Reaper: Drone Strike
A Sniper Novel
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4.4 • 77 Ratings
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
Nicholas Irving's Reaper: Drone Strike is the next book in the explosive thriller series by the former special operations sniper and New York Times bestselling author of The Reaper.
On a classified mission to help the Israeli Defense Forces stop a Syrian and Hezbollah invasion to seize the Golan Heights, Ranger sniper Vick Harwood and his spotter go deep undercover. Operating with limited support from the American and Israeli governments, Vick is out on the edge.
Alessandra Cavezza, Director of Operations in Syria for the Italian UN Commission for Refugees, is moving families out of an embattled neighborhood. The nearly vacant suburb has been a haven for anti-Assad forces, ISIS militants, and Russian private military contractors. As she crawls into the basement of a home to help find a young girl’s doll, she finds a secret room that has detailed descriptions of unthinkable attacks on the United States, and falls into the hands of a madman: Jasar Tankian, Lebanese mastermind behind the plots.
As Syrian tanks attempt to push through Israeli defenses at the border, Team Reaper picks off Syrian tank commanders as they battle Israeli tanks, jets, and infantrymen. Combat intensifies as Vick goes black on ammunition. Commandeering a cargo drone to deliver Team Reaper to a landing zone near the coordinates, Vick becomes Alessandra’s—and America’s—only hope for survival.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bestseller Irving and Tata's assured sequel to Reaper: Ghost Target finds Ranger sniper Vick Harwood (aka the Reaper) and his spotter, Cpl. Ian "Clutch" Nolte, on a mission in Syria just across the northern Israeli border. While collecting intelligence on logistics convoys between Lebanon and Syria, Vick and Clutch come under attack from drones, and Clutch is wounded. Vick loads him into a U.S. cargo drone, which later is shot down over Lebanon's Beqaa Valley. Meanwhile, Sassi Cavezza, a UN worker at a base in Syria near the Turkish border, takes pictures of an unusual map in an ISIS hideout while seeking to reunite a young Syrian girl with her family. The map proves to hold clues to a planned poison gas attack on a major U.S. target. When terrorists later kidnap Sassi, Vick ends up having to rescue her as well as Clutch. The combined expertise of the authors, both military veterans, more than compensates for the overly familiar plot and characterizations. Fans of military action thrillers will settle back and enjoy the almost nonstop action.
