{"product_id":"tom-clancys-ghost-recon-isbn-9780425220146","title":"Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn the high-octane world of covert operations, there exists an elite group renowned for their unparalleled skills and unwavering bravery. Enter the soldiers of Ghost Recon, a secretive and lethal force within the U.S. Army's Special Forces.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Written by David Michaels, \u003ci\u003eTom Clancy's Ghost Recon\u003c\/i\u003e immerses readers in a gripping tale of danger, espionage, and heart-pounding action. Major Bennett Rutang finds himself at the forefront, leading his team as they navigate treacherous missions behind enemy lines. With their heightened training and unmatched precision, Ghost Recon soldiers fearlessly face formidable adversaries to protect their nation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrepare to be transported into a world of relentless action and gripping suspense that only the acclaimed Tom Clancy universe can provide.\u003cb\u003eDavid Michaels\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of two novels in Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon series and several in Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell series.\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTitle Page\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCopyright Page\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEpigraph\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eONE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTWO\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHREE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFOUR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFIVE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSIX\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSEVEN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEIGHT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNINE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTEN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eELEVEN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTWELVE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHIRTEEN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFOURTEEN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFIFTEEN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSIXTEEN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSEVENTEEN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEIGHTEEN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNINETEEN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTWENTY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTWENTY-ONE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTWENTY-TWO\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTWENTY-THREE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTWENTY-FOUR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTWENTY-FIVE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTWENTY-SIX\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTWENTY-SEVEN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTWENTY-EIGHT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTWENTY-NINE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHIRTY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHIRTY-ONE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHIRTY-TWO\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHIRTY-THREE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHIRTY-FOUR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHIRTY-FIVE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE BESTSELLING NOVELS OF TOM CLANCY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE TEETH OF THE TIGER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA new generation—Jack Ryan, Jr.—takes over in Tom Clancy’s\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eextraordinary, and extraordinarily prescient, novel.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“INCREDIBLY ADDICTIVE.” \u003ci\u003e—Daily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRED RABBIT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTom Clancy returns to Jack Ryan’s early days—\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ein an engrossing novel of global political drama . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A WILD, SATISFYING RIDE.” \u003ci\u003e—New York Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE BEAR AND THE DRAGON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA clash of world powers. President Jack Ryan’s trial by fire.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“HEART-STOPPING ACTION . . . CLANCY STILL REIGNS.” \u003ci\u003e—The Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRAINBOW SIX\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Clark is used to doing the CIA’s dirty work.\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNow he’s taking on the world . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“ACTION-PACKED.” \u003ci\u003e—The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEXECUTIVE ORDERS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA devastating terrorist act leaves Jack Ryan\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eas President of the United States . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“UNDOUBTEDLY CLANCY’S BEST YET.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDEBT OF HONOR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt begins with the murder of an American woman\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ein the backstreets of Tokyo. It ends in war . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A SHOCKER.” \u003ci\u003e—Entertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWITHOUT REMORSE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHis code name is Mr. Clark. And his work for the CIA\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eis brilliant, cold-blooded, and efficient . . . but who is he really?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“HIGHLY ENTERTAINING.” \u003ci\u003e—The Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE SUM OF ALL FEARS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe disappearance of an Israeli nuclear weapon threatens the\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ebalance of power in the Middle East—and around the world . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“CLANCY AT HIS BEST . . . NOT TO BE MISSED.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e—The Dallas Morning News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe killing of three U.S. officials in Colombia ignites the\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican government’s explosive, and top secret, response . