REVIEW
Lethal Horizon by Jason Kasper
Shadow Strive #7
Excellent, action-packed, thought provoking, immersive read that was an excellent addition to this series.
What I liked:
* The team: five intrepid, highly skilled, lethal, dedicated, admirable, and intriguing men that worked together seamlessly
* The bond between the team members, the synchronicity of their actions, the use of their skillsets and their uncanny way of reading one another as well as the situation
* The location and learning more about the geography, people, and politics in Yemen * Being able to see this story as if it were playing out on a big screen in a theater
* Thinking about what it would take to do the job that David and his team undertake as well as the impact it must have on them and their families
* The opportunity the team has to encounter and perhaps neutralize the boogieman they have been chasing
* Thinking about the information shared by someone they questioned and hoping that what he said was fiction and not true in the real world
* How pertinent to current political issues the story is
* Getting to see and catch up with David’s family
* Thinking about what the future of the team might be
What I didn’t like:
* Who and what I was meant not to like
* Thinking about some in power and how easily they made questionable decisions – questionable to me anyway
* Knowing that many of the dark parts of this story actually do happen in real life
Did I like this book? Yes
Would I read more in this series/ by this author? Yes
Thank you to Severn River Publishing for the ARC – This is my honest review.
5 Stars
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FROM FORMER GREEN BERET AND USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR JASON KASPER
For David Rivers and his team, the mission was supposed to be simple—retrieve a defecting militia leader and deliver him to CIA interrogators.
But nothing is simple in Yemen, where vast swaths of terrain are controlled by Houthi and Al Qaeda fighters. When they locate the asset, the team discovers why he has been deemed critical to their intelligence effort.
The defector has direct knowledge of the team’s top target: Erik Weisz, the shadowy figurehead behind the most catastrophic terrorist attacks since 9/11. And as it turns out, Weisz is currently in Yemen, traveling through Houthi territory with heavy security.
As David’s crew prepares for a follow-on operation to remove Weisz once and for all, they discover a web of contradictions. A sudden order to stand down leaves the unit questioning the motives of their CIA handler. With suspicious leadership and a deadly conspiracy looming, the team boards a military aircraft to infiltrate the most dangerous corners of a war-torn desert.
David is convinced it will be their bloodiest mission yet—and within hours of being inserted deep into the badlands of Yemen, he and his team realize they are pawns in an exceedingly deadly game of chess.