Sand and Fire (A Parson and Gold Novel)
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A remarkable military thriller from one of the most widely acclaimed new suspense writers in yearsFans of Clancy and Coonts need to add Young to their must-read list (Booklist). North Africa. A jihadist leader has seized a supply of sarin gas and is wreaking havoc: a nightclub in Sicily a packed street in Gibraltar. Acting on information Marine gunnery sergeant A. E. Blount at six-foot-eight a formidable warrior the grandson of one of the first black Marines sets out with his strike force to kill or capture the terrorist. But it is a trap. Several Marines are killed some are captured and the jihadist promises that unless forces withdraw he will execute one prisoner a day. Immediately Blounts friends and colleagues Sophia Gold now with the U.N. and Lieutenant Colonel Michael Parson working for the United States Africa Command rush to Libya to help coordinate rescue efforts. The ordeal however has only begun. Soon they will all be fighting for their lives in the sand and fire of the desert.
