Hunting in the Shadows (American Praetorians) (48 page)

Acknowledgments

             
Sorting out this novel has been an interesting experience.  Between figuring out the political snake-pit that is post-occupation Iraq and trying to sort out the conflict in Syria and how it might affect the situation there, I’ve had to do a lot of research.  Thanks to Matt Fanning, who helped me get up to speed on the Syria situation.

             
Thanks also to Bryan and to Hank Brown, who agreed to look over my violent ramblings to make sure I wasn’t putting anything stupid or unreadable on paper.

             
Further thanks to Jack Murphy and Brandon Webb, who gave me a job at SOFREP.  Jack has also been a great support for these books.

             
Dave Reeder, Jack Silkstone, Dan Tharp, and Kerry Patton have also been good friends who have offered plenty of support and encouragement as this former knuckle-dragger embarks on this new sort-of career.

             
And, always, thanks to my wife, who puts up with my grumpiness and long hours banging away at the computer.

If you're a fan of the Men's Adventure fiction genre, if you like big guns, hot girls, pirates getting their butts kicked, brutal gunfights and tales of cunning tradecraft and high adventure in exotic locales, Tier Zero needs to be in your hands as soon as possible. – Post Modern Pulps

As much as I enjoyed Hell & Gone, this book is better. – Peter
Nealen (Task Force Desperate; Hunting in the Shadows)

It would be difficult to exaggerate how good this book is as an adventure tale, or how much fun it is to read it. – Jim Morris (War Story; The Devil’s Secret Name)

Tier Zero is the best of both ages of Dude-Lit. I highly recommend this book to fans of Men's Adventure and Military Fiction. – D.R. Tharp (Gold of Katanga)

Balls-out, full throttle action. – Wayne Dundee (Body Count; Manhunter’s Mountain)

It is truly a must read in the genre, or in any genre. What a blast to read. – J.G. Scott

Warfare has changed. The days of the Citizen-Soldier have passed. Battles are now waged with Professionals at the helm. The governments of the world waved the flag of Patriotism to encourage men to fight for the interests of the Elite. Behind it all is the battle for the few. With the world's consumption of precious commodities, the lands that hold them are enveloped in chaos and carnage. Lawlessness reigns and business transactions are done at the business end of an AK-47. Military juntas paralyze the population, raping and plundering the innocents caught in the crossfire. When shareholders find
their stocks dropping, the Economic Warriors call upon their Private Armies to fill the coffers.
The Gold of Katanga
Five men from South Africa, America, Australia and Ireland form a compartmentalized Rapid Reaction Force for the Private Military Company, Security and Logistics World Wide. When one of the world's major Mining Company loses two mines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the call goes out for the best money can buy. Facing an unknown Rebel entity and Criminal Syndicate, they are dispatched to the war torn region to recover the wealth and hostages that have been taken. Each twist and turn challenges their desire for money and their personal honor.

The war against Mexico's drug cartels just got outsourced in the new military thriller by New York Times best selling author and Special Operations veteran, Jack Murphy
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As a former Special Operations soldier, Deckard freelanced as a mercenary and got more than he bargained for. Now, as the commander of a Private Military Company called Samruk International, Deckard finds work as Mexico begins its final descent into chaos. Hitting the ground with a small recon element, he will first have to rescue a newly minted police chief named Samantha from the clutches of a drug cartel before blitzing across southern Mexico. However, he can't do it alone. His success hinges on forging an unlikely alliance between Samruk International, Zapatista rebels, and the Central Intelligence Agency. The Stewmaker. Captain Nemo. The Beast. These are a few of the human savages that Deckard and his mercenaries will have to trade fire with as they service one target after the next. But in the background, watching and waiting, is a far more dangerous threat. The Arab works behind the scenes, instigating conflicts and initiating one crisis after the next. As Deckard follows The Arab's bloody trail, he finds that it leads north, into the very heart of America.

2006, Cairo. Egyptian/American citizen Zaina Anwar has been imprisoned by the Mubarak government for subversion. Her cousin, a member of Egypt's elite Unit 777, reaches out to former Delta Force operator Ben Williams with a plea: break his cousin out of prison and ferry both of them to political asylum in the US.
What starts off as a simple rescue operation explodes into an international incident. Trapped in the city and hung out to dry, Williams must use his wits to stay one step ahead of the Egyptian government and escort Zaina and her cousin to safety.

"I'm confident we'll soon see [Hildreth] rise to the same prominence as the master novelists of our generation."
-Nate Granzow, author of COGAR'S DESPAIR