Tom Locke works for Apollo Outcomes. They are a group of mercenaries that work where the government can't or won't. These aren't your average run of the mill mercs, they are highly trained and sent in to do serious work.
Locke has been tasked with saving the family of an Russian oligarch and pulling off an assault that could forever change the face of the Eastern Europe. Only he doesn't know that his boss, someone he trusts, is working in the background to try and maneuver things to his benefit. World changing maneuvers with very rich and very powerful people, who don't much worry themselves with the guy on the ground, can be deadly. Locke must use his intelligence and skill to save as many people as he can.
Sean McFate delivers an exciting and well written spy thriller with SHADOW WAR. At the beginning of the book I was a little worried it might be full of cheesy cliques, the prolouge had me holding my breath, but thankfully it wasn't and the story pulled together quite well. Tom Locke and his team were tested and then push to and over their limits. Delivering a non stop, action filled story line only interrupted by the actions of a stupid girl reporter. I have to admit being a girl, I really hate it when one who should be intelligent does seemingly stupid stuff that causes lots of problems. But other than her SHADOW WAR is a great story. I look forward to more adventures from Sean McFate about Tom Locke and his group.
Tom Locke is an elite warrior working for
Apollo Outcomes, one of the worldโs most successful private
contracting firms. Pulled out of a mission in Libya, he is
tapped for an unusual and risky assignment: a top secret
black op in Ukraine. He is given one week to rescue an
oligarchโs family and pull off a spectacular assault that
could have long-lasting repercussions for this imperiled
Eastern European nation and the world.
What Locke
doesnโt know is that the operation comes with a dangerous
complication: Brad Winters. Lockeโs ambitious and enigmatic
boss is engaged in a secretive, high-stakes geopolitical
chess game with several influential powerbrokers in capitals
around the world. One misstep could cost himโand
Lockeโeverything.
While Locke has methodically planned
the mission and hand-picked a team of trusted operatives to
pull it offโand save his ass if things go southโhe doesnโt
count on running into a former love, war correspondent Alie
MacFarlane, who impulsively makes a move that risks both
their lives. Locke is an intelligent, iconoclastic soldier
who specializes in pulling off the impossible. But all his
brilliant preparation canโt prevent the kind of backstabbing
and deception that could lead to catastrophe . . . and tip
the balance of power toward Putinโs Russia.
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