Terminal Impact (Jack Valentine Marine Sniper)

Author: Henderson, Charles

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• Terminal Impact (Jack Valentine Marine Sniper) Hardcover – November 1, 2016

Number Of Pages: 464

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From the author of Marine Sniper—the classic true account of Sergeant Carlos Hathcock—comes a gripping and gritty new novel about a sniper on the trail of al-Qaeda terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in post-9/11 Iraq...   At age twenty, Marine Scout-Sniper Jack Valentine had his first kill in Iraq at the start of the Persian Gulf War. Now, it’s 2006, and he’s back in Baghdad, obsessed with taking down al-Qaeda terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Jack missed his first shot at Zarqawi, and it’s haunted him ever since—even though the attack struck fear into the black hearts of the jihadists and earned him the name the Ghost of Anbar.   Now leading his own special operations platoon, Jack is determined to hunt down and take out his target this time. But the jihadists are not his only enemies. The ruthless amoral leader of a band of mercenaries is feeding al-Qaeda secret information—and also pursuing the love of Jack’s life, FBI agent Liberty Cruz. Jack may soon find himself in the crosshairs if he doesn’t eliminate his rival first...

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Praise for Terminal Impact

“The dialogue—salty, irreverent, demeaning, profane—rings true of men at war.”

— Publishers Weekly

“Powerful and compelling...Delivers the goods.”—The Real Book Spy

About the Author:

Charles Henderson is a veteran of more than twenty-three years in the United States Marine Corps, with a distinguished career spanning from Vietnam to the Gulf War, after which he retired as a Chief Warrant Officer. He is the author of the critically acclaimed military classics Marine Sniper and Silent Warrior, which first chronicled the exploits of USMC sniper Carlos Hathcock. He is also the author of  Marshalling the Faithful, Goodnight Saigon,  Jungle Rules, and the fictional Jack Valentine Marine Sniper series. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. 1 Eight, seven, six. The second hand on Jack Valentine's watch ticked. Five . . . Snuggle into the rifle, Jack. Like she's the woman you love. Yeah, baby. Breathe. Relax. Four . . . Close your eyes, bro. That's it. Go inside the bubble. Three . . . Now open up. Natural point of aim. Solid. Center mass. Two . . . Focus. Crosshairs sharp, clear. Target fuzzy. One . . . Hold that half breath. Ease the trigger roll. Squeeze. Burlap fringe from his Ghillie-suit bonnet tickled Jack ValentineÕs face as a dry January breeze rustled the fuzzy strips of light green, dark green, and various shades of brown camouflage tied on netting that hid his face. Slowly, careful to not rustle the growth of dry dead foliage that hid him, he eased his fingers up and gave his itching cheek a rub. The newly promoted Marine corporal and his spotter partner, Staff Sergeant Walter Gillespie, affectionately known as Hacksaw, likewise Ghillied up, lay tucked beneath a weed crop on the raised border of a set of long and narrow farm fields. From this hide, they watched the main entrance of what appeared to be a Republican Guard command center, across a highway, nearly a thousand yards ahead of them. Elmore Snow's special operations team had parachuted into position from a high-altitude low-opening jump the night before, two-man teams landing in three zones on the northwest side of the city of Hillah, Iraq, along Highway 84, which led to Hindiya and Karbala. Early that morning, January 17, 1991, Allied aircraft and sea-launched cruise missiles had begun the bombardment of Iraqi command and control centers, and antiaircraft-missile positions. The Persian Gulf War had now begun. The mustang captain and his team's senior noncommissioned officer, Gunny Ray Ambrose, whom Snow had named Mutt during South American drug-war deployments, had moved northeast, edging around the outskirts of the city, past the palace that Saddam Hussein had built on a promontory hill overlooking the ruins of ancient Babylon, that he had also renovated into a new museum, honoring himself and ancient King Nebuchadnezzar. Saddam had even had his nam...

EAN: 9781101988121

Release Date: 01-11-2016

Languages: English

Item Note: Great shape- pages are unmarked and sharp.Has a remainder mark. Hardcover Used - Very Good Ships fast! 2016

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood

Binding: Hardcover