Sentinel (Wick Files #1)

Sentinel (Wick Files #1) by Chase Austin is out now, published April 22, 2026.

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Sentinel (Wick Files #1) Release Date: April 22, 2026

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One surveillance op. Three assassins. No backup. Welcome to Prague.

One photograph destroyed Sam Wick’s military career. Now Task Force 77 owns what’s left.

They gave him a choice: eight years in Leavenworth, or become their ghost. He chose the shadows.

Sam Wick doesn’t exist on any official record. He’s a weapon pointed at problems governments can’t solve — trained to kill efficiently and disappear completely.

His second mission for TF-77 sends him into Prague’s medieval streets, hunting an arms dealer selling death to Syrian children. But Czech intelligence knows he’s coming. The surveillance is blown. And Wick finds himself trapped in ancient alleyways with nothing but tourist cover and the brutal skills TF-77 burned into his bones.

Three trained killers. One medieval stone coffin of a city. Zero backup.

His second mission. Their first mistake was thinking he’d go quietly.

Time to find out if ghosts can bleed.

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About Wick Files:

Every legend has a beginning. Wick’s is classified.

Before Sam Wick became the ghost that governments deny and enemies pray they never see, he was new. Raw talent, zero margin for error, and a handler who expected him to figure it out or not come back.

These are those early ops, the ones that built him. Hostile embassies. Cartel strongholds. Former allies turned traitors. From the Swiss Alps to the Venezuelan underworld, each mission is standalone, self-contained, and brutal. Wick follows one rule: complete the mission. At any cost.

Fast, relentless, and unflinchingly real. This is where the legend began.

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