13 HOURS is a gripping page turner that tells the story of what happened in those 13 hours on September 11-12 in Benghazi, Libya. The operators who were there that day told the story as they saw it from their perspective and the perspective of others on the ground. These men fought hard for their lives and the lives of those working in the CIA annex that day, they lost friends. This is the day America suffered one of its most devastating losses in the history of American diplomacy, the murder of an American Ambassador, a state department officer and two former U.S. Navy Seals at the hands of terrorist thugs. Men who were trying to make that small part of the world a better and safer place died in the service of their country.

Mitchell Zuckoff does a masterful job telling the story of the men there that fateful day. You come to really respect and appreciate what these men and men like them sacrifice for us every day. 13 HOURS is not a political statement but a true story seen by the men that were there, the men that were injured and suffered the loss of their brothers. The average person cannot understand the closeness these men feel for each other and the magnitude of their loss. Not to mention the families that lost sons, fathers, brother and husbands. You can feel the pain in the description of each person and the respect felt for each and every one of them by each other. The Ambassador, Chris Steven, had spent his life trying to help bring a better life to the people of the Middle East and Libya.

When I picked up 13 HOURS I was unable to put it down. I laughed at the antics of some of the men and teared up when reading about Tyron Woods never being able to see his sons grow up. America lost so much that day and most people don't even realize on how many levels it happened. Demonstrators do not carry rocket propelled grenades and mortars and America does not let the murder of its Ambassador and three citizens go unpunished, or at least we never have before.

Upon finishing 13 HOURS I wanted one thing more than anything else, justice for Ambassador Christopher Stevens, Tyron Woods, Glen Doherty and Sean Smith. 13 HOURS by Mitchell Zuckoff and the Annex Security Team is a moving, intense book told by the men that were there that horrible day of September 11, 2012 and should be read by everyone.