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A CRACKLING GOOD YARN.” \u003ci\u003e—The Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE CARDINAL OF THE KREMLIN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe superpowers race for the ultimate Star Wars\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003emissile defense system . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eCARDINAL\u003c\/i\u003e EXCITES, ILLUMINATES . . . A REAL PAGE-TURNER.” \u003ci\u003e—Los Angeles Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePATRIOT GAMES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCIA analyst Jack Ryan stops an assassination—\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eand incurs the wrath of Irish terrorists . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A HIGH PITCH OF EXCITEMENT.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e—The Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRED STORM RISING\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe ultimate scenario for World War III—\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ethe final battle for global control . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“THE ULTIMATE WAR GAME . . . BRILLIANT.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Newsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe smash bestseller that launched Clancy’s career—\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ethe incredible search for a Soviet defector\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eand the nuclear submarine he commands . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“BREATHLESSLY EXCITING.” \u003ci\u003e—The Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNovels by Tom Clancy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER \u003cbr\u003eRED STORM RISING \u003cbr\u003ePATRIOT GAMES \u003cbr\u003eTHE CARDINAL OF THE KREMLIN \u003cbr\u003eCLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER \u003cbr\u003eTHE SUM OF ALL FEARS \u003cbr\u003eWITHOUT REMORSE \u003cbr\u003eDEBT OF HONOR \u003cbr\u003eEXECUTIVE ORDERS \u003cbr\u003eRAINBOW SIX \u003cbr\u003eTHE BEAR AND THE DRAGON \u003cbr\u003eRED RABBIT \u003cbr\u003eTHE TEETH OF THE TIGER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSSN: STRATEGIES OF SUBMARINE WARFARE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNonfiction\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSUBMARINE: A GUIDED TOUR INSIDE A NUCLEAR WARSHIP \u003cbr\u003eARMORED CAV: A GUIDED TOUR OF AN ARMORED CAVALRY REGIMENT \u003cbr\u003eFIGHTER WING: A GUIDED TOUR OF AN AIR FORCE COMBAT WING \u003cbr\u003eMARINE: A GUIDED TOUR OF A MARINE EXPEDITIONARY UNIT \u003cbr\u003eAIRBORNE: A GUIDED TOUR OF AN AIRBORNE TASK FORCE \u003cbr\u003eCARRIER: A GUIDED TOUR OF AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER\u003cbr\u003eSPECIAL FORCES: A GUIDED TOUR OF U.S. ARMY SPECIAL FORCES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eINTO THE STORM: A STUDY IN COMMAND  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e(written with General Fred Franks, Jr., Ret., and Tony Koltz)\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEVERY MAN A TIGER  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e(written with General Charles Horner, Ret., and Tony Koltz)\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSHADOW WARRIORS: INSIDE THE SPECIAL FORCES  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e(written with General Carl Stiner, Ret., and Tony Koltz)\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBATTLE READY  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e(written with General Tony Zinni, Ret., and Tony Koltz)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTOM CLANCY’S GHOST RECON\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCreated by Tom Clancy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTOM CLANCY’S ENDWAR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTOM CLANCY’S SPLINTER CELL\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSPLINTER CELL \u003cbr\u003eOPERATION BARRACUDA \u003cbr\u003eCHECK M ATE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFALLOUT\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCreated by Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTOM CLANCY’S OP-CENTER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOP-CENTER \u003cbr\u003eMIRROR IMAGE \u003cbr\u003eGAMES OF STATE \u003cbr\u003eACTS OF WAR \u003cbr\u003eBALANCE OF POWER \u003cbr\u003eSTATE OF SIEGE \u003cbr\u003eDIVIDE AND CONQUER \u003cbr\u003eLINE OF CONTROL \u003cbr\u003eMISSION OF HONOR \u003cbr\u003eSEA OF FIRE \u003cbr\u003eCALL TO TREASON \u003cbr\u003eWAR OF EAGLES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTOM CLANCY’S NET FORCE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNET FORCE \u003cbr\u003eHIDDEN AGENDAS \u003cbr\u003eNIGHT MOVES \u003cbr\u003eBREAKING POINT \u003cbr\u003ePOINT OF IMPACT \u003cbr\u003eCYBER NATION \u003cbr\u003eSTATE OF WAR \u003cbr\u003eCHANGING OF THE GUARD \u003cbr\u003eSPRINGBOARD \u003cbr\u003eTHE ARCHIMEDES EFFECT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCreated by Tom Clancy and Martin Greenberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTOM CLANCY’S POWER PLAYS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePOLITIKA \u003cbr\u003eRUTHLESS.COM \u003cbr\u003eSHADOW WATCH \u003cbr\u003eBIO-STRIKE \u003cbr\u003eCOLD WAR \u003cbr\u003eCUTTING EDGE 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Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundless-ness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent’s fate.\u003cp\u003e—Sun Tzu\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMinimal consumption—use the least amount of combat resources sufficient to accomplish the objective.