David L. Robbins: The Empty Quarter
- Yhteenveto
- Kategoria: kaunokirjallisuus, alakategoria: kaunokirjalliset sekasisältöiset teokset
- Materiaali: Pokkari
- Kustantaja: Thomas & Mercer
- Kieli: englanti
- ISBN: 9781477824023
- Lisätiedot
- Katseltu: 33 krt
- Suosituksia: 0 kpl
Kuvaus (184 sanaa, lukemiseen kuluu n. minuutti)
Every member of the Special Ops US Air Force pararescue jumpers, the PJs, swears by the motto That Others May Live. A top-secret mission to save a kidnapped Saudi princess will put that oath to the ultimate test. With a force of armed men, a former mujahideen chases across the desert of Yemen to recover his Saudi wife, kidnapped by her powerful father, a prince of the Kingdom. The kidnapping turns violent, she is badly wounded, and the PJs are dropped into the vast sere badlands to rescue the princess and a young American diplomat swept up in the plot. The mission becomes a minute-by-minute race between the pursuing husband s band of tribal allies and the PJs rushing to the rescue, as the princess s life seeps away. 'The Empty Quarter' is a pulse-quickening tour de force featuring the tactics and men of modern combat search-and-rescue and the complex politics of today s Arabian peninsula. It s a moving tale of desperate love and sacrifice set in the wastes of the Rub al Khali, the world s largest and harshest sand desert. '