Tom Clancy Presents: Act of Valor

Dick Couch · George Galdorisi

Jan 2012 · Sold by Penguin

About this ebook

The Navy SEALs have been fighting terrorists around the world for over a decade. And for all that time, the Bandito Platoon SEALS from SEAL Team Seven have been on continuous combat rotation. Now they have drawn a shipboard assignment off Central America—an easy day.
 
But for a Navy SEAL, the only easy day was yesterday.
 
In a powerful story of global anti-terrorism inspired by real life missions, Act of Valor combines stunning combat scenes, up-to-the minute battlefield technology, and heart-pumping emotion for the ultimate action adventure.
 
Act of Valor takes you deep into the secretive world of today’s most elite, highly trained group of warriors. When the rescue of a kidnapped CIA operative leads to the discovery of a deadly terrorist plot against the United States, a team of SEALs is dispatched on a worldwide manhunt. As the men of Bandito Platoon race to stop a coordinated attack that could kill and wound thousands of American civilians, they must balance their commitments to country, team, and their families back home.
 
But each time they accomplish their mission, a new piece of intelligence reveals another shocking twist to the plot, which stretches from Chechnya to the Philippines and from Ukraine to Somalia. The widening operation sends the SEALs across the globe as they track the terrorist ring to the U.S.-Mexico border—where they engage in an epic firefight with potentially unimaginable consequences for America…

Ratings and reviews

When I first heard about the movie and book, I was skeptical. Much of what these heroes do remains in places where the press and public rarely gets to shine a light on. For this, the special forces around the world will forever have my respect. The highest among those, are the US Navy SEALS. I had the pleasure and distinct honour to know a few and they have always struck me as compassionate, very smart players and hearty system thinkers. They are a rare breed. We must honour these rare and few for they protect the lives and beliefs that we rely on every day.

This story carried the excitement and unpredictability of special operations warfare while bringing into full light the undeniable brotherhood that forms between SEAL operatives when placing their lives in each others hands.

Of course the book doesn't end well. It's not supposed to. I read the book in paperback and I was choked up at the very end. This was still a great book, and the movie was awesome aswell.

About the author

Dick Couch is the author of The Warrior Elite: The Forging of SEAL Class 228 and six novels. He commanded a SEAL platoon in Vietnam that conducted one of the few successful POW rescue operations of the war and served in the CIA. 
 
George Galdorisi is the author of Tom Clancy Presents: Act of Valor.