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SEAL Team Six #8
SEAL Team Six: Hunt the Leopard
Thomas Crocker's SEAL Team Six crew deploys to the Nigerian jungle to combat arms and human trafficking by Boko Haram, in Don Mann and Ralph Pezzullo's latest fiercely authentic military thriller.
The charismatic Boko Haram leader Ratty Festus, also known as the Leopard, has been terrorizing drought-ridden northeastern Nigeria: 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.
The charismatic Boko Haram leader Ratty Festus, also known as the Leopard, has been terrorizing drought-ridden northeastern Nigeria: 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.
- GenresMilitary Fiction
320 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published August 13, 2019
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About the author
Ralph Pezzullo
43 books28 followersRalph Pezzullo is a New York Times bestselling author, and award-winning playwright and screenwriter.
Born in New York City, he grew up in Mexico, Vietnam, Bolivia, Colombia, Guatemala, Uruguay and Nicaragua. After receiving a Master's Degree in international affairs he worked on Capitol Hill and later as a correspondent for Associated Press covering assignments in Latin America.
His books have been published in over twenty languages and include Jawbreaker (with CIA operative Gary Berntsen), Inside SEAL Team Six (with Don Mann), The Walk-In, At the Fall of Somoza, Plunging Into Haiti (winner of the 2006 Douglas Dillon Prize for American Diplomacy), The Chopin Manuscript (winner of the 2008 Audio Book of the Year), Eve Missing, Blood of My Blood, Most Evil (with Steve Hodel), The Navy SEAL Survival Handbook (also with Don Mann), Zero Footprint, Left of Boom, Full Battle Rattle, and the SEAL Team Six thrillers Hunt the Wolf, Hunt the Scorpion, Hunt the Falcon, Hunt the Jackal, Hunt the Fox, Hunt the Dragon and Hunt the Viper.
He has also written for television and film, writing screenplays for all the major film studies and working with directors Oliver Stone, Antoine Fuqua, George Gallo, Roger Donaldson, and others. His screenplay, An Unacceptable Person, was the recipient a Writer’s Guild East Foundation New Screenplay Award. And his radio drama series, The Life and Times of the Swamp Fox, was funded by the National Endowment of the Humanities, broadcast on PBS and the BBC, and nominated for a Peabody Award.
His plays, all of which have been produced in New York City, include Dear Friends, On That Day, Eating the Shadow, The Education of One Miss February, From Behind the Moon, Ghosts in the Dining Room, Bad Moon Rising, Gauguin’s Parrot, Asylum, Hide Mother in My Heart, Spain, and Okeechobee Split. They have also been performed in London, Mexico City, Copenhagen, Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington DC, and Seattle. Tail of the Tiger was honored by the Kesselring Committee of the National Arts Club, and Wilderness of Mirrors was Winner of the Center Theater International Play Contest. He has been the recipient of six Jerome Foundation playwriting fellowships. His latest play The American Wife opened at The Park Theatre in London in September 2016.
Ralph is a member of the Writer’s Guild, Author’s League of America, Mystery Writer’s Association, International Thriller Writers, and PEN USA; and is listed in Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in the World.
He lives in Los Angeles.
Born in New York City, he grew up in Mexico, Vietnam, Bolivia, Colombia, Guatemala, Uruguay and Nicaragua. After receiving a Master's Degree in international affairs he worked on Capitol Hill and later as a correspondent for Associated Press covering assignments in Latin America.
His books have been published in over twenty languages and include Jawbreaker (with CIA operative Gary Berntsen), Inside SEAL Team Six (with Don Mann), The Walk-In, At the Fall of Somoza, Plunging Into Haiti (winner of the 2006 Douglas Dillon Prize for American Diplomacy), The Chopin Manuscript (winner of the 2008 Audio Book of the Year), Eve Missing, Blood of My Blood, Most Evil (with Steve Hodel), The Navy SEAL Survival Handbook (also with Don Mann), Zero Footprint, Left of Boom, Full Battle Rattle, and the SEAL Team Six thrillers Hunt the Wolf, Hunt the Scorpion, Hunt the Falcon, Hunt the Jackal, Hunt the Fox, Hunt the Dragon and Hunt the Viper.
He has also written for television and film, writing screenplays for all the major film studies and working with directors Oliver Stone, Antoine Fuqua, George Gallo, Roger Donaldson, and others. His screenplay, An Unacceptable Person, was the recipient a Writer’s Guild East Foundation New Screenplay Award. And his radio drama series, The Life and Times of the Swamp Fox, was funded by the National Endowment of the Humanities, broadcast on PBS and the BBC, and nominated for a Peabody Award.
His plays, all of which have been produced in New York City, include Dear Friends, On That Day, Eating the Shadow, The Education of One Miss February, From Behind the Moon, Ghosts in the Dining Room, Bad Moon Rising, Gauguin’s Parrot, Asylum, Hide Mother in My Heart, Spain, and Okeechobee Split. They have also been performed in London, Mexico City, Copenhagen, Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington DC, and Seattle. Tail of the Tiger was honored by the Kesselring Committee of the National Arts Club, and Wilderness of Mirrors was Winner of the Center Theater International Play Contest. He has been the recipient of six Jerome Foundation playwriting fellowships. His latest play The American Wife opened at The Park Theatre in London in September 2016.
Ralph is a member of the Writer’s Guild, Author’s League of America, Mystery Writer’s Association, International Thriller Writers, and PEN USA; and is listed in Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in the World.
He lives in Los Angeles.
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January 4, 2020
Com se com sa.
June 25, 2021
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.
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.
August 18, 2019
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.
July 26, 2021
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.
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.
October 3, 2019
Another fun Thomas Crocker novel. Well written this one takes place in Nigeria and has a good storylin. A fun, fast milatary thriller
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July 29, 2020
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...
January 25, 2021
It's good
Not bad, shows boko haram as a more chaotic organization than just an African isis. Very entertaining read. Would recommend.
Not bad, shows boko haram as a more chaotic organization than just an African isis. Very entertaining read. Would recommend.
June 13, 2021
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.
Awesome book!!!!! Very good story line and great characters. Very much enjoyed reading these books. The series was excellent and a must read.
July 14, 2021
This book is okay , easy read lots of bad guys reminds me of reading Sargent Rock comics
November 13, 2021
It was solid. Enjoyed the ending. Always love The way the team is always grinding through it.
March 10, 2023
I have never read any of his books. They were different 😎
April 10, 2023
Okay… letter to the editor. Why on earth did you publish a book with typos and grammatical errors?
November 8, 2019
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.
August 17, 2019
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!
December 14, 2019
Must Read
Just finished the whole amazing series. A definite must-read, well worth the time. Don Mann definitely gets the details right.
Just finished the whole amazing series. A definite must-read, well worth the time. Don Mann definitely gets the details right.
January 22, 2020
Crocker struggles to get the Nigerian soldiers fighting against BH.
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