Eagle Down

Shadow Squadron #3

by Carl Bowen, Wilson Tortosa (Illustrator)

Sergeant Edgar Brighton awakens to a pounding headache. As the blur of unconsciousness fades from his eyes, he sees an unfamiliar woman staring back at him. He tries to speak, but discovers that he's been gagged. He tries to stand and, but finds that his hands and feet have been bound. And when the woman begins to blindfold him, Edgar realizes that his troubles have only just begun.

88 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2013

Reviews

[Elijah Keene · Rating 4 out of 5]

It had a good plot but it was kind of boring at the beginning of the story. Kind of repetitive and got lost and zoned out several times but, that could've been me.

[BRANDON SCHEER · Rating 3 out of 5]

PERSONAL RESPONSE:
I enjoyed reading this book because it was different and was able to keep you on the edge of your seat. It was able to do this even though it was so short and simple. The book was only 99 pages with a few pictures and not many words per page so it was a very quick read. The author keeps it at an older readers maturity even though the lexile is so low. It talks about him being tortured and killing and drugs.

PLOT:
The plot of this story is about Sergeant Edgar Brighton’s attempt to find the location of a mexican drug cartel. He was supposed to parachute down into a group of Colombian officers who were supposed to help him in his mission. When he got to his area, he was met by people from the drug cartel. They tased him and knocked him unconscious. They brought him into a warehouse and water boarded him. They eventually told him they were going to beat him with a baton. He escaped by using a pen cap to unlock the cuffs. He escaped by distracting the guards and then cuffing them and stealing their weapons. Instead of leaving the camp he decided to finish his mission before leaving. He did a good job and the U.S. took down the base.

CHARACTERIZATION:
Sergeant Edgar Brighton is the main character in this book. He is the soldier that is supposed to locate the base for the drug cartel. The problem is, it doubles as the military base and torture area. He is taken there under his will but now his mission is to find out where he is, get out alive, and report back. There was another character that was particularly important. She was the torture woman. Her main role is trying to get information out of the soldier and she causes him a lot of pain and is a highly ranked person in the drug cartel.

SETTING:
This book takes place in the South American jungles. It is not sure exactly where, but said to be near the border of Brazil. It is during the summer of 2006. The setting is important because the whole story revolves around the soldier trying to find out where the military base is inside the jungle.

RECOMMENDATION:
I would recommend this book to boys that are young but also mature. The reason for that is because the book is very low lexile so it is an extremely easy read. The reason I think it is for mature people is because it talks about killing, drugs, and fairly extensive about torture.

[Taten Williams · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought this book was pretty good except that they only had Brighton, Edger and not the rest of the squad. So Brighton went on a mission by himself to try to stop a Colombian drug network onto U.S. soil. Brighton was supposed to meet these other guys there but when Brighton got down to the ground he found them. But it was actually the bad guys, they hit Brighton over his head and he went out. He woked up in this small building and he was all tied up in this chair. Then this women came in and tried to get imvermation out of Brighton but he did not say anything. Brighton then escaped and found out where the women was. In her building was three rooms she was in one room and was on the phone so he went to the next room where he found maps. Then the women came in but in the room Brighton saw a gun and grabbed it he tied up the women and Brighton left on a dirt bike and called in a chopper. I would reconmend this to anyone who likes action books.

[Alex Boyd · Rating 3 out of 5]

I rated this book 3/5 stars because it doesn't hook me as much it did in the first book , Sniper Shield.

This book had an amazing beginning, but it was boring from the second chapter to the ending. Carl Bowen had unnecessary cliffhangers in the book. It's not that bad ,but it didn't make sense most of the time; your clueless to what happen. If you make a cliff hanger you should answer some of the questions instead of make more of them and Carl Bowen left more questions than answers.

This book is okay ,but not very tempting to read. I think Carl Bowen could have done better.

[Gio Estrada · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a story about Edgar Brighton, a military soldier who works with the Shadow Squadron, an elite team from the U.S military that has to go stop the guerrilla's in Colombia from sending 10,000 pounds of cocaine on to U.S. soil. This book was interesting to me because I like books about crime and when book are fast paced, and it was. I'm only half way through now; but so far ints really good and interesting. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes action and crime.

[Matthew Weigelt · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book series. Quick reads. Great graphics. Action-packed. (Read them twice, a rarity for me)

[Kerry · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm an adult, I picked this book up at our school book fair. I have children in my family that I thought this book would appeal to, they are fascinated by the military.

This book was as good as I hoped it would be. It is part of a series, it had great characters, fairly boilerplate in terms of action and mission but what made it a great read was the mission was cool, the bad guys were bad, and the main character went through the unexpected, fell back on his training, experienced isolation, had a positive and confident inner dialogue. It was like a video game but with a gutsy perspective. I enjoyed it and picked up two other titles in the series. I'll pass it to the kids.

One caveat: This book has a water boarding plotline but it's handled from the perspective of strength and courage and not terror.

I guess what I liked most about this book was it reflected many of the news, topics and video games themes of today that are mature and inappropriate but at the same time have already penetrated the world of the average public school fifth grader, so it's not breaking new ground but handling topics like terrorism, special forces and missions in an admirable way.

[Bradley Mavericks]

the best book to read is eagle down by carl bowen. this is about a special ops team is on a mission. they have to capture a beast. at the beggining he finds out that they have a mission to find a killer. when he finds out that he is alone on this mission he gets a little scared and worried.he goes on the trip and finds four people dead.it turns out the killer has people working with him.nobody knows who or what the killer is.he begins walking through the woods and suddenly he hears footsteps gettting closer and closer.he sees something walking toward him.he turns around and started running the opposite way.when he doesent hear footsteps any more he finds a place to hide.once he gets in the hiding spot and looks around to see his surroundings.he sees something o the ground and relses that it is a rabbit.he suddenly realises that that could be his dinnerand pulles out his weapans.my favorite part of the story is when the maini character finds the killer.





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[Hilary · Rating 1 out of 5]

At first glance, “Eagle Down,” has the appearance of a short adventure fiction enhanced by graphic novel-style illustrations. However, the content of the book is relentlessly, brutally violent. It is difficult to determine what the appropriate age group is.

Special Ops Sergeant Edgar Brighton awakens to a pounding headache. As he takes stock of his surroundings, he realizes that he has been captured by the enemy and will be undergoing torture. Descriptions of the various methods utilized are a significant portion of the text. When Brighton escapes his captors to resume his mission there is more violence and brutality. Given the nature of Brighton’s directive, it seems inevitable that there is violence. While it may or may not be gratuitous, violence is splashed across nearly every page. For this reason, this reviewer does not recommend this book.

[Luke Hammerschmidt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Eagle Down By Carl Bowen
This is a story about Edgar Brighton, a military soldier who works with the Shadow Squadron, an elite team from the U.S military that has to go stop the guerrilla's in Colombia from sending 10,000 pounds of cocaine on to U.S. soil. When I picked it up from the shelf and I read the back I was like "This really sounds interesting", and it was. At least this book doesn't portray that Colombian people are bad because in this book it says that the U.S. is helping them. That is what I thought at first.

Also since this book talks about Colombia which that is where my mom is from and my family, I thought it would be interesting.

I would recommend this book to anyone who likes action and crime. This book is not for the faint of heart.

[Hamdij · Rating 5 out of 5]

These books are geaet

[Fernando Brito · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was awesome he should of kill the girl!

[Evan Wright]

I loved it!!!!!!!!!!!!!