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In the final weeks of his US Navy SEAL tour in Afghanistan, Lieutenant Rafe Stoner leads his unit in a desperate mission to rescue the daughter of a diplomat, an aid worker kidnapped and held for ransom. The girl is found raped, tortured and murdered. Soon after, he leaves the Navy. In his new life he launches a colorful career as the part owner of the brothel, and in his spare time, a gun for hire.
His best friend is Greg Blum, who works a remote farm outside Jalalabad with his pretty wife Faria, his three adopted children and a Marine-trained dog named Archer. The Blum family enjoy an uneventful life. Until someone attempts to wipe out the entire family in a vicious blaze of gunfire.
The trail to the killer leads to Russia. And to an assassin known as the Widowmaker. To an impossible and bitter fight to defend the family he regards as his own. A fight that will leave a long trail of corpses along the way. Black-Ops: Heroes of Afghanistan –Widowmaker is by the bestselling author of many Special Ops novels. These include the popular SEAL Team Bravo stories, the Special Operations: Grant series, Echo Six, and a number of Devil's Guard titles.
Titles in the series (11)
- Black Ops Heroes of Afghanistan
1
Life is short and justice a rare commodity in the harsh wastelands of Afghanistan. Navy SEAL Lieutenant Rafe Stoner is about to encounter this cruel truth the hard way. An operation goes tragically wrong, and a Taliban sniper team ambushes a UNHCR ambulance. One of the dead is the woman with whom he intended to start a new life. Stoner turns his back on civilization, and begins a new career as a gun for hire in the bitter land ruled by the bomb and the bullet. With a growing reputation as a man who gets results, the former SEAL agrees to locate the murderer of a young boy's father. This time he is up against overwhelming odds, so he recruits a former friend, Greg Blum, as an extra gun. Blum is a talented shooter, the son of a Russian who fought in Afghanistan during the Russian invasion. He is also the man Stoner once threatened to kill. The operation becomes a desperate fight for survival. Battling drug-traffickers, murderers and warlords, Stoner has to employ all of his SEAL skills just to stay alive. The two men fight their way through ambush and the bitter snows of winter to reach their target. Standing in their way is a vicious warlord, Massoud, who counts among his ranks a psychopathic American sniper. The battle becomes a bloody and ferocious duel to the death. This is a spectacular story of a fight for justice in a ruined and war-torn land. Black-Ops: Lions of Afghanistan is by the bestselling author of many Spec Ops war stories. These include the popular SEAL Team Bravo titles, the Raider series, as well as the Echo Six, Raider and Devil's Guard series.
- Black Ops Heroes of Afghanistan: Retribution
3
Afghanistan is a land ripped apart by unending warfare. Inside this seething cauldron of violence, Rafe Stoner, a former Navy SEAL, maintains a precarious existence. His business, selling surplus machinery, is a cover for his real work. Stoner is a gun for hire, and his services are in constant demand. When a CIA agent offers him a small fortune to take on a contract, he smells trouble. The job is almost suicidal. They want him to risk everything to rescue an operative. An Agency sniper, trapped and threatened with a horrific death at the hands of a notorious drug lord and his army of fanatical fighters. Helped by his old friend, the Russian Greg Blum, they head for the town of Khost. Ahead of them, a horde of Taliban veterans. Men sworn to bring about the death of Americans. Stoner and Blum become enmeshed in a vicious battle that threatens them with a violent and bloody end. For the drug lord has a hobby. Extreme torture. Capture would result in an unspeakable and agonizing death. This is an incredible story of tough, violent men in a tough, violent land. Black-Ops: Heroes of Afghanistan Retribution is by the bestselling author of many Special Ops novels. These include the popular SEAL Team Bravo stories, the Raider series, Echo Six, and a number of Devil's Guard titles.
