future installments.
He’s a complex character, but manages to stay true to his beliefs in spite of a rigged justice system. His sense of integrity provides a guide in navigating the complexities of a white supremacist militia.
One false move could end his life and the female FBI agent who recruited him. Judd’s mission into Blackfox and the Wolf Pack reverberates from the inside of a biker bar to the halls of Congress.
Embedded follows the main character as he goes undercover thanks to a life-altering agreement.
John Lansing is the author of six thrillers featuring Jack Bertolino—The Devil’s Necktie, Blond Cargo, Dead Is Dead, The Fourth Gunman, 25 to Life, and MIA—as well as the true-crime non-fiction book Good Cop Bad Money, written with former NYPD Inspector Glen Morisano. Embedded, the first book in the new Dakota Judd thriller series. He’s been a writer and supervising producer on network television, and the co-executive producer of the ABC series Scoundrels, and co-wrote two MOWs for CBS. The Devil’s Necktie is in development at Andria Litto’s Amuse Entertainment, with Barbara DeFina attached as a producer. A native of Long Island, John now resides in Los Angeles.
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Thank you Amy for your support, and wonderful review of Embedded. It’s greatly appreciated. And taking the time to showcase my book was a perfect surprise. All the best, John