Bøker av Eric Meyer

Corporal Rick Heller is near the end of his tour and looking forward to going home to pick up the threads of his life. To be reunited with his fiancée and get married. To get his life back on course, but somehow, Vietnam casts a dark shadow over the lives of those who served. Heller is fated to be no exception. Ditched by his girl, he suddenly realized he has nothing left. His life, his plans, and his ambitions are in tatters. MACV is desperate to retain good men, experienced jungle fighters. Offers promotion and the chance to join a new unit, the Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol. Known as 'LURPs' their task is to locate the enemy. And kill them. Unbeknown to Heller, other forces are converging on his patrol area. The Red Cross is on a well-meaning mission to inoculate vulnerable peasants against a host of diseases that blight their lives. Further north, the communists, a disease for which there is no inoculation, other than a bullet, have embarked on a mission of a different kind. One that will bring widespread terror and death to the same peasants. They have prepared a huge surprise, a sucker punch they believe could win them the war. Rick Heller and the survivors of his unit find themselves caught in the middle. Swapping bullet for bullet, and grenade for grenade, with an enemy intent on slaughtering every man, woman, and child who may stand in their way. Black Ops Vietnam: Recon is an action backed spin-off series from the Black Ops Vietnam series. Locate and Kill, is a full-length novel by the bestselling author of many Spec Ops books. These include the popular SEAL Team Bravo stories, Heroes of Afghanistan, Raider, Echo Six, and Devil's Guard titles.

December 1944. US and British troops are racing toward the German border, taking the battle into the heart of Hitler's Reich. The Allied commanders are supremely confident, the enemy has little left with which to fight. Most of their troops and armor are deployed on the Eastern Front, leaving those facing Eisenhower's armies with no choice but to flee. Yet against all odds, they refuse to flee. And against all odds, incredibly, they launch a counteroffensive, aimed like a spear at the vital Channel port of Antwerp. Not everyone is surprised. Newly promoted Lieutenant Jack Murphy has seen the signs that suggest an impending attack. Signs he brings to the notice of his divisional commander, General Earl Shriver, who chooses to ignore them. Even worse to ridicule them. They escort a British liaison officer deep into the Ardennes Forest. He also has his suspicions. Ambushed by German soldiers disguised as American MPs, they fight a bloody battle to extricate themselves. They report massive enemy troop movements taking place under cover of the dark, dripping forest, and a critical secret. The Germans are so short of fuel, they must resort to seizing Allied supply dumps to keep their tanks moving. The first target will be a lightly defended fuel dump outside the village of Bourcy, close to Bastogne. The divisional commander scoffs at the news. Without hard evidence, he calls it bullshit. Leaving them with no choice but to head for the fuel dump to gather hard evidence. They race back through the forest, unaware a company of enemy tanks is heading in the same direction. Making a pitched and bloody battle inevitable between the foes. One side is determined to seize the vital gasoline. The other is determined to stop them. A full-length novel by the bestselling author of many Spec Ops books. These include the popular Grant's War series, SEAL Team Bravo, Heroes of Afghanistan, Raider, Echo Six, and Devil's Guard titles.

