The Proud
The Return of the Marines, #2
Reeks: The Return of the Marines
Jonathan P. Brazee
- In
- the
- near
- future,
- the
- Marines
- have
- been
- brought
- to
- full
- status
- after
- budget
- cuts
- had
- relegated
- them
- to
- guarding
- embassies
- and
- the
- White
- House.
- Newly
- commissioned
- 2dLt
- Anthony
- Niimoto,
- a
- hero
- of
- the
- embassy
- takeover
- in
- New
- Delhi,
- is
- with
- the
- first
- Marine
- battalion
- to
- get
- back
- into
- the
- deployment
- cycle.
- Assigned
- to
- anti-piracy,
- this
- is
- supposed
- to
- be
- a
- dull
- deployment.
- But
- when
- a
- US
- ship
- is
- seized
- by
- Somali
- pirates,
- it's
- First
- Platoon,
- K
- 3/6
- at
- the
- tip
- of
- the
- spear.
- With
- SSgt
- Davidson,
- an
- ex-Ranger
- who
- returns
- to
- his
- Marine
- roots,
- the
- two
- of
- them
- must
- lead
- their
- platoon
- into
- harm's
- way,
- ever
- conscious
- of
- Black
- Hawk
- Down,
- the
- Battle
- of
- Mogadishu.Was
- Tony
- Niimoto
- a
- one-shot
- wonder
- in
- New
- Delhi,
- or
- does
- he
- really
- have
- what
- it
- takes
- to
- be
- a
- leader
- of
- Marines?(Although
- a
- stand-alone
- book
- in
- its
- own
- right,
- this
- is
- Book
- 2
- of
- The
- Return
- of
- the
- Marines
- series.)(Note:
- there
- is
- a
- glossary
- of
- military
- acronyms
- at
- the
- end
- of
- the
- book
- for
- those
- not
- familiar
- with them)
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