O.P. #7: Declassified Edition

by Adam Fenner

"War is hell," but something about Combat Outpost (COP) Najil seems worse than the old adage traditionally implies.Ten members of the “Reaper” platoon arrive at COP Najil where the previous unit had hunkered down avoiding something . . . something that they had been unwilling to talk about, before they rushed off the base.What could scare a company of hardened infantryman?While the Reapers settle into their new surroundings, strange occurrences become more commonplace. Things only get worse when they are assigned to hold Observation Post (O.P.) #7, while the rest of their unit clears the valley below of the Taliban threat.How can the Reapers possibly overcome the deadly threat of an unseen enemy as they die one by one?

284 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 5, 2015

About the author

Adam Fenner is a veteran of the Marine Corps and the Army National Guard, with deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. He has written a non-fiction memoir set during a 2010 deployment to Afghanistan and is working on a fictional horror series.
More importantly, I'm a husband and a father of three, along with a very boring accountant.

Reviews

[J Bagan · Rating 4 out of 5]

War is hell, literally.

I have seen a couple of different Afghan war movies with supernatural elements. The written word is much more vivid and personal. This is definitely not for the faint of heart. Like any good horror work, you want to stop. Close the book and look away. Except you can't.