Vietnam, 1968. Troops are stood down during Tet, the annual Vietnamese celebration that takes place every January. Saigon and Hanoi have made a 'Gentleman's Agreement, ' for a temporary cessation of hostilities. Soldiers breathe a sigh of relief as the bullets cease firing and the shelling stops. But the ruthless rulers of North Vietnam, the Politburo, are no gentlemen. Bullets fly, and mortar shells explode as Hanoi breaks the agreement and the violence resumes. Cities across South Vietnam come under fire, including the ancient city of Hue, where Rick Heller is based at Phu Bai. During a series of firefights inside the Citadel, his unit kills a Vietcong sniper. The man carried documents that reveal the existence of a 'sniper school, ' north of the DMZ. The enemy plans to unleash teams of skilled marksmen into the South to support the new offensive. MACV takes the threat seriously. Rick Heller's Team of Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol specialists is tasked to cross the DMZ, and pinpoint the location in preparation for a massive airstrike to wipe it out of existence. Landed by Chinook a few klicks south of the Zone, they hit problems when the helicopter is hit by heavy machine gun fire, killing the crew. The lieutenant leading the Team makes a fateful decision to split up, and Heller continues to lead his small party into the forbidding North. Despite hitting a series of obstacles, and despite his suspicion the enemy seems to have advanced knowledge of every move they make, they reach the objective. Only to uncover a terrifying secret. A plot to undermine everything the US is fighting for, yet one which they refuse to acknowledge. The mission becomes a race against time to prevent the Tet Offensive from becoming a steamroller that could carry the brutal Red tide across the whole of Southeast Asia and beyond. Black Ops Vietnam: Recon II is an action-packed spin-off series from the Black Ops Vietnam series. A full-length novel by the bestselling author of many Spec Ops books. These include the popular SEAL Team Bravo stories, Heroes of Afghanistan, Raider, Echo Six, and Devil's Guard titles.

September 1944, and the greatest airborne assault in history. Forty-one thousand paratroopers drop over Holland to capture the bridges lying between the Allies and the border of the Third Reich. A US Airborne platoon mistakenly lands too far east, leading to panic inside Eisenhower's HQ. Previously part of Ike's planning team, the platoon commander has detailed knowledge of the strategy for the coming battle to conquer Germany. His capture and interrogation is unthinkable. There are two solutions. One is to arrange his death. The second is to send in a party. Denied, the risk is too great. The men of 1st Platoon, Army Rangers, have other ideas. Against orders, they parachute behind enemy lines to locate the missing troops and prevent the deliberate death of a valuable officer. East of Arnhem, the region is alive with enemy activity. From the moment they land, the enemy is on their tail. When the Germans discover the identity of the American officer the fighting becomes more intense. Aided by the Dutch Resistance, they battle to stay one step ahead and survive for long enough to bring the men to safety. A full-length novel by the bestselling author of many Spec Ops books. These include the popular Grant's War series, SEAL Team Bravo, Heroes of Afghanistan, Raider, Echo Six, and Devil's Guard titles.

American troops fight hard as they advance through Normandy. Their foothold on Northern France is still not secure. The Germans continue to fight back with a savage intensity. General Eisenhower desperately needs a breakthrough, and troops are sent to check out the town of Evrecy, where aerial reconnaissance reported the enemy has retreated. When they disappear, Murphy's Rangers move in to investigate. They discover the missing infantrymen, butchered by a fanatic Nazi determined to defend the town at all costs. Forced to pull back by an overwhelming horde of holdfast Germans, supported by machine guns and anti-tank artillery, the town remains in enemy hands. This is unacceptable to the Allied generals, who need to push armor into the German rear. They send the Rangers back into action. Their task, to clear the town. The Nazi commander has given his men the task to wipe out every man who gets near. And Jack Murphy has a task of his own. To extract a savage justice for the murder of those US infantrymen. A full-length novel by the bestselling author of many Spec Ops books. These include the popular Grant's War series, SEAL Team Bravo, Heroes of Afghanistan, Raider, Echo Six, and Devil's Guard titles.

1944. 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, US Rangers, continues to fight across Normandy, winning battle after battle. Yet despite their losses, the Germans continue to fight back with a savage intensity. To hold out new hope for eventual victory. Jack Murphy stumbles across an intelligence packet that may give the reason for the unexpected resistance, but the brass dismisses it as fake. A so-called 'wonder' weapon, the V-2 rocket, has proved less than successful. The primitive guidance system means it cannot hit a target with any accuracy. Until the engineers develop a new system, accurate to within a few yards. Used against the right target, the modified V-2 could change the course of the war. They have found the right target. Against orders, Murphy and a scratch squad of Rangers parachute behind enemy lines to go after the precision-guided rocket. The launch is imminent, and time is running out. With no support from their own side, and a Gestapo dragnet thrown around the region to hunt them down, the odds are stacked against them. Casualties mount, and they are outnumbered by a strong force of SS and Gestapo. With the clock ticking down, they press on to the objective, until success or failure, life or death, can be measured in a matter of minutes. A full-length novel by the bestselling author of many Spec Ops books. These include the popular Grant's War series, SEAL Team Bravo, Heroes of Afghanistan, Raider, Echo Six, and Devil's Guard titles.