\u003cp\u003e—Colonel Qiao Liang and Colonel Wang Xiangsui, \u003ci\u003eUnrestricted Warfare\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePERSONNEL LIST\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGhosts\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOperation War Wraith\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlpha Team\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCaptain Scott Mitchell\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaster Sergeant Jose “Joe” Ramirez\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSergeant First Class Paul Smith\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSergeant First Class Alex Nolan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBravo Team\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaster Sergeant Matt Beasley\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSergeant First Class Bo Jenkins\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStaff Sergeant John Hume\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSergeant Marcus Brown\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharlie Team\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSergeant Alicia Diaz\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGhost Command\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel Harold “Buzz” Gordon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMajor Susan Grey, D CO. 1st BN. 5th SFG\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeneral Joshua Keating, Commander of USSOCOM\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Gail Gorbatova, Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpring Tigers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOperation Pouncing Dragon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMajor-General Chen Yi (Target Alpha)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eColonel Xu Dingfa (Target Bravo)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVice Admiral Cai Ming (Target Charlie)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMajor-General Wu Hui (Target Delta)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeputy Director Wang Ya, CMC Political Department\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCaptain Fang Zhi\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUSS\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMontana\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eControl Team\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCommanding Officer Captain Kenneth Gummerson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Commander Sands, Executive Officer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaster Chief Suallo, Chief of the Boat\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSEAL Chief Tanner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSEAL Chief Phillips\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Jeff Moch, Predator Support\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Justin Schumaker, Predator Support\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBASILAN ISLAND\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSULU ARCHIPELAGO, SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAUGUST, 2002\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaster Sergeant Scott Mitchell blinked at the sweat in his eyes and pushed on through the rubber plants, their leathery leaves brushing against his boonie hat and cheek. Ahead lay a slight clearing in the otherwise dense, twilit jungle, and Mitchell used his M4A1’s barrel to lift a thin branch as he hunkered down at the edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCaptain Victor Foyte, his detachment commander, moved ahead beside an uneven stretch of wilting palm fronds still dripping from a storm that had rolled in several hours ago. “Ricochet, this is Road Warrior 06,” the captain whispered into his radio. “Think I see something. And I hear some buzzing, like flies. Let’s check it out, over.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Right with you, Boss,” answered Mitchell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough Foyte outranked him, Mitchell was the team sergeant, responsible for fighting all twelve members of Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA) 574. The captain and warrant officer coordinated with the twelve-man Filipino and Taiwanese teams they’d been cross-training with for the past two weeks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMitchell started forward as up to his right a snake coiled around an overhanging limb, its tongue fluttering. Special Forces operators ate bad guys for breakfast and snakes for supper; consequently, they weren’t unnerved by either. Nevertheless, Mitchell grimaced and got out of there to join the captain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarely three steps later, a whoosh of musty air, a rustle of leaves, and the sharp crack of a rope sent lightning bolts through his gut. He looked up and gasped.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe captain had been moving toward a pole stuck in the ground. Atop that pole was a human head with long, brown hair flowing around it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA twenty-one-year-old American missionary had recently been captured by Abu Sayyaf, the local pseudo-Islamist terrorist group affiliated with al Qaeda. Military and police forces had been combing the island, looking for her and for Abu Sayyaf’s stronghold, hidden somewhere deep in the mountainous interior.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt seemed the captain had found the missing woman—and much more. A rope had snapped taut around one of his ankles, and now he was being hurled three meters into the air, screaming, “Ambush!”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMitchell was about to get on the radio when the captain swung forward, a human pendulum heading straight for a tree impaled by rows of razor-sharp \u003ci\u003epunji\u003c\/i\u003e stakes  now revealed as fronds strung up by more ropes fell away—all part of the carefully designed booby trap.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCaptain Victor Foyte was only twenty-four years old, and in the next breath he slammed back-first into the  \u003ci\u003epunji\u003c\/i\u003e stakes, the foot-long pieces of sharpened wood driving into his arms, neck, and torso.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe team had been operating light, forgoing body armor in the rainy, hundred-plus-degree jungle. Foyte shrieked and gurgled as the stakes grew slick with his blood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChief Warrant Officer 02 James Alvarado, who’d been positioned about a dozen meters behind them, burst forward crying, “Captain!” Alvarado cut loose multiple rounds below the tree where Foyte now hung, inverted and bleeding to death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgain, Mitchell keyed his mike, ready to issue orders, but Alvarado’s gunfire cut him off.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis was Mitchell’s first live mission as a Special Forces operator. He was an experienced infantryman and team leader from an Opposing Force (OPFOR) recon unit at Fort Irwin. He already had an impressive résumé and was hoping to make a name for himself in the Special Forces community—yet in a flash, he’d already lost his first CO.