The Last Platoon: A Novel of the Afghanistan War

Bing West

Dec 2020 · Highbridge Audio · Narrated by Stephen Graybill

About this audiobook

A platoon of Marines and CIA operatives clash in a fight to the death with the drug lords and the Taliban, while in Washington, the president seeks a way out. This authentic war story vividly displays how a warrior must replenish his own moral courage and not allow ambition to coarsen his sense of decency. The Last Platoon explores firefights expertly told by a combat veteran. Listeners will feel like they have entered a strange, alien world as they hear, in great detail, how the Marines and Taliban clash, circle each other, probe for weakness, and clash again in primordial violence, neither side yielding. While intrigue and deceit play out at the higher levels, in Afghanistan's bright poppy fields only the killing instinct will decide the winner.

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About the author

A former assistant secretary of defense and combat Marine, New York Times bestselling author Bing West has written a dozen books from the frontlines about our wars in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan. He also coauthored the New York Times #1 bestseller Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead with General Jim Mattis.

Stephen Graybill recently appeared in HBO's Big Little Lies; in Framed, opposite Jordi Vilasuso; in the second season of Game Shakers; and opposite Denise Richards in the feature film Altitude. He has worked on over fifty audiobooks and was awarded the Readers Choice Award of "Narrator of the Year."