SEAL Team Six: Hunt the Jackal

The circumstances of the mission are so realistic and probable that you have to wonder if it is fiction. The politics that complicate the mission are typical and frustrating. The dedication of Thomas Crocker and his Seal Team Six appears naturally throughout the story. Their patriotism is absolute. The story puts you in the middle of a narcoterroist plot that feels so real it could be the inside story on the nightly news. Yet, the trust and camaraderie of the team make the story shine.

This is another winner in the Seal Team Six series. It starts with action and continues at a non-stop action until the very last page. The book follows Seal Team Six, Black Cell as it attempts to rescue the kidnapped wife and daughter of a senator. I could not have guessed the reason for their kidnapping....and I love that I was so surprised by the reason. I have read the earlier books in the series and believe that the series just keeps getting better. This is a must read author for thriller fans - the successor to Clancy has been found.

This was by far the best book of the series. The action and emotions were ramped up in Hunt the Jackal and I really enjoyed it. Crocker and his squad are sent to Mexico to rescue a senator's wife and daughter who were kidnapped by a Mexican drug lord who is called The Jackal. Mexico is extremely dangerous and Crocker and his squad just might find themselves and those that they love in more danger than they ever thought possible.

Towards the beginning of this book something sad happens that I have been dreading for a while now. I don't want to give too much away but I'll just say that the squad and I were pretty emotional for a little while. We managed to pull ourselves together though. The action is this book was amazing and the best out of the series so far. My heart was pounding through a lot of this book and the adrenaline was definitely flowing. I also really enjoyed that this book mentions some Aztec mythology. It was really interesting to learn some of the background on Mexican culture.

I was still pretty annoyed with Crocker when I first started this book but that changed when I really started to get into the meat of this story. I loved that he finally was trying to look out for his father and felt sorry for him when he really started to realize the toll that his job is putting on his family. I felt horrible for him and the rest of the squad when the danger got really close to home. I was definitely tearing up at the end. I look forward to seeing how Crocker and his squad will recover and move on from all that has taken place in this book. I can't wait to read more of this series.

What kind of man is so patriotic that they would undergo brutal training, live a danger-filled life that is deep black ops? Men like Tom Crocker and his SEAL Team, who are called in when there is no other choice and the mission is impossible. Once again, the Seal Team is called in to rescue a diplomat’s wife and daughter from the hands of Mexican terrorists and narcotics cartel. With little time to plan their mission, they are ambushed and the kidnap victims are nowhere to be found. There is a traitor on the inside, as time races to the finish, Crocker and his team now has two agendas, find the traitor and find the women, alive.

Hunt the Jackal by Don Mann once again, takes the reader to the frontline of the bravest and best fighting machines around. Once again, we see the human side of their job, the devastation each mission can have on each soldier. Don Mann has created a gritty and dark world that flies by chaotically as action is coming in from all directions. For this type of read, I don’t want my heroes to be more than human, I want to know they are every bit as good as the real men who have faced down the enemy, every bit as human and that is exactly what Mr. Mann has given us. For those who enjoy a high tension, non-stop military thriller, here is your next great read.

I received this copy from Mulholland Book in exchange for my honest review.

Series: SEAL Team Six - Book 4 Publication Date: May 13, 2014 Publisher: Mulholland Books ISBN: 0316247081 Genre: Military Fiction-Adults Print Length: 337 pages Available from: Amazon | Barnes & Noble

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Author Don Mann’s Seal Team Six series of books remind me of the serials in the “olden days,” such as the Doc Savage series, the Executioner or the Destroyer series. That is meant to be a good compliment as I loved those books as a kid and no series has stood the test of time like they do. The Seal Team Six series rarely, if ever, bogs down and the vernacular and everything in it is relevant. I was not surprised when I read one of the authors bio that he was the “real deal.” I will continue to read this series and I recommend everyone with the taste of adventure, the taste of the military lifestyle or who just likes good actions books read this series. You will not be disappointed.

SEAL Team Six book four, Hunt the Jackal by Don Mann and Ralph Pezzullo hits it really close to home with a fight against a Mexican drug cartel. It was amazing how fast I read through this book, aside from usual mommy duties that take me away from reading, it seemed like I zipped right trough it. It was probably the best one yet, action packed and suspenseful that had me not wanting to put it down. Unlike the other three this didn't really have an extended slow part in the story; it flowed nicely from beginning to end.

U.S. Senator's wife and daughter, Lisa and Olivia Clark are kidnapped right out of their Hotel room in Sedona, Arizona by one of the notorious Mexican drug cartels. Held for ransom the release of their people in American prison's will bring them home if not their heads will be sent home in a box.

Black Cell is flying over territory trying to retrieve a drone that crashed. Everything is going smooth they are successful in finding the fallen drone, then during the recovery their helicopter crashes killing all but one. Crocker and his remaining men are surrounded my enemy soldiers and barely make it all out. Crocker dealing with the after affects of the trauma is having a hard time dealing until he sees that his friend and former SEAL, U.S. Senator Clark on the news talking about his wife and daughter. Crocker feels the best way to feel better is to help someone else in need. He asks his C.O. but Captain Sutter denies his request at first but one sly call to his old friend and the joint forces of the FBI and DEA accept the help from Black Cell for the recovery of the Clark woman.

Ivan Jouma also know as El Chacal, The Jackal, is the head of Los Zetas and the responsible party for kidnapping. He spouts a bunch of nonsense blaming American on a bunch of stuff but it's all a crock, he has ulterior motives for the kidnapping. Keeping the woman drugged and comfortable he is just bidding his time. We also see the side of the story from Lisa's POV, which is a nice touch.

Black Cell undercover once again this time in Guadalajara, Mexico with their FBI/DEA team with the deadline looming closer finally get the sources and track down where the woman are being held. Plans are made and executed but the compound is empty and they walked straight into a trap and just barely make it out. By the time they make it back to the safe house they find the entire team dead with their heads on the coffee table. Turns out their was a leak and Jouma was warned. Tracking back the leak they find the new place the woman are being held. With the tentative relations between the U.S. and Mexico the chances of Black Cell being able to go and rescue them.

The deadline minutes away, Crocker makes the choice to rescue them knowing the corrupt Mexican Federales aren't going to save them. Meanwhile Lisa Clark makes a statement and talks about her time captive. Senator Clark has high hopes of her being returned. Crocker and his men execute a quick infiltration of the property the Clark woman are supposed to be but only find Lisa Clark, Jouma and Olivia no where to be found the house on fire and the Federales on their tales Crocker and Mancini stay behind to keep the other escape clear, and meet up with everyone in Panama City. The Mexican government very upset about it and Crocker taking the blame, the authorities have released that Olivia died in the house fire, but Crocker and Mrs. Clark and the rest of Black Cell know better and with the information from Mrs. Clark and the info Crocker got from the rescue they know where Olivia is and why. Black Cell then goes in a clandestine mission into Cuba to rescue Olivia Clark.

There is one thing left unanswered, well at least I don't remember, and I wonder if it will come up in the next book?? I hope so. This is my favorite of the four books and this wraps up my "SEAL Team Six Saturday". Go forth and enjoy some good reads.

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Each book is better than the last and has you looking forward to the next!!!!!

Seal Team Six: Hunt the Jackal is an intense, fast paced action story involving the drug cartel, a kidnapping of the wife and daughter of a US senator and a rescue operation. The book will keep you on the edge of your seat while immersing you in the jungles of Latin America, filled with vivid description, the reader fills like a participant. If tension and excitement is your nirvana, this is the book for you. Powerful, competent characters fill every page with action and suspense.