- Black Ops Heroes of Afghanistan: Payback
4
Afghanistan, a nation in perpetual torment. A frightened land where cruelty and casual killing are a part of normal life. Now the violence has worsened. The brutal Independent Islamic State has appeared, founded on a mountain of corpses. To raise funds, the Islamists embark on a campaign of kidnap and ransom. When they abduct the wife of a senior United Nations official, the husband approaches Rafe Stoner to get her back. A former US Navy SEAL and gun for hire. Stoner is initially reluctant, but he is soon persuaded when he learns the identity of the leader of the kidnappers. Rumi Kamran. Torturer, child murderer, and a man he has long vowed to kill. With the help of his veteran colleague Greg Blum, Stoner embarks on a suicidal mission to infiltrate the impregnable enemy stronghold of Asmar. Within hours the pair are embroiled in a series of vicious battles. Their rescue mission is threatened with failure at every turn. Against all the odds, they must go on, determined to reach their objective. To free the kidnapped wife of the United Nations official, and kill the Islamic psychopath who holds her captive, before he leads her to the slaughter. Fraught with twists and turns, this is an incredible story of tough, violent men in a tough, violent land. Black-Ops: Heroes of Afghanistan: Payback is by the bestselling author of many Special Ops novels. These include the popular SEAL Team Bravo stories, the Raider series, Echo Six, and a number of Devil's Guard titles.
- Black Ops Heroes of Afghanistan: Vengeance
2
Rafe Stoner, a former Navy SEAL, leads a cruel existence as a gun for hire in Afghanistan. After the brutal killing of his fiancée he vowed a brutal revenge. A revenge that littered the landscape with the bodies of those responsible. Now he learns his work is not over. A wealthy, young Afghan woman holds the key to the identity of the Taliban commander who ordered the murder. Stoner sets out with his ally Greg Blum to hunt down the last of the guilty men. The quest takes them to a remote, hilltop city. They find the girl they seek, besieged by brutal Islamists attempting to seize her fortune. Stoner has to put aside the mission in order to protect her from the Mullahs and Imams who would rob and kill her. As a result he and Blum are dragged into a bloody struggle that is a microcosm of the entire country. A nation where religion, politics and the drug trade have spiraled out of control in a cycle of endless violence. Revenge has to take a back seat when the survival of those around him hangs by a slender thread. This is an incredible story of an impossible and bitter fight to punish the guilty. A fight to defend an innocent woman in a city where justice comes in the shape of a 7.62mm bullet. Black-Ops: Heroes of Afghanistan II is by the bestselling author of many Special Ops novels. These include the popular SEAL Team Bravo stories, the Raider series, Echo Six, and a number of Devil's Guard titles.
- Black Ops Heroes of Afghanistan: Ghosts of Tora Bora
Tora Bora, a name lodged in people’s minds, despite the passing of the years. Once a refuge for the world’s most wanted man, and the scene of an epic battle. Decades after the guns stopped firing, the bloodshed is back. Into the maelstrom, Rafe Stoner, former US Navy SEAL, and his partner Greg Blum, search for a missing American soldier. A female infantry lieutenant, with connections that go all the way to the White House. What awaits them is a nightmare of violence. On one side, Taliban insurgents, who have brought the caves back into use. On the other, an American infantry unit led by a gung-ho officer. Stoner and Blum need to reach the caves to locate the missing lieutenant, but both the Taliban and the overzealous, arrogant infantry officer are determined to stop them. It is the start of a long and brutal journey. First, they must confront the ghosts from the past, and then a ghost from the present. A throwback to the historic Battle of Tora Bora, a man they thought was dead. The journey takes them across the snow-covered mountains into Peshawar, the notorious drug and gun capital of Northern Pakistan. It is only the beginning, for the action moves back to Afghanistan, for the final epic confrontation with the enemy. This is an incredible story of tough, violent men in a tough, violent land. Black-Ops: Heroes of Afghanistan – Ghosts of Tora Bora is the latest title by the bestselling author of many Special Ops novels. These include the popular SEAL Team Bravo stories, the Raider series, Echo Six, and several Devil's Guard titles.
