Full Assault Mode

March 31, 2014
At the outset of Fury’s exciting if slightly muddled third Delta Force novel (after Tier One Wild), Delta commander Maj. Kolt “Racer” Raynor is in Afghanistan hunting down terrorists—in particular, Haji Mohammed Ghafour, a Pashtun elder linked to real-life terrorist Ayman al-Zawahiri. Both men are considered dangerous to the American homeland, and intel shows that Ghafour is planning attacks on nuclear power plants in the U.S. When Kolt disobeys orders to rescue one of his team members on the mission, he gets kicked out of Delta. He soon joins an ultrasecret group called Tungsten, headquartered in Atlanta, where he takes on the job of defusing the terrorist plan to attack the nuclear plants. Several subplots vie for attention, and tighter editing would have made for a less confusing plot, but the action scenes make up for any perplexities. The upbeat ending points to Kolt being welcomed back to Delta and a new round of adventures. Agent: Scott Miller, Trident Media Group.

May 1, 2014
Delta Force member Kolt Raynor can always be relied on to save the day while ticking off his superiors. He pulls off a miracle in Pakistan, but his boss wants to fire him for disobeying an abort order. When the SEALs ask him to help on a mission involving a terrorist who has access to a nuclear weapon, Raynor jumps at the chance. But can he take orders willingly when he's not in charge? Fans of larger-than-life military-thriller characters like Brad Taylor's Pike Logan should enjoy Raynor as well, even if he occasionally comes across as a bit too gruff. Fury has the knowledge to make special ops feel authentic, and it works.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2014, American Library Association.)