A powerful and fast-moving tale of the Navy-Marine Corps team in action, on a dangerous mission in the volatile Eastern Mediterranean.\ Cloaked by the mists of dawn, Task Force 61-- carrying tanks, aircraft, and over 5000 Marines-- steams toward Syria with deadly intent. Their mission: rescue 100 hostages from a terrorist stronghold-- alive.\ With realism seldom seen in military fiction, The Med is a magnificent and timely epic that brings the human drama of armed conflict compellingly to...
A powerful and fast-moving tale of the Navy-Marine Corps team in action, on a dangerous mission in the volatile Eastern Mediterranean.Cloaked by the mists of dawn, Task Force 61 carrying tanks, aircraft, and over 5000 Marines steams toward Syria with deadly intent. Their mission: rescue 100 hostages from a terrorist stronghold alive.With realism seldom seen in military fiction, The Med is a magnificent and timely epic that brings the human drama of armed conflict compellingly to life. Driven by believable, flesh-and-blood characters, it is a painstakingly detailed portrait of amphibious warfare as only David Poyer can paint it. The Med is today's most explosive tale of international crisis, personal valor, and emotional struggle a disturbingly plausible novel that crackles with non-stop action.
\ From the Publisher\ "One of the outstanding bodies of nautical fiction during the last half-century."--Booklist\ "Poyer knows what he is writing about when it comes to anything on, above, or below the water."--The New York Times Book Review\ "Everything works in this first-rate, unsentimental, and thoroughly accurate look at the present-day navy...very well-handled!"--Kirkus Reviews\ \ \ \