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA strange thumping noise sounded as Alvarado ceased fire and advanced into the clearing. The warrant suddenly clutched his neck, where a tiny dart extended from between his fingers. He screamed as he tugged it out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMitchell dropped onto his gut as more thumping sounded behind them. Alvarado wobbled forward then crumpled to the ground, poisoned and probably dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe team was, it seemed, being attacked by loinclothed savages whose traps and blowguns had ironically overpowered the men with their thunder sticks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Mitchell?” called the captain, his voice burred by the agony, his face now drenched in blood. “Mitch . . . ell?”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnable to stare at Foyte any longer, Mitchell finally got on the radio. “This is Ricochet. Ambush! Ambush! The captain and warrant are down!”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore he could continue, the terrorists somewhere out there, crouching in the wet foliage, revealed they were not the loinclothed savages of Mitchell’s imagination but were, in fact, ruthless and modern killers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo much automatic weapons fire blasted through the clearing that it sounded as though a thousand men with machetes were cutting apart the trees and fronds. Rounds from AK-47s and machine guns popped and boomed, wood splintered, and birds squawked and flew off as holes appeared in the leaves, the debris tumbling down on Mitchell as he rose to his elbows and spied his first pair of muzzle flashes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the same time, voices erupted over the radio:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Ricochet, this is Rumblefish,” called the team’s weapons sergeant, Jim Idaho. “We’re taking fire from both flanks! Can’t get any shots from here! Need orders!”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Ricochet, this is Red Cross. Got two men down,” reported Lance Munson, the team’s senior medic. “I need to evac these guys now!”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Ricochet, I think we got incoming mortar—”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat last voice belonged to Rapper, one of the team’s engineers, who was cut off as a flash lit up the jungle just northeast of Mitchell’s position. A second later, the  ground trembled, and a powerful explosion boomed across the landscape as showers of shrapnel and debris needled through the zone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese terrorists were reckless, stupid, or insane, perhaps all three. They were laying down mortar fire on their own position. They didn’t care how many of their own they took out, so long as they killed the Americans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilling himself not to panic, reminding himself of who he was and the countless hours of training he had gone through, Master Sergeant Scott Mitchell, twenty-six, took command of the ODA team. “This is Ricochet! Listen up! Rumblefish? You and the rest of Bravo Team get to those wounded men and fall back south to our first waypoint. Rutang, Rockstar, and Rino, regroup on me. Move out!”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe team had been operating as two six-man units: Alpha and Bravo, with all radio call signs beginning with the letter \u003ci\u003eR\u003c\/i\u003e. Mitchell would exploit their division in order to provide cover for evacuating the wounded.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnother whistle rose in the night, this time closer, and suddenly the next mortar exploded, gray smoke and more shrapnel hurtling up through the canopy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Ricochet, this is Rutang,” called the team’s assistant medical sergeant, Thomas “Rutang” McDaniel. “Me and Rockstar are good to go, but Rino is gone, man. Hit by that last mortar. No pulse!”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere wasn’t time to tally up the dead. All Mitchell knew was that he needed support—ground, air, anything—and he needed it now. He acknowledged Rutang’s call, then switched frequencies, calling up Captain Fang Zhi’s Taiwanese team. They were much closer than  the Filipino team and were working the grid on the other side of the creek. “Wushu 06, this is Ricochet, over.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe waited, listened to the sound of his own breathing, the withering gunfire booming somewhere nearby, the shrill hiss of yet another mortar round, falling, falling . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Wushu 06, this is Ricochet, over.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMitchell switched frequencies once more to call upon the Filipino Team. “Black Tiger 06, this is Ricochet, over.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoom!\u003c\/i\u003e That distant mortar finally detonated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Ricochet, this is Black Tiger 06. I’ve heard what’s happening. We’re moving to your location, but we’re still pretty far. ETA about twenty minutes, over.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Roger that, Black Tiger. I have a lot of men down. Need you ASAP.” Mitchell fed the captain his current GPS coordinates, then added, “Don’t be late.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“We are running, Sergeant.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Good! Ricochet, out.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCaptain Gilberto Yano, aka Black Tiger 06, was a member of the Philippine Army’s elite Light Reaction Battalion (LRB), the Delta Force of their army and specifically trained in counterterrorist activities. Yano was well-liked by his men and the rest of Mitchell’s team. Knowing Yano and his boys were already on the way felt good, but it was going to be the longest twenty minutes of Mitchell’s life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd quite possibly the last.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgain, where the hell was Captain Fang Zhi? Mitchell called once more. No answer. Was he back in one of the  nepa huts, smoking a cigar, while men died out here in the jungle?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRutang and Rockstar hustled up and dropped down beside Mitchell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRutang was a baby-faced assistant medic and competitive video game player. He’d even entered and won several national tournaments, though he rarely bragged and was, for the most, curiously insecure about himself and his skills.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"G.P. Putnam's Sons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305279213797,"sku":"NP9780425220146","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780425220146.jpg?v=1767742781","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-isbn-9780425220146","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}