Prometheus's Child: Harold Coyle's Strategic Solutions, Inc.
(Book #2 in the Harold Coyle's Strategic Solutions, Inc. Series)
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Book Overview
In this explosive series from "New York Times" bestseller Harold Coyle and noted military author Barrett Tillman, a new type of war is being fought by private paramilitary companies at the beck and call of the highest bidder. With the military and intelligence agencies spread thin, the United States is constantly calling upon the services of these organizations--and Strategic Solutions Inc. is among the best. What begins as a relatively simply military-training mission in Chad turns into a high-stakes game of nuclear brinkmanship as the men and women of Security Solutions, Inc. stumble across a plot to extract and ship yellowcake--the base fuel for a nuclear weapon--to any number of countries hostile to the US. The in-country force tracks the operation to a supposedly abandoned remote mine in the desert.They strike, but a convoy carrying the yellowcake shipment escapes their trap. With time running out, the SSI teams must pull together like they never have before to find a ship in international waters and recover its deadly cargo--by any means necessary.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0765313723
ISBN13:9780765313720
Release Date:October 2007
Publisher:Forge Books
Length:352 Pages
Weight:1.25 lbs.
Dimensions:9.5" x 1.1" x 6.4"
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Prometheus's Child by Harold Coyle & Barrett Tillman
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
This is one of three books so far dealing with a fictional Private Company that undertakes missions in the middle east for our government to thwart terrorist activities. The book is well done in its plot and you find it hard to put down once you start reading it. I am eagerly awaiting volume 4 in the series.
Prometheus's Child
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
The release of the second book in this series is well timed. As the world looks to question the rolls of Private Military Contractors for world governments, this novel gives us a second look at the men and women of Strategic Solutions, Inc and the jobs they under take to protect and serve the interest of the United States when politics and Armies can't make do.This fictional look at a real subject may give you insight into the truth of the real world of the PMC. It is not James Bond, or the Bourne spy series but it is not trying to be. It is a look at a very real way of solving problems through the eyes of fictional PMC's.
A convincing view into the world of private military companies
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
Private contractors are much in the news, but despite all the attention (most of it negative) these days, I found that Harold Coyle sheds interesting, informative light on PMCs. While some contractors seem to cross the line on occasion, Coyle's team plays it straight, even when it's dangerous to do so. In that regard, his characters are typical of the security firms I know of. They're well trained, well paid pros in a very dangerous game. (Last I heard, about 1,000 have been killed in the war on terror.) Another thing I like about this series is Coyle's description of how the operators get hired. After so-called "right sizing" in the 1990s, the US military was caught short handed on 9/11, and private contractors were needed as never before. That's part of the plot in this book, and Coyle and Tillman deserve credit for showing that aspect of the business as nobody else has done, to my knowledge.
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