An army veteran with deep expertise in military and international affairs makes his fiction debut with this electrifying international thriller-the first volume in a blistering hot series in the tradition of Brad Thor, Tom Clancy, and Daniel Silva. In Shadow War, an elite American mercenary on a secret mission to save a businessman's family in Eastern Europe must navigate perilous setbacks and deadly enemies that threaten to tip the balance of power between Russia and the United States. Tom Locke is an elite warrior working for Apollo Outcomes, one of the world's 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 oligarch's family and pull off a spectacular assault that could have long-lasting repercussions for this imperiled Eastern European nation and the world. What Locke doesn't know is that the operation comes with a dangerous complication: Brad Winters. Locke's 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 him-and Locke-everything. While Locke has methodically planned the mission and hand-picked a team of trusted operatives to pull it off-and save his ass if things go south-he doesn't 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 can't prevent the kind of backstabbing and deception that could lead to catastrophe .

Shadow War - A Tom Locke Novel

Mercenaire d'élite pour le compte d'Appollo Outcomes, leader mondial dans le domaine des armées privées, Tom Locke se voit confier une mission top secrète en Ukraine. Il a une semaine pour monter une opération armée, destinée à empêcher Poutine de s'emparer du pays. Brad Winters, son énigmatique patron, est lancé dans un dangereux bras de fer international. Locke a tout à perdre, et le moindre faux-pas de sa part pourrait précipiter les nations dans une nouvelle guerre mondiale...

Une aventure de Tom Locke  - Occasion

Tom Locke est l'homme de toutes les situations, mais c'est un homme : une femme est son tendon d'Achille... Dans la lignée de Tom Clancy et Brad Thor, une nouvelle série d'action, géopolitique et virile. Tom Locke est un soldat d'élite. Il travaille pour la société Apollo Outcomes, qui domine le marché mondial de l'action militaire sur gages. On lui confie une mission délicate, qui sort un peu de l'ordinaire : il a une semaine pour faire sortir de Libye la famille d'un oligarque ukrainien, avant que Poutine lance une opération militaire d'envergure sur le pays. Mais Locke ignore une information de taille : Brad Winter, son patron, a des intérêts secrets dans l'affaire. Il est en effet engagé dans une partie d'échecs géopolitiques et financiers avec plusieurs personnages influents aux quatre coins du monde. Une erreur, et l'empire d'Apollo Outcomes pourrait s'effondrer. Pour tout arranger, alors que Locke a tout planifié et monté une équipe de confiance pour partir en Libye, un ancien amour resurgit dans sa vie : l'ancienne correspondante de guerre Alie MacFarlane. Locke est l'homme de toutes les situations, mais tout homme a un talon d'Achille.

Shadow War

"Has an enjoyable, realistic feeling.will appeal to action junkies and armchair diplomats alike."   - Kirkus Tom Locke must track a missing Saudi prince deep inside ISIS territory in this second military action thriller from the authors of Shadow War. Disillusioned after a mission in Ukraine goes tragically wrong, military contractor Tom Locke is on the run from Apollo Outcomes, a private military corporation run by the treacherous Brad Winters. While working undercover with his surviving team members on the frontlines of ISIS-infected Iraq, they are approached by a Saudi middleman who offers good money to find the missing son of a high-ranking government official. What Locke doesn't know is that the missing young Prince may have been carrying the result of a secret agreement made with the Pakistanis in the 1960s, and that his father may or may not be trying to topple the Saudi government. As he pushes deeper into ISIS territory, Locke must figure out both the on-the-ground battle lines and the larger Deep State war he has stumbled into yet again. Who is the mysterious Saudi who hired Locke's team? Is the prince's disappearance personal or political? And how many sides are being played against each other in a Middle East torn apart by overlapping and contradictory alliances? To complete the mission and keep his men safe, the battle-hardened Locke must use every skill he has to defeat a fanatical enemy on the ground-while a duplicitous adversary much closer to home waits for his chance to strike.

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