- Black Ops: Heroes of Afghanistan: Godfather
Rafe Stoner is a tough, hard fighting, embittered former Navy SEAL. He makes a precarious living inside Afghanistan with a loss-making surplus machinery business. Although he earns his real money by other means. Stoner is a gun for hire, and business is brisk in the lawless country. Yet his life is going nowhere, and most everyone he was ever close to is dead, victims of the insurgent violence. He finds his comforts in booze and whores, and it is a life he increasingly despises. Until a miracle occurs. His best friends, Greg and Faria Blum, invite him to be Godfather to their three children. Including the oldest, Ahmed Durani, a teenage boy to whom he owes a lot, including his life. At last, Stoner’s life if starting to turn around. Until Ahmed embarks for America, to attend college with a view to training to be a doctor. He arrives in Los Angeles, and disappears. Kidnapped, by person or persons unknown. It is the start of a long and brutal hunt for Stoner and Greg Blum to find him and get him back. A hunt that takes him to Mexico, where they meet Carmen, Ahmed’s sultry Afghan-Mexican cousin. She helps them fight a vicious drug lord, and leave his empire a smoking ruin. Yet there is still no sign of Ahmed, and in desperation Stoner calls in every favor ever owed to him. It means a return to Afghanistan, more violence and more killing, before he gets a lead. His godson is held prisoner by one of the most vicious and powerful warlords in the country. A man he fought before, long ago, and lost. This time, he will win. He has to win. His promise to always take care of Ahmed is a vow a godfather must fulfill. This is an incredible story of tough, violent men in a tough, violent land. Black-Ops: Heroes of Afghanistan - Godfather is the latest title by the bestselling author of many Special Ops novels. These include the popular SEAL Team Bravo stories, the Raider series, Echo Six, and a number of Devil's Guard titles.
- Black Ops: Heroes of Afghanistan: Spetsnaz Assassin
Rafe Stoner is a gun for hire, a former Navy SEAL whose skills are in constant demand in his adopted home of Afghanistan. His legitimate business is selling surplus machinery, or so his tax return states. His real work is less prosaic, and makes him a good living from a grateful client base. The removal of inconvenient rivals is a way of life in the violent and war-torn nation. When a name surfaces during a conversation in a bar, the alarm bells ring. Khan. A name from the past, a man he thought he’d killed. He was wrong. The warlord clawed his way back from his injuries, and has sworn a lifelong vow. Stoner must die, along with those few people who are closest to him. Yet the SEAL vet is no easy target, and Khan needs professionals capable of carrying out the hit. He finds them. Spetsnaz. Inside Afghanistan, the bitterest memories of the Soviet invasion are reserved for the brutal Spetsnaz. Callous killers, men without scruple or mercy. Forced out after the Russian economic crisis brought deep cuts to the military, many mercenaries. Murder for hire, payment in advance. No questions asked. Willing recruits for Khan’s mission of vengeance. Their first attack is a hit against Stoner’s friends, Greg and Faria Blum, and their three children. An attack that launches him into a desperate struggle against the Russian experts, who will stop at nothing to kill him and his friends. He has no option but to fight hard to survive against the Russian mercenaries. Then to finish the job he started all those years ago. To kill Khan, or die in the attempt. This is an incredible story of tough, violent men in a tough, violent land. Black-Ops: Heroes of Afghanistan Spetsnaz Assassin is the latest title by the bestselling author of many Special Ops novels. These include the popular SEAL Team Bravo stories, the Raider series, Echo Six, and a number of Devil's Guard titles.
- Heroes of Afghanistan: The Warlord of Tora Bora
Tora Bora - insurgents used it as a base from where to launch operations. Once it was a hiding place for the notorious Osama bin-Laden. Now, a new man has arrived. He brings the same message as his predecessors, the infidels must leave Afghanistan or die. But this man is different, for he promises to return the country to the worst days of the fighting. His appeal is magnetic, and men flock to join the new jihad. Especially when he claims to communicate with God. Washington is stunned, and orders a strike on the man before his bloodthirsty influence spreads like a dark plague. The CIA point man in Afghanistan, Ivan ‘The Terrible’, persuades Rafe Stoner and his sidekick Greg Blum to carry out the hit. Although they have their own problems. Blum has a brutal cop chasing his pretty young daughter for marriage. And Stoner faces violent competition for his brothel business. Competition that will stop at nothing until he is destroyed. In return for the promise of Ivan’s help, they agree to take the job. But they soon find themselves battling through a suicidal mission as they fight for every meter of ground, and there is worse to come. They face another enemy from an unexpected quarter. Yet this is no ordinary enemy. This one is unstoppable. The Warlord of Tora Bora is an incredible story of tough, violent men in a tough, violent land. Black-Ops: Heroes of Afghanistan – The Warlord of Tora Bora is the latest title by the bestselling author of many SpecOps series. These include the popular SEAL Team Bravo stories, Heroes of Afghanistan, Raider, Echo Six, and Devil's Guard titles.
