In June 2005 four US Navy SEALs left their base in Afghanistan for the Pakistani border. Their mission was to capture or kill a notorious al-Qaeda leader known to be ensconced in a Taliban stronghold surrounded by a small but heavily armed force.
Less than twenty-four hours later, only one of those Navy SEALs was alive. This is the story of team leader Marcus Luttrell, the sole survivor of Operation Redwing. Blasted unconscious by a rocket grenade, blown over a cliff, but still armed and still breathing, Luttrell endured four desperate days fighting the al-Qaeda assassins sent to kill him, before finding unlikely sanctuary with a Pashtun tribe who risked everything to protect him from the circling Taliban killers.
ISBN: | 9780751555943 |
Publication date: | 16th January 2014 |
Author: | Marcus Luttrell, Patrick Robinson |
Publisher: | Sphere an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 400 pages |
Primary Genre | Non-Fiction Books of the Month |
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