“Fast, hard, and effortlessly authentic—both lead character Eric Steele and author Sean Parnell are the real deal.”—Lee Child“An exciting, action-packed debut! Bristling with intrigue, deceit, power, and treason—once you pick this book up, you will NOT be able to put it down. Sean Parnell has knocked it out of the park!”—Brad Thor The New York Times bestselling author of Outlaw Platoon makes his … York Times bestselling author of Outlaw Platoon makes his fiction debut with this electrifying military thriller—a gripping tale of action, suspense, and international intrigue that introduces a compelling new hero, Eric Steele.
Eric Steele is the best of the best—an Alpha—an elite clandestine operative assigned to a US intelligence unit known simply as the “Program.” A superbly trained Special Forces soldier who served several tours fighting radical Islamic militants in Afghanistan, Steele now operates under the radar, using a deadly combination of espionage and brute strength to root out his enemies and neutralize them.
But when a man from Steele’s past attacks a military convoy and steals a nuclear weapon, Steele and his superiors at the White House are blindsided. Moving from Washington, DC, to the Middle East, Europe, and Africa, Steele must use his considerable skills to hunt this rogue agent, a former brother-in-arms who might have been a friend, and find the WMD before it can reach the United States—and the world is forever changed.
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Few writers can turn out a compelling epic of battle and international intrigue that’s also ‘a must read’. Sean Parnell tells it like it is. This is a completely gripping story.
Man of War is an exciting, action-packed debut! Bristling with intrigue, deceit, power and treason—once you pick this book up, you will NOT be able to put it down. Sean Parnell has knocked it out of the park!
Fast, hard, and effortlessly authentic—both lead character Eric Steele and author Sean Parnell are the real deal.
Man of War is an international thriller that delivers. Well written, tightly plotted, fast paced, and full of mind-twisting conspiracies and surprises. Parnell’s combat experience shines through the pages.
Setting, dialogue, and details create the ideal backdrop for the tension and intensity… It’s a marvelous debut from a talented writer to keep a watch on.
Man of War is a breakneck-speed thriller with enough action and combat to satisfy any reader. Eric Steele is a one-man army, and Sean Parnell uses his background in tactics and weapons to bust into the ranks of the best thriller writers out there.
Man of War is nonstop action from the first page, a jolt of pure adrenaline. Parnell deploys the full arsenal in this high-stakes thriller.
Really liked, Man of War a lot, will make me eventually re-read the 3rd book One True Patriot. Since realized that starting with the 3rd, it’s not a standalone and needs to be read in order.
Definitely my style of book, it’s action packed, liked the fast pace, full of twists and turns, overloaded with tension, has a story line that’s ripped right out of the headlines, it’s gripping, builds to a epic conclusion, good and nasty characters and like the good verse evil theme.
The LBGT tie-in with the Director of the CIA Robin Styles and the President’s nurse didn’t bother me, easy to realize that would be her downfall, how they’d realize she was dirty and needed to be removed.
The only tweak I would make is to have Meg’s team be able to recover the portable nuclear bomb, beat Nate to it, he gets a glimpse of them, once he discovers the bombs gone, realize that they probably took it and then have Steele with Demo trailing behind Nate’s group.
Also Meg know’s something is off with Styles, so her teams goes into defensive mode, staying ahead of both Nate and Steele and easily could have add into the storyline a team of trusted associates from Styles trying to find them and bring it to her.
Since no way when would Nate, with all the killing he does to get the bomb, he’d never let Meg live or not kill Steele. Kinda the lame point was that Nate knew Steele would save Meg, enabling him to get away and knew in the end the two would meet again for a final battle.
Sean Parnell wrote a brilliant non fiction account of his time in Afghanistan in his memoir Outlaw Platoon which I thought was a great read. In Man Of War he tries his hand in fiction an boy does he hit it out of the park in this action packed debut. Eric Steele is a name to look out for in the action thriller genre.
This is the first book I have read written by Sean Parnell and I really enjoyed it. It is very fast paced and loaded with action! Once you start reading it you won’t be able to put it down. I hope there will be another book. Thanks for the great book Sean!
An explosive military action thriller debut!
Only a combat vet and gifted writer could produce something this impressively awesome.
Generously detailed and relentlessly paced, the geo-political implications of this scenario are frightening beyond words.
Speaking of beyond words. there aren’t enough to express how dazzled I was by this book and it’s authentic feel.
Honestly, it’s amazing.
The action’s so hot and heavy that at times your heart will palpitate.
Eric Steele is an operative for “the Program”, an off-the-books group that reports directly to the White House. They are the third option when diplomacy or war can’t deal with the enemies of POTUS.
Nathaniel West is Steele’s former friend and mentor. He has a score to settle. When West and his team hijack a military convoy in Tunisia and steals a WMD, Badass #1, Eric Steele, is unleashed on his trail.
With the help of his handler, “Demo ” Cortes and CIA operative, Meg Harden, Steele must stop this nuke from reaching U.S. soil.
Meanwhile, back in D.C., CIA Director Robin Styles is up to shadiness of her own…and possibly treason.
A ferocious and unstoppable read that will leave you breathless.
Move over Bond, Reacher, Bourne, Will Robie, Bob Lee, Jack Ryan, Alex Hawke, et. al. …Eric Steele is here!
I hope this will be the first in an epic series….well done, Mr Parne