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Delta Force Vampire: Insurgency
The Government made him Deadly, Vampires made him Immortal…
A new hero and a new genre from Kindle bestselling author Alex Shaw.
Brad Black, call-sign ‘Peter Pan’ is a member of America’s elite Delta Force unit. Tasked to recon a tunnel network in use by the Taliban it is just another day in the sandpit for the Delta Boys until something attacks them in the darkness.
Presumed Killed in Action, Black is abducted by a shadowy figure before being forced to cross the inhospitable Afghan wilderness to be reunited with what is left of his team.
Meanwhile a General from Russian Military Intelligence (GRU) arrives at Firebase Python brining news of a Cold War weapons experiment so shocking that its existence has until now remained top secret.
Horrific secrets buried in the Afghan mountains for a quarter of a century are about to be unleashed.
A new hero and a new genre from Kindle bestselling author Alex Shaw.
Brad Black, call-sign ‘Peter Pan’ is a member of America’s elite Delta Force unit. Tasked to recon a tunnel network in use by the Taliban it is just another day in the sandpit for the Delta Boys until something attacks them in the darkness.
Presumed Killed in Action, Black is abducted by a shadowy figure before being forced to cross the inhospitable Afghan wilderness to be reunited with what is left of his team.
Meanwhile a General from Russian Military Intelligence (GRU) arrives at Firebase Python brining news of a Cold War weapons experiment so shocking that its existence has until now remained top secret.
Horrific secrets buried in the Afghan mountains for a quarter of a century are about to be unleashed.
160 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 22, 2012
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About the author
Alex Shaw
21 books157 followersALEX SHAW B.A.(Hons), P.G.C.E. spent the second half of the 1990s in Kyiv, Ukraine, teaching Drama and running his own business consultancy before being head-hunted for a division of Siemens. The next few years saw him doing business for the company across the former USSR, the Middle East, and Africa.
Alex is an active member of the ITW (The International Thriller Writers organisation) and the CWA (the Crime Writers Association). He is the author of the #1 International Kindle Bestselling 'Aidan Snow SAS thrillers' HETMAN & COLD BLACK and the new DELTA FORCE VAMPIRE series of books. His writing has also been published in the thriller anthologies DEATH TOLL, DEATH TOLL 2 and ACTION PULSE POUNDING TALES 2 alongside International Bestselling authors Stephen Leather and Matt Hilton. DANGEROUS, DEADLY, ELITE - The third Aidan Snow Thriller will be available in October 2014.
COLD BLACK is commercially published by ENDEAVOUR PRESS.
Alex, his wife and their two sons divide their time between homes in Kyiv, Ukraine and Worthing, England. Alex can be contacted via his website www.alexwshaw.com You can also follow Alex on twitter: @alexshawhetman
Alex is an active member of the ITW (The International Thriller Writers organisation) and the CWA (the Crime Writers Association). He is the author of the #1 International Kindle Bestselling 'Aidan Snow SAS thrillers' HETMAN & COLD BLACK and the new DELTA FORCE VAMPIRE series of books. His writing has also been published in the thriller anthologies DEATH TOLL, DEATH TOLL 2 and ACTION PULSE POUNDING TALES 2 alongside International Bestselling authors Stephen Leather and Matt Hilton. DANGEROUS, DEADLY, ELITE - The third Aidan Snow Thriller will be available in October 2014.
COLD BLACK is commercially published by ENDEAVOUR PRESS.
Alex, his wife and their two sons divide their time between homes in Kyiv, Ukraine and Worthing, England. Alex can be contacted via his website www.alexwshaw.com You can also follow Alex on twitter: @alexshawhetman
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February 26, 2014
An original take on the vampire genre.
If you are looking at this book hoping to find a few Stephenie Meyer inspired, sensitive new age vampires, you’re going to be sorely disappointed. On the other hand, if you’re a fan of those bloodthirsty first-person shooter games on X-box and PlayStation, particularly those that involve the hunting down of hordes of zombies, you’ve come to the right place. While you won’t find any zombies in Alex Shaw’s, Delta Force Vampire: Insurgency, there is a good chance you will be run down, overpowered, and generally mauled to death by the onslaught of Mujahedeen vamps within its pages.
Set in Afghanistan, amidst the International Security Assistance Force’s (ISAF) ongoing fight against terror, Delta Force Vampire: Insurgency, is best summed up as a roller-coaster ride of non-stop action. Following the fate of newly sired vampire and Delta Force Operative, Brad Black, the book takes the reader along on the hunt for a group of rouge Soviet era vampires, left in hibernation following Russia's withdrawal from Afghanistan in the late 1980's. Released from their mountainous tomb by a US airstrike, the Russians waste no time in siring a group local vampires and having them attack the nearby ISAF stronghold, Firebase Python. Struggling with his new found immortality, and literal taste for blood, Black has no choice but to overcome his personal demons, and lead from the front, in a fight that if lost could change the balance of world power.
This book won’t be for everyone, but if you love this type of over the top action, and you’re a fan of blood-sucking vampires, you won’t be disappointed.
