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Als der Navy SEAL Scharfschütze Gil Shannon ins Fadenkreuz eines tschetschenischen Terroristen gerät, der unter dem Namen »Der Wolf« agiert, wird er vom Jäger zum Gejagten. Doch in Paris bietet sich eine überraschende Chance: Shannon verbündet sich mit einem tödlichen russischen Spezial-Kämpfer gegen den Wolf – und nach einer Verfolgung durch ganz Europa kommt es im Gebirge des Kaukasus zum Showdown der Scharfschützen … Wieder hat...
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In recent years, the world has learned just what is required to bravely serve America through the navy's most elite SEAL Team. Now, for the first time, we hear from their commander.
For more than half a decade, Ryan Zinke was a commander at the most elite SEAL unit. A 23-year veteran of the US Navy SEALs, Zinke is a decorated officer and earned two Bronze Stars as the acting commander of Joint Special Forces in Iraq. Zinke trained and commanded many...
3) Trust Betrayed: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and the Selling Out of America's National Security
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Ex-Navy SEAL sniper Scott Taylor served his country for eight years. Taylor finally came home after he was injured during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Years later, he became outraged when he discovered that the Obama administration was leaking sensitive intelligence information for political gain. Now Scott Taylor is speaking out. Having served as a sniper in the same region of Iraq as American Sniper author Chris Kyle, Taylor knows first-hand how high...
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Als es tschetschenischen Terroristen gelingt, eine russische Kofferatombombe nach Amerika zu schmuggeln, bricht Panik aus: Die nukleare Zerstörung einer großen Stadt steht bevor. Aber niemand weiß, welche das Ziel sein soll. Schließlich ruft der Präsident Gil Shannon und sein todbringendes Scharfschützen-Team zu Hilfe. Den Männern bleibt jedoch kaum noch Zeit … Die Thriller von Scott McEwen könnten sehr schnell zu Realität werden - das...
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The Greatest Stories Never Told: Snipers is an unforgettable collection of heart-stopping stories of well-known contemporary American snipers but focuses primarily upon other practitioners of the silent art who few contemporary readers in this genre have encountered before. They begin in south central France, at the dawn of the Thirteenth Century, and end in our present era of modern warfare. They include stories from the Civil War, the Great War,...
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Overview: They are the lone wolves of the battlefield. Tracking the enemy, lying in wait for the target to appear-then they shoot to kill. Armed with an unerring eye, infinite patience and a mastery of camouflage, combat snipers stalk the enemy with only one goal. In World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and Beirut, American snipers honed the art of delivering a single deadly shot from nowhere-and devastating enemy morale. They met the enemy on his own turf,...
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Vom Koautor des New-York-Times-Bestsellers American Sniper. ONE TEAM. ONE SHOT. ONE WAY. Gil Shannon ist einer der tödlichsten Scharfschützen der US Navy und ein SEAL mit Leib und Seele. Gerade genießt er mit seiner Frau seinen wohlverdienten Urlaub, als er einen Hilferuf aus Afghanistan erhält. Eine Hubschrauberpilotin des Special-Forces-Teams wurde während eines Hinterhalts schwer verletzt und entführt. Dann taucht ein Video auf, das zeigt,...
8) Burke's War
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Bullets, Bombs, and Mayhem! Think "The American Sniper" meets "The Godfather," narrated by Derrick Magolski, 4.4 Stars on 760 Reviews. 4.6 Stars on 17 Audible Reviews. 12 hours and 17 minutes.
As Bob Burke's 737 lands at Chicago's O'Hare Airport, he sees a man strangling a woman on a rooftop below. Whether or not anyone believes him, Bob Burke isn't the kind of guy to let a thing like that rest. He knows what he saw, and it isn't going to end well...
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Bullets, Bombs, and Mayhem! Bob Burke is back… again. It's the American Sniper meets The Godfather, Round #2, or Bob Lee Swagger takes on home-grown ISIS cell. 4.5 Stars on 276 Amazon Reviews, 4.6 Stars on 10 Audible Reviews, 15 hours and 12 minutes.
After his recent adventures in Burke's War and Burke's Gamble, all this former sniper, Army Ranger, and Delta Force commander wants is to settle down on his North Carolina farm and let Iraq, Afghanistan,...
10) Burke's Gamble
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Bullets, Bombs, and Mayhem! Bob Burke is back! It's the American Sniper meets The Godfather, Round #2, or Bob Lee Swagger takes on the New York City mob. 4.6 Stars on 429 Amazon Reviews, 4.6 Stars on 12 Audible Reviews, 12 hrs and 37 minutes.
Mild-mannered and slight of build, this telecommunications company executive is easily dismissed as the "telephone guy." After four tours running 'special operations' missions in Iraq and the rugged mountains...
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"The man walked across the tarmac toward the Boeing 727 carrying a briefcase containing the $30 wig, a pair of rubber gloves, a smoke grenade, and two guns-a Spitfire machine gun with the stock and front grip removed and eleven inches cut off the barrel, making it compact enough to fit in the briefcase, and a small-caliber pistol. It was Friday, June 23, 1972, just after 2 p.m. and about 80 degrees, but not particularly humid for St. Louis, with a...
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