SOAR: A Black Ops Novel - Hardcover

Weisman, John

3.9

162 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 006052409X ISBN 13: 9780060524098

Publisher: William Morrow, 2003

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Black ops master storyteller John Weisman creates a scenario so real that if he weren't claiming to write fiction, SOAR would be classified top secret.

On the eve of a groundbreaking U.S.-China summit, a covert CIA operation to bug a secret nuclear test site in western China goes terribly wrong when the American black ops team is captured by a vicious fringe group of Islamic terrorists. With the clock ticking, the president scrambles Major Michael Ritzik, the young CO of Sword Squadron, a top secret element of the Army's elite Delta Force, to rescue the hostages without leaving any fingerprints.

Its mission: impossible -- exactly what Delta trains to do. But then things go from bad to worse. U.S. intelligence learns the terrorists have not only ambushed a Chinese army convoy, they have also hijacked a highly unstable nuclear weapon and armed it. Beijing dispatches its own special forces in hot pursuit. Now Ritzik must use speed, surprise, and violence of action to beat the Chinese to the target, grab the spooks, and disarm the nuke.Failure is not an option.

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About the Author:

Seven-time New York Times bestselling author John Weisman is one of a select company of authors to have their books on both the Times nonfiction and fiction bestseller lists. He pioneered coverage of Naval Special Warfare when he co-authored the number one New York Times bestseller Rogue Warrior, the story of Richard Marcinko and the creation of SEAL Team 6, and then conceived, created, developed, and wrote eight bestselling Rogue fictional sequels. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Seymour Hersh praised his 2004 novel Jack in the Box as "the insider's insider spy novel." Weisman's CIA short stories were chosen for inclusion in Best American Mystery Stories in 1997 and 2003. His most recent CIA short fiction appears in Agents of Treachery. He reviews books on intelligence and military affairs for the Washington Times, and his analysis has appeared in AFIO's periodical Intelligencer. John Weisman lives sin the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.

Review:

“JTerrific...John Weisman’s vigorous book makes a Tom Clancy novel read like something that wouldn’t make it through basic training.” (Alan Cheuse, All Things Considered (NPR))

“John Weisman takes the reader into the very heart of CIA and special operations...A must read.” (Robert Baer, veteran CIA case officer and author of the New York Times bestseller See No Evil)

“Nobody writes better about the dark, dirty, and dangerous world of the CIA and Black Ops....The pace never slows.” (Joseph Wambaugh, author of the Edgar Award-winning Fire Lover)

“Readable as Clancy at his best...Weisman is...wired more tightly into the...special opeations community than any other writer.” (Washington Times)

“Better than Clancy at his best...[Soar] shows how the face of war is changing.” (Lt. Gen. Sam Wilson, USA (Ret.), former head of DIA and one of the godfathers of Delta Force)

“Soar reads like a heat-seeking missile....If this isn’t the real thing, I don’t know what is!” (Patrick Robinson, bestselling author of U.S.S. Seawolf)

“Weisman redefines high impact, action/adventure suspense novels for this decade.” (James Grady, author of Six Days of the Condor and River of Darkness)

“Soar is a great page-turner by a pro who knows his stuff.” (Oliver North, author of the New York Times bestseller Mission Compromised)

“Weisman...imbues every stage of the operation with appropriate complexity and suspense....Riveting for both fans and newcomers.” (Publishers Weekly)

“Good guys, stirring esprit de corps, and spectacular explosions make for a suspenseful war fantasy.” (Kirkus Reviews)

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