If you are looking at this book hoping to find a few Stephenie Meyer inspired, sensitive new age vampires, you’re going to be sorely disappointed. On the other hand, if you’re a fan of those bloodthirsty first-person shooter games on X-box and PlayStation, particularly those that involve the hunting down of hordes of zombies, you’ve come to the right place. While you won’t find any zombies in Alex Shaw’s, Delta Force Vampire: Insurgency, there is a good chance you will be run down, overpowered, and generally mauled to death by the onslaught of Mujahedeen vamps within its pages.
Set in Afghanistan, amidst the International Security Assistance Force’s (ISAF) ongoing fight against terror, Delta Force Vampire: Insurgency, is best summed up as a roller-coaster ride of non-stop action. Following the fate of newly sired vampire and Delta Force Operative, Brad Black, the book takes the reader along on the hunt for a group of rouge Soviet era vampires, left in hibernation following Russia's withdrawal from Afghanistan in the late 1980's. Released from their mountainous tomb by a US airstrike, the Russians waste no time in siring a group local vampires and having them attack the nearby ISAF stronghold, Firebase Python. Struggling with his new found immortality, and literal taste for blood, Black has no choice but to overcome his personal demons, and lead from the front, in a fight that if lost could change the balance of world power.
This book won’t be for everyone, but if you love this type of over the top action, and you’re a fan of blood-sucking vampires, you won’t be disappointed.
April 18, 2015
Wow! If you love military action this is the book for you. Don't normally read vampire stuff, but this held my interest. An excellent storyline by a great new thriller writer. The book had me turning pages until the end. Thoroughly recommend it!
August 23, 2014
Veronica
This is the first time I have read a book by this author. I have totally enjoyed this new series and I will look forward too reading the next book in this series.
This is the first time I have read a book by this author. I have totally enjoyed this new series and I will look forward too reading the next book in this series.
June 24, 2015
Military thriller mashes vampire thriller, two of my top five genres, yes please!
This was not my first foray into the writing mind of Mr. Shaw. The first title I read from him was Cold Black. A military thriller that I really enjoyed and recommend to fans of the genre.
While this book has similarities they are very different tales I would say this book is even better than the first I read. It's contains the military similarity but unlike the first one this one is from the American military side and the special forces, Delta to be specific. Throw in Soviet vampires and you can see why this book could heat up quick.
It takes place in Afghanistan, a seemingly common location of the genre, military side that is, which makes sense as the world's spent the last decade and half focused on the area there and surrounding
. Seem a very secret Soviet experiment has been hibernating in caves there since they pulled out many years ago, trapped in the very caves used to protect themselves and hide the experiments.
The unintended consequences of an American attack on Taliban fighters at the same cave will be felt by more than the small Delta force sent in, The beasts unleashed will cut a swath across the country killing and turning Americans and Afghans alike.
The saving grace? One of The Vampires. A Soviet special forces soldier turned by the very same monster waiting to unite with his trapped progeny. A traitor to his brothers in the caves, he's also been waiting all this time to finally end his maker and the rest of his followers.
The Delta force strike starts out right but it isn't long before the hunters are the hunted, Saved by the traitor, one of the Delta soldiers wakes up to a new reality. As much as his life has changed it's nothing compared to what will happen when the leader of The Vampires finds out about an almost mythical skill he possess, a trait that has been rumored about and hunted for.
Add in the government who not only knows about The Vampires but has somewhat of an expert on their side who also wants to exploit the Delta with the ironic code named Peter Pan.
I read this almost straight through and am excited for the next installment in the series. A must read for fans of either genre
This was not my first foray into the writing mind of Mr. Shaw. The first title I read from him was Cold Black. A military thriller that I really enjoyed and recommend to fans of the genre.
While this book has similarities they are very different tales I would say this book is even better than the first I read. It's contains the military similarity but unlike the first one this one is from the American military side and the special forces, Delta to be specific. Throw in Soviet vampires and you can see why this book could heat up quick.
It takes place in Afghanistan, a seemingly common location of the genre, military side that is, which makes sense as the world's spent the last decade and half focused on the area there and surrounding
. Seem a very secret Soviet experiment has been hibernating in caves there since they pulled out many years ago, trapped in the very caves used to protect themselves and hide the experiments.
The unintended consequences of an American attack on Taliban fighters at the same cave will be felt by more than the small Delta force sent in, The beasts unleashed will cut a swath across the country killing and turning Americans and Afghans alike.
The saving grace? One of The Vampires. A Soviet special forces soldier turned by the very same monster waiting to unite with his trapped progeny. A traitor to his brothers in the caves, he's also been waiting all this time to finally end his maker and the rest of his followers.
The Delta force strike starts out right but it isn't long before the hunters are the hunted, Saved by the traitor, one of the Delta soldiers wakes up to a new reality. As much as his life has changed it's nothing compared to what will happen when the leader of The Vampires finds out about an almost mythical skill he possess, a trait that has been rumored about and hunted for.
Add in the government who not only knows about The Vampires but has somewhat of an expert on their side who also wants to exploit the Delta with the ironic code named Peter Pan.
