Montagnard
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Sometimes you have to dance in the minefield ...
Navy SEAL, JD Cordell, is ready to retire and take his K9 partner, Ajax, with him. JD has exciting plans for a new life that includes the courageous and beautiful Doctor Ellen Chang he met on a mission in Niger. But when JD’s father unexpectedly dies of cancer, his grieving mother, Mai, travels to Vietnam to search for her adopted Montagnard brother, a brother she hasn’t seen in over forty years. During her attempt to track him down, Mai unwittingly steps into a blood feud between her Montagnard brother and a powerful Vietnamese drug lord, a bitter hatred that began during the Vietnam War. When his mother disappears into the seedy underbelly of Ho Chi Minh City, JD has no choice but to come out of retirement for one last explosive mission. And Ajax is with him all the way. If you liked Serpents Underfoot, you’re going to love Montagnard. Order your copy now!
Praise for this book
Wow! This is the first book I have read by this author, and I am hooked. [...] Author Gilbert himself is an Army veteran with decades of martial arts training, and this life experience is evident in his colorful descriptions of the action of US Navy SEAL JD Cordell, the bigger-than-life hero of this book. The book books back and forth between the Vietnam War, and present day, with a clear story of the persecution of the Montagnards, who generally fought alongside US Army Special Forces (Green Berets) against the communists VC and NVA, and then were left to suffer in re-education camps after the US left SouthEast Asia. [...] This book describes Special Operations action in Vietnam, and the Middle East, and Africa, over five decades. The combat actions are brutal, and entirely believable. I finished this book in three days, despite a busy day-job.
What will you like? [...] The action is incredible, the characters are amazing, the storyline is astonishing. It all feels so real, the men, the action, the times, the war. This is beautifully written and edited. The one thing that you will find is the astounding emotional impact that it will make on you. As you walk next to the men and K9 partners, every one of them that are risking their lives to rescue people. Darren takes us on this amazing journey across the globe to the war zones, and back again to the US. The lives of those men in the Seals and other special units that are required to do these astounding rescues are incredible. This is a remarkable read that should be in everyone’s library.
Montagnard is an action thriller by D.C. Gilbert. I miss stories like this. It gives me this unexplainable nostalgic feeling. I rarely read anything like this anymore and I’m glad I stumbled upon this great book. It reminds me of action films from when I was way much younger, so as I read this book, I was really imagining it as a movie. I love JD and Ajax’s tandem; it’s always adorable to have a hero lead in the story who loves his hero dog. I’m also glad the author included an epilogue about JD, Doctor Chang, and most especially, Sophie. Otherwise, I would’ve been crestfallen. I’m giving this book 5 out of 5 stars.