Hunt the Leopard

SEAL Team Six #8

by Don Mann, Ralph Pezzullo

Thomas Crocker's SEAL Team Six crew deploys to the Nigerian jungle to combat arms and human trafficking by Boko Haram in this fiercely authentic military thriller.

The charismatic Boko Haram leader Ratty Festus, also known as the Leopard, has been terrorizing drought-ridden northeastern raiding villages, blowing up government buildings, and kidnapping schoolgirls. When Thomas Crocker and his Black Cell team, who are in the country on a special training mission, hear about a possible arms-for-schoolgirls exchange between Boko Haram and a Russian arms dealer on the Cameroon border, they convince a Nigerian Special Forces unit to join them in trying to stop it. The operation quickly goes south, with a deadly helicopter crash and an ambush. They can't manage to save all of the girls, even with assistance from a quick-thinking group of British private-security contractors.

A week later, the Leopard seizes control of a $500-million dollar Gulf Oil natural gas plant, demanding a $50-million dollar ransom and safe passage out of the compound. Crocker has just 24 hours to plan and execute a high-risk, low-probability, mission to rescue all eighty innocent hostages -- including two of his own who are trapped with the civilians.

Genres: Military Fiction

320 pages, Hardcover

First published August 13, 2019

About the author

Don Mann is a decorated combat veteran, motivational keynote speaker, athlete, and author.

Reviews

[Ron]

Com se com sa.

[Jan Modrák]

Celé sérii jsem dával zatím 3/5, ale tento osmý díl mi přišel zatím nejslabší. Přitom základní námět (přepadení závodu na zpracování plynu v Nigérii teroristy) je docela slibný. Ale táhne se to jako plivanec na okně a akce pomálu. Nadchla mě vlastně jen část jedné kapitoly, strany 299 až 307 (zejména pak první půlka, famózně vyprávěná z pohledu zajatého mariňáka). A to je dost málo.

Nechci od toho nic než odpočinek a zábavu. Něco jako Jack Reacher nebo Mitch Rapp. Hrdina Crocker je sympaťák, ale autor prostě tak dobře psát neumí. Do dalších dílů asi půjdu, ale budu se muset trochu nutit.

[Robert Lawrence]

I always look forward to a new SEAL Team 6 book, and was excited to start this one. Too bad the excitement didn't last. This book has a great story line, hut gets bogged down with too much information about Islamic ideals and teachings. Too much introspection from the main characters. The action sequences were well thought out. I wish I could give this more stars, but found myself skipping too many paragraphs and pages.

[Pozak Joe]

This is a mixed mash up of fiction and truth? The story is not congruent but does give historical basis for Boko Haram...there are some evil bastards in the world.

Some parts of the book were good but some were just too boring. I was expecting a more factual book and not so much fictional hyperbole.

[Lewis D.]

As this is the last book so far, it ended in a typical fashion. One point, it ended rather abruptly but was still enjoyable.
Seems like there will be at least one more if no for anything but to tidy up questions left unanswered about the characters.

[Grant Knox]

Action...Suspence...Gripping

This read will keep you up at night, reading and not wanting to put it down. Great diescriptions of scenes. Detailed characters. Outstanding reading. I want more.

[Bill Donhiser]

Another fun Thomas Crocker novel. Well written this one takes place in Nigeria and has a good storylin. A fun, fast milatary thriller

[Kevin Johnsan]

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[Kevin Loveridge]

I enjoy all of Don's books, however, this book had a particularly boring part towards the middle. But, once the action cranked back up again I got fully engrossed...

[Sam Stone]

It's good

Not bad, shows boko haram as a more chaotic organization than just an African isis. Very entertaining read. Would recommend.

[JJ]

Great book

Awesome book!!!!! Very good story line and great characters. Very much enjoyed reading these books. The series was excellent and a must read.

[Bob Hernandez]

This book is okay , easy read lots of bad guys reminds me of reading Sargent Rock comics

[Matthew]

It was solid. Enjoyed the ending. Always love The way the team is always grinding through it.

[Kenton Hamilton]

I have never read any of his books. They were different 😎

[Kristi McIntosh]

Okay… letter to the editor. Why on earth did you publish a book with typos and grammatical errors?

[Ryan]

I question whether this was written by the same authors. The characters seem bipolar, none of the confidence and charisma of the past novels. More of a culture lesson of Nigeria, it's religion, politics and language, then a thriller. Just not anything like the others in the series.

[Andrew]

Recommended. Thomas Crocker and his Black Cell SEAL Team take on Boko Haram terrorists in Nigeria. The eighth entry in an underrated and undervalued series. Long may it continue!

[Gabrielle Roth]

Must Read

Just finished the whole amazing series. A definite must-read, well worth the time. Don Mann definitely gets the details right.

[Ed]

Crocker struggles to get the Nigerian soldiers fighting against BH.