I read this almost straight through and am excited for the next installment in the series. A must read for fans of either genre
September 21, 2014
A Delta Force team, led by Brad Black, raid a Taliban stronghold – a tunnel of networks in the Afghan mountains. Pretty routine stuff, until the team are attacked and wiped out by something. All are presumed killed in action.
But Black survived.
At the same time a Russian intelligence officer is attempting to keep a devastating cold war weapon hidden from prying eyes.
This is a degree of departure from Shaw’s normal fare. His work is typically military (check) and fast moving (check), with an Eastern European slant (check) – but this time it includes… vampires.
Historically I’ve tended to shy away from novels such as these, however previous novels I’ve reviewed that would also fall into this ‘avoid’ section have turned out well, plus I like Shaw’s previous writing. Thankfully Vampire… held up to scrutiny.
This is mainly because the story is thick on military action and the vampire element, although crucial to the story, doesn’t swamp it. Black’s transformation into a soldier with pointy canines adds, rather than detracts.
It’s a relatively fast read (in terms of length and narrative pace) with well-drawn characters, Black’s internal conflict at being ‘turned’ is interestingly done. Worth picking up.
**Originally reviewed for Books and Pals blog. May have received free review copy.**
July 28, 2014
I'll give this book 3-stars for a cool idea: Special Forces and Vampires. A great combo.
But oh man, does it have editorial type mistakes: words out of place, left out, and so on. If you like to read fast this book will FORCE you to slow down. You can skim over some of the mistakes, but certainly not all. They jar you to a halt! Really, get an editor of some kind.
The writing itself is kind of simple, not too many details. I suspect the author does not really know anything about Delta forces operations. Maybe he read
and took some key words off that book.
Simple undetailed writing style combined with hundreds of spelling / grammar mistakes would normally equal 2 stars or less, but I liked the idea of the story. So I gave it 3-tsarts.
But oh man, does it have editorial type mistakes: words out of place, left out, and so on. If you like to read fast this book will FORCE you to slow down. You can skim over some of the mistakes, but certainly not all. They jar you to a halt! Really, get an editor of some kind.
The writing itself is kind of simple, not too many details. I suspect the author does not really know anything about Delta forces operations. Maybe he read
and took some key words off that book.Simple undetailed writing style combined with hundreds of spelling / grammar mistakes would normally equal 2 stars or less, but I liked the idea of the story. So I gave it 3-tsarts.
March 31, 2014
It took me a little while to get into this book, but in the end I did enjoy it.
I was quite impressed with Shaw’s Vampires; they had some very traditional traits and in other ways felt more human and believable than others I’ve read stories about. There was a line in the book that stated that all humans are born with the Vampire gene and that’s it just waiting to be activated - I really like this theory!!
You get Action, War, Friendship, allied enemies and some spunky Delta boys that become spunky Vampire Delta boys. This is the first book in a new series by Shaw and it will be interesting to see where it goes.
I’m giving it three Stars. It is a good book suited more to anyone into armed forces action adventures. For me personally if there had been some sexual tension or a little bit of romance it would have made more four or five stars, but that’s purely my own reading style.
I was quite impressed with Shaw’s Vampires; they had some very traditional traits and in other ways felt more human and believable than others I’ve read stories about. There was a line in the book that stated that all humans are born with the Vampire gene and that’s it just waiting to be activated - I really like this theory!!
You get Action, War, Friendship, allied enemies and some spunky Delta boys that become spunky Vampire Delta boys. This is the first book in a new series by Shaw and it will be interesting to see where it goes.
I’m giving it three Stars. It is a good book suited more to anyone into armed forces action adventures. For me personally if there had been some sexual tension or a little bit of romance it would have made more four or five stars, but that’s purely my own reading style.
April 24, 2014
A good start to what could be a great new series combining to thrilling genres. However, Delta Force Vampire: Insurgency only gets four stars from me as I thought that the editing and proof reading could have been tighter and with more accuracy, due to unnecessary errors or omissions and although this is a quick read, it took a little while to get into. Nevertheless, to anyone considering this adventure with a new calibre of special ops protagonist it should be an enjoyable tale.
January 14, 2016
Great book
Awesome book ! I am a huge fan of seal and delta force novels, and I am starting to enjoy more of the special forces vs the super natural or alien beings. This book really puts a new spin on it, and it keeps you from putting it down. I can't wait for the next one. Excellent book Mr. Shaw.
Awesome book ! I am a huge fan of seal and delta force novels, and I am starting to enjoy more of the special forces vs the super natural or alien beings. This book really puts a new spin on it, and it keeps you from putting it down. I can't wait for the next one. Excellent book Mr. Shaw.
April 11, 2018
Exciting and action filled. Totally different type of vampire. Can't wait to read next in series.
May 17, 2018
Great read.
Great book! Look forward to the next book in the series. Until then I will wait, and find another book!...☺
Great book! Look forward to the next book in the series. Until then I will wait, and find another book!...☺
March 6, 2025
Made it 25% in and asked myself why am I still reading this?
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