SOAR: A Black OPS Novel
 John Weisman
 (Guest Reviewer - Rudy Enders)
 2003 William Morrow
 ISBN: 006052409X

A Special Operations Air Regiment is hunting for nuclear weapons in China

Posing as a British documentary film crew, these operatives, lead by Sam Phillips, investigate reports of Chinese nuclear weapons caches. In their search they are captured by a small band of IMU (Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan) guerrillas. Far away alarm bells begin ringing at the White House.

Guest Reviewer Rudy Enders writes:

As a lifetime career CIA special operations officer, I feel N.Y. Times best selling author John Weisman has reached a new plateau with his latest book SOAR.

This action-packed thriller brings the reader deep inside the black world of special operations where America's finest warriors take on extremely important & dangerous missions in the world's most remote & hazardous locations.

Although SOAR is fiction, the characters are taken from known veterans of America's tightly knit special operations community. Weisman brings realism to the story through excellent research on such topics as high altitude, high-opening (HAHO) parachuting, demolitions, sniper techniques, ambushes, weaponry, explosive ordnance disposal (EOD), fixed wing & helicopter operations, modern technical devices and basic unit tactics. In this regard, Soar is a must read for even the most experienced current operator. The author further adds realism by shifting back to past historical events, relating the story to black-ops heroes known to us all.

I highly recommend this edge-of-the-seat action thriller. You will find it difficult to put down.

More from John Weisman co-author with Richard Marcinko:
Option Delta
Echo Platoon
Detachment Bravo & many more!
(09/28/03)

Guest Reviewer - Rudy Enders
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