By Marcus Luttrell, Patrick Robinson
On a transparent evening in overdue June 2005, 4 U.S. army SEALs left their base in northern Afghanistan for the mountainous Pakistani border. Their challenge used to be to trap or kill a infamous al Qaeda chief identified to be ensconced in a Taliban stronghold surrounded by way of a small yet seriously armed strength. much less then twenty-four hours later, just one of these military SEALs remained alive.
This is the tale of fireside staff chief Marcus Luttrell, the only real survivor of Operation Redwing, and the determined conflict within the mountains that led, eventually, to the biggest dying in army SEAL background. however it is additionally, greater than whatever, the tale of his teammates, who fought ferociously beside him till he was once the final one left-blasted subconscious by means of a rocket grenade, blown over a cliff, yet nonetheless armed and nonetheless respiring. Over the subsequent 4 days, badly injured and presumed useless, Luttrell fought off six al Qaeda assassins who have been despatched to complete him, then crawled for seven miles during the mountains ahead of he was once taken in by means of a Pashtun tribe, who risked every little thing to guard him from the encompassing Taliban killers.
A six-foot-five-inch Texan, best Petty Officer Luttrell takes us, blow-by-blow, throughout the brutal education of America's warrior elite and the relentless rites of passage required through the military SEALs. He transports us to a great conflict fought within the desolate peaks of Afghanistan, the place the beleaguered American staff plummeted headlong 1000 ft down a mountain as they fought again via flying shale and rocks. during this wealthy , relocating chronicle of braveness, honor, and patriotism, Marcus Luttrell can provide probably the most strong narratives ever written approximately smooth warfare-and a tribute to his teammates, who made the final word sacrifice for his or her state.
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