- Heroes of Afghanistan: Onslaught
Former Navy Seal Rafe Stoner is about to hit rock bottom as he mourns the death of his fiancée to a roadside bomb. Descending into a gambling and alcohol fueled oblivion, he is about to lose it all. When a woman arrives seeking her husband, a doctor kidnapped by insurgents, she calls on him to use his unique skills to rescue him from a Taliban stronghold. He refuses to take it on, until he learns of a rumor that his former fiancée, Madeleine Charpentier, may still be alive. A prisoner with that name lives in the same insurgent hellhole where they are holding the doctor. It could be her, and now things have changed. Once again he picks up his guns to venture into bandit country. Ranged against him is the might of the Taliban, allied to a corrupt and vicious senior Afghan cop. But Stoner is not a man to duck a challenge, and besides, he must find Madeleine. From the start he becomes embroiled in a maelstrom of vicious, brutal battles. Outnumbered, outgunned, wounded and badly beaten, life or death ceases to have any meaning. His sole objective is to find out the truth about his former fiancée. A truth that is more than worth dying for. Heroes of Afghanistan: Resurrection is an incredible story of tough, violent men in a tough, violent land. This is the latest title by the bestselling author of many SpecOps series. These include the popular SEAL Team Bravo stories, Heroes of Afghanistan, Raider, Echo Six, and Devil's Guard titles.
- Black Ops: Heroes of Afghanistan: Righteous Strike
A new insurgency is brewing on the Afghan-Pakistan border. General Ishaq Khan, known as the ‘Hammer of God,’ is the architect of this new terror. During a bloody battle, Khan kidnaps a group of journalists following Congresswoman Barbara Adams. Her work was to highlight injustices against women, yet now Adams and her party have become the victims. The Bin Laden raid on Abbottabad has left diplomatic ties shattered, making an official rescue mission impossible. The Congresswoman’s husband turns to former Navy SEAL for help. Rafe Stoner is a drunk loner with little to live for. His refusal is brief and to the point. Until he discovers General Ishaq Khan, beloved leader of the Haqqani insurgency, has made the biggest mistake of his life. He has given Stoner a reason to live. A reason to fight. He agrees to take on the mission with his best friend Grigory Blum. They are about to enter the gates of hell as they pit their skills and weapons against the might of the Haqqani. What began as a rescue becomes a desperate fight for survival. At the end, one question remains. Who will live, and who will die? Heroes of Afghanistan: Hammer of God is an incredible story of tough, violent men in a tough, violent land. This is the latest title by the bestselling author of many SpecOps series. These include the popular SEAL Team Bravo stories, Heroes of Afghanistan, Raider, Echo Six, and Devil's Guard titles.
- Black Ops: Heroes of Afghanistan: Widowmaker
In the final weeks of his US Navy SEAL tour in Afghanistan, Lieutenant Rafe Stoner leads his unit in a desperate mission to rescue the daughter of a diplomat, an aid worker kidnapped and held for ransom. The girl is found raped, tortured and murdered. Soon after, he leaves the Navy. In his new life he launches a colorful career as the part owner of the brothel, and in his spare time, a gun for hire. His best friend is Greg Blum, who works a remote farm outside Jalalabad with his pretty wife Faria, his three adopted children and a Marine-trained dog named Archer. The Blum family enjoy an uneventful life. Until someone attempts to wipe out the entire family in a vicious blaze of gunfire. The trail to the killer leads to Russia. And to an assassin known as the Widowmaker. To an impossible and bitter fight to defend the family he regards as his own. A fight that will leave a long trail of corpses along the way. Black-Ops: Heroes of Afghanistan –Widowmaker is by the bestselling author of many Special Ops novels. These include the popular SEAL Team Bravo stories, the Special Operations: Grant series, Echo Six, and a number of Devil's Guard titles.
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