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Tora Bora, a name lodged in people's minds, despite the passing of the years. Once a refuge for the world's most wanted man, and the scene of an epic battle. Decades after the guns stopped firing, the bloodshed is back. Into the maelstrom, Rafe Stoner, former US Navy SEAL, and his partner Greg Blum, search for a missing American soldier. A female infantry lieutenant, with connections that go all the way to the White House. What awaits them is a nightmare of violence. On one side, Taliban insurgents, who have brought the caves back into use. On the other, an American infantry unit led by a gung-ho officer. Stoner and Blum need to reach the caves to locate the missing lieutenant, but both the Taliban and the overzealous, arrogant infantry officer are determined to stop them. It is the start of a long and brutal journey. First, they must confront the ghosts from the past, and then a ghost from the present. A throwback to the historic Battle of Tora Bora, a man they thought was dead. The journey takes them across the snow-covered mountains into Peshawar, the notorious drug and gun capital of Northern Pakistan. It is only the beginning, for the action moves back to Afghanistan, for the final epic confrontation with the enemy. This is an incredible story of tough, violent men in a tough, violent land. Black-Ops: Heroes of Afghanistan - Ghosts of Tora Bora is the latest title by the bestselling author of many Special Ops novels. These include the popular SEAL Team Bravo stories, the Raider series, Echo Six, and several Devil's Guard titles.

Tora Bora, a name lodged in people's minds, despite the passing of the years. Once a refuge for the world's most wanted man, and the scene of an epic battle. Decades after the guns stopped firing, the bloodshed is back. Into the maelstrom, Rafe Stoner, former US Navy SEAL, and his partner Greg Blum, search for a missing American soldier.

Iraq, a country sliding into chaos and anarchy. A country under siege from an army of bloodthirsty insurgents. These warriors of Islam, fighting to create the Islamic Caliphate, have pledged to soak the desert sands with the blood of the infidels. They are ISIS. When ISIS overruns a small town in Iraq, their fighters kidnap the local schoolchildren. They also take the teacher, a young volunteer who happens to be the daughter of the US Secretary of Defense. The consequences for American interests are unthinkable. Yet the perverted politics of the region rule out a full-scale military response. There has to be another solution. SEAL Team Bravo, already on station at Incirlik Airbase in Turkey, gets the short straw and they parachute into the target area. Yet ISIS is no ordinary foe. Outgunned, outmanned and even outfought, the operation becomes unwinnable, at least, for normal men. Yet these men are not normal. They are SEALs. Bravo is besieged on all sides, even from within. Fighting almost to the last bullet, to the last drop of blood, they press on to their objective. This is a thrilling and bloody story of US Navy SEALs, trained to go to any lengths to complete their mission. Seal Team Bravo Black Ops: Spear of ISIS is by the bestselling author of many other Spec Ops stories. These include the popular SEAL Team Bravo titles, the Raider series, as well as other Echo Six titles and the Devil's Guard series.

America's greatest military gamble of World War Two, the invasion of France. This is the background for an epic novel of two tanks. The crewmen of the Sherman M4 are an ill-assorted bunch of squabbling Americans, forced to swallow their differences in order to survive. The German Tiger is manned by fanatical young Nazis, Hitler Youth, and led by a tough veteran of the bitter war on the Eastern Front. The Sherman and the Tiger clash in a series of desperate fights during the early days of the invasion. Only the savage power of the guns and the courage of the crews will decide who survives to emerge victorious. Fury of the Tiger is a powerful and engaging story based on the so-called Battle of the Hedgerows, the Allied struggle for Normandy. Based on real events, this will grab the reader from the first page. Fury of the Tiger was written by the bestselling author of many popular war thrillers. These include the Seal Team Bravo series, the Echo Six series, and the Devil's Guard series.