The fourth book in the Detachment Delta series. When American missionaries are taken hostage by Algerian rebels, the call for a rescue comes to the most elite of military units––the Delta Force.
 With a presidential election approaching, Americans are living in fear of a terrorist attack, aimed at taking lives, influencing politics, disrupting the democratic process. General Darren Kragle, a legendary soldier, is at the heart of the effort to keep the election running smoothly. 
 On the other side of the world, in tumultuous Algeria, Kragle's son Cameron, a former special forces soldier, has agreed to accompany a group of missionaries as added protection, but finds himself no match for a ruthless band of rebel kidnappers. But Cameron is just one son in the legendary family, and soon two of General Kragle's other military sons, Delta Force commandoes, are sent to Algeria––one to rescue Cameron and the other hostages, and the other to rescue a kidnapped American ally. A troubled nation's hopes for peace hang in the balance. 
 The Kragles have given more than their fair share to the War on Terror and the fight for American freedom––having paid in blood, sweat and the lost lives of loved ones. And as General Kragle tries to prevent a catastrophic nuclear attack on American soil, an attack that has targeted the president himself, his courageous sons won't give up their battle until they are all three safe on friendly soil.

Detachment Delta: Operation Aces Wild

Literature & Fiction

Sasser, Charles W.

United States

William Morrow Paperbacks

Strike Hard, Strike First The machinery of terror is fully operational. To dismantle it will take courage and bold action -- and a new breed of warrior: Detachment Delta
Deep in the bowels of a land once sworn to America's destruction, preparations are being made to unleash a nightmare. A uranium enrichment facility inside the borders of Russia is ready to produce the ultimate terror weapons, portable nuclear devices aimed at obliterating a gathering of America's political leaders, sending the nation into chaos. The gravest threat ever to our nation's survival calls for aggressive action -- nothing less than the secret invasion of a "friendly" country -- and Delta Force is ready to move. But for a dedicated family of Delta warriors, securing America's future may demand the ultimate sacrifice.

Detachment Delta: Operation Cold Dawn

In 1973, Norma Cobb, her husband Lester and the their five children, the oldest of whom was nine years old and the youngest, twins, barely one, pulled up stakes in the lower 48 and headed north to Alaska to follow a pioneer dream of claiming land under the Homestead Act. The only land available lay north of Fairbanks near the Arctic Circle where grizzlies outnumbered humans twenty to one. In addition to fierce winters and predatory animals, the Alaskan frontier drew the more unsavory elements of society's fringes. From the beginning, the Cobbs found themselves pitted in a life or death feud with unscrupulous neighbors who would rob from new settlers, attempt to burn them out, shoot them and jump their claim. The Cobbs were chechakos, tenderfeet, in a lost land that consumed even toughened settlers. Everything, including their "civilized" past, conspired to defeat them. They constructed a cabin--and first snow collapsed the roof. They built too near the creek and spring breakup threatened to flood them out. Bears prowled the nearby woods, stalking the children and Lester Cobb would leave for months at a time in search of work. But through it all, they survived on the strength of Norma Cobb--a woman whose love for her family knew no bounds and whose courage in the face of mortal danger is an inspiration to us all. This is her story.

Arctic Homestead: The True Story of One Family's Story of Survival and Courage in the Alaska Wilds

Biographies & Memoirs

Cobb, Norma

Community & Culture

St.Martin's Press

In an action-packed memoir of Vietnam combat, a highly decorated helicopter pilot describes his exploits and adventures piloting his ships into the heat of battle, inserting Blue Teams into combat, rescuing soldiers from hot zones, and buzzing tree tops. 15,000 first printing.

Taking Fire: The True Story of a Decorated Chopper Pilot

Alexander, Ron

Leaders & Notable People

In 1973, Norma Cobb, her husband Lester, and the their five children, the oldest of whom was nine-years-old and the youngest, twins, barely one, pulled up stakes in the Lower Forty-eight and headed north to Alaska to follow a pioneer dream of claiming land under the Homestead Act. The only land available lay north of Fairbanks near the Arctic Circle where grizzlies outnumbered humans twenty to one. In addition to fierce winters and predatory animals, the Alaskan frontier drew the more unsavory elements of society's fringes. From the beginning, the Cobbs found themselves pitted in a life or death feud with unscrupulous neighbors who would rob from new settlers, attempt to burn them out, shoot them, and jump their claim.
The Cobbs were chechakos, tenderfeet, in a lost land that consumed even toughened settlers. Everything, including their "civilized" past, conspired to defeat them. They constructed a cabin and the first snow collapsed the roof. They built too close to the creek and spring breakup threatened to flood them out. Bears prowled the nearby woods, stalking the children, and Lester Cobb would leave for months at a time in search of work.
But through it all, they survived on the strength of Norma Cobb---a woman whose love for her family knew no bounds and whose courage in the face of mortal danger is an inspiration to us all. Arctic Homestead is her story.

