EXCLUSIVE: Robert Enright ‘s Sam Pope bestseller action-thriller novels are being adapted for TV.

London- and L.A.-based Avatar Entertainment has acquired rights to the series, which comprises 15 books and follows Sam Pope, a military-trained assassin who goes from the UK’s deadliest weapon to its most wanted man as he wages a one-man war on organized crime.

The Jack Reacher -style stories see him face off against gangsters, traffickers and international terrorists, as Pope runs from authorities and his dark past.

The novels include titles such as The Night Shift , The Takers , Man of My Word , The Final Mile and Too Far Gone . They’re broadly set around London and across Europe.

Avatar founder Larry Robinson is exec producing the project. He said: “I am excited

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