SOAR—A Black Ops Novel
Release Date: August 2003
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On the eve of a groundbreaking U.S.-Chinese weapons summit, a covert CIA operation to bug a secret nuclear test site in Western China goes terribly wrong when the American team is captured by Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) terrorists. With the clock ticking, the president mobilizes a top secret element of the Army's elite Delta Force to rescue the CIA hostages before the terrorists realize who they've got.
The situation threatens to go global when U.S. intelligence learns that the renegade Uzbeks have also hijacked a Chinese nuke and armed it. Then Beijing dispatches its own special operations troops to hunt down the terrorists and retrieve the stolen nuke. Now the Delta Soldiers must not only beat the Chinese to the guerrillas to keep them from discovering the spooks, they must also disarm the unstable nuke without leaving a trace.
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Praise for SOAR
Richard Marcinko's collaborator on six Rogue Warrior novels resumes his solo career with a knowledgeable, fast-paced, near-future thriller. As U.S. and Chinese negotiators sit down for arms talks, Uzbek terrorists capture covert American observers of a Chinese nuclear test site. The Uzbeks soon possess a Chinese nuke, too, which they plan to present to their Arab allies. The thefts launch a race between Chinese special operations forces, who want to get the nuke back, and U.S. operators who also want the bomb. The clock is ticking faster for the U.S. because of the hostages, who must be rescued before the Chinese discover them and break off negotiations in a blaze of publicity à la the U-2 spy-plane brouhaha of 1960. Weisman draws on his own and many others' covert intelligence and special operations experience to craft a convincing scenario and a great many gripping scenes and believable characters. A definite treat for thriller fans.
"There are only a few authors who are able to climb inside the culture, mindset, and passions of the people who conduct covert and special operations. John Weisman, and SOAR, reveals to you why he's the best in the business in writing about it. SOAR will never let you down!"
—William S. Cohen, Former Defense Secretary
"This is the kind of truth you can only tell in fiction, otherwise lives would be lost. John Weisman takes readers into the very heart of CIA and special operations. SOAR is a must read if you want to know how we'll be fighting our next war."
—Robert Baer, veteran CIA case officer and author of the New York Times best-seller "See No Evil"
"Thank God John Weisman is on our side! He knows how America can and will fight when we must...he knows that future wars will be nothing like the past. No one will put this down. Some may even sign up. If you have a seat belt, fasten it."
—Richard N. Perle, Chairman, Defense Policy Board and former Assistant Secretary of Defense
"SOAR is a great page turner by a pro who knows his stuff."
—Oliver North, author of the New York Times best-selling novel "Mission Compromised"
"Nobody writes better about the dark, dirty and dangerous world of Black Ops."
—New York Times best-selling author Joseph Wambaugh
"SOAR reads like a heat-seeking missile. Weisman fills his pages with a crew of gritty and authentic characters who jump off the page. If this isn't the real thing, I don't know what is."
—Patrick Robinson, best-selling author of USS Seawolf
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