Arctic Homestead: The True Story of One Family's Survival and Courage in the Alaskan Wilds

Sasser, Charles

Sports & Outdoors

St. Martin's: Griffin

The true story of the legendary soldier who performed more POW raids than any other American in history.
He went into battle as a boy. And on one of the most daring missions of World War II, he became a man-- and the perfect soldier for America's next wars...
Galen Charles Kittleson was slight, modest, and born to wage war. The son of an Iowa farmer, Kittleson volunteered in 1943 and caught the eye of his commanders. By 1945, PFC Kittleson was selected for the Army's smallest elite unit, the Alamo Scouts. While U.S. forces were pushing back the Japanese in the Pacific, the Alamo scouts unleashed legendary raids deep behind enemy lines, including the liberation of over 500 starved, beaten prisoners of the Bataan Death March in the Philippines. For Kittleson, a career as a raider had just begun...
Charles W. Sasser chronicles the remarkable journey that was Kit Kittleson's courageous life in the service of his country. Now a veteran after first going to war as a boy twenty-five years ago, Kittleson volunteered for one last mission-- the most extraordinary and daring POW raid ever attempted by secret American Special Forces in Vietnam...

Raider: The True Story of the Legendary Soldier Who Performed More POW Raids than Any Other American in History

The 10th Mountain Division is known as the most deployed unit in the U.S. Army. Today the War on Terror has drawn it to Afghanistan and Iraq. To Lieutenant Colonel Mike Infanti’s unit fell the pacification of a hellish hotbed of terrorism south of Baghdad dubbed “The Triangle of Death.” Of the more than three thousand Americans killed since the start of the war, over one thousand were in this region. 
Colonel Infanti assigned Delta Company to the most dangerous sector of the Triangle, a five-mile stretch of road that paralleled the Euphrates River in a series of blind s-curves where death stalked the Americans day and night. Delta knew they were virtually assured of getting hit on a daily basis. Each day and night became something to be dreaded and feared, exacting a heavy psychological toll on soldiers stressed to the limits of their mental and physical endurance. 
In the predawn of May 12, 2007, two Humvees occupied by seven soldiers and an Iraqi translator were ambushed by insurgents. When the smoke cleared, four soldiers and the translator were dead and three were missing, presumably seized by the enemy. For over a year, Delta searched for their missing comrades, never giving up hope. Their creed of battle: None Left Behind

None Left Behind: The 10th Mountain Division and the Triangle of Death

History

Military

A devastating ambush in Iraq, kidnapped soldiers, and the men who wouldn't leave their comrades behind
The 10th Mountain Division is known as the most deployed unit in the U.S. Army. Today, the War on Terror has drawn it to Afghanistan and Iraq. To Lieutenant Colonel Mike Infanti's unit fell the pacification of a hellish hotbed of terrorism south of Baghdad dubbed "The Triangle of Death." Of the more than three thousand Americans killed since the start of the war, more than one thousand were in this region. 
Colonel Infanti assigned Delta Company to the most dangerous sector of the Triangle. Delta knew they were virtually assured of getting hit on a daily basis. Each day and night became something to be dreaded and feared.
In the predawn of May 12, 2007, two humvees occupied by seven soldiers and an Iraqi translator were ambushed by insurgents. When the smoke cleared, four soldiers and the translator were dead and three were missing, presumably seized by the enemy. For more than a year, Delta searched for their missing comrades, never giving up hope. Their creed of battle: None Left Behind.

For eleven years, Randolph Franklin Dial was one of the most sought after fugitives in America. Brilliant, cunning and enigmatic, Dial had murdered a man so expertly that the case was only solved when he inexplicably turned himself in. Dial escaped from his Oklahoma prison after serving ten years of a life sentence, taking with him the assistant warden's beautiful young wife Bobbi Parker. But was she Dial's hostage for ten years--or was the story more complicated? Charles Sasser reveals the inside story of his escape, capture, and bizarre relationship with Bobbi Parker. The shocking true account of a successful artist turned killer and then fugitive, AT LARGE also chronicles a chilling link between a writer and his subject. When Dial was finally captured--watching a pro golf tournament on television with a pistol by his side--investigators found a copy of this book on his nightstand? Somewhere in America at a book signing, Dial had gotten his book signed by the author himself...

At Large: The Life and Crimes of Randolph Franklin Dial (True Crime Library)

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

St. Martin's Paperbacks

Nicknamed "Mini-Man" for his diminutive stature, a mere five-foot-three and 125 pounds in his flight boots, chopper pilot Ron Alexander proved to be a giant in the eyes of the men he rescued from the jungles and paddies of Vietnam. With an unswerving concern for every American soldier trapped by enemy fire, and a fearlessness that became legendary, Ron Alexander earned enough official praise to become the second most decorated helicopter pilot of the Vietnam era. Yet, for Ron, the real reward came from plucking his fellow soldiers from harm's way, giving them another chance to get home alive. In Taking Fire, Alexander and acclaimed military writer Charles Sasser transport you right into the cramped cockpit of a Huey on patrol, offering a bird's eye view of the Vietnam conflict. Packed with riveting action and gritty "you-are-there" dialogue, this outstanding book celebrates the everyday heroism of the chopper pilots of Vietnam.

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Detachment Delta: Operation Aces Wild

Detachment Delta: Operation Cold Dawn

Arctic Homestead: The True Story of One Family's Story of Survival and Courage in the Alaska Wilds

Taking Fire: The True Story of a Decorated Chopper Pilot

Arctic Homestead: The True Story of One Family's Survival and Courage in the Alaskan Wilds

Raider: The True Story of the Legendary Soldier Who Performed More POW Raids than Any Other American in History

None Left Behind: The 10th Mountain Division and the Triangle of Death

None Left Behind: The 10th Mountain Division and the Triangle of Death

At Large: The Life and Crimes of Randolph Franklin Dial (True Crime Library)

Taking Fire: The True Story of a Decorated Chopper Pilot