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ldquoThe bookrsquos pacing is cinematic adrenalizedrdquo mdash New York Times ldquoRich in equestrian and military detail Itrsquod take wild horses to pull you awayrdquo mdash Entertainment Weekly When Corporal Elijah Russellrsquos superb horsemanship is revealed during a firefight in northern Iraq the young army Ranger is assigned to an elite Special Forces unit preparing to stage a secret mission in eastern Afghanistan Russellrsquos task is to train the Green Berets mdash fiercely loyal to their enigmatic commander Captain Wynne mdash to ride the horses they will use to execute this mission through treacherous mountain terrain But as the team presses farther into enemy territory the nature of the operation only becomes more mysterious and Wynnersquos charismatic power takes on a darker cast Ultimately Russell finds himself forced to make a choice on one side his best friend and his most deeply held beliefs on the other a commanding officer driven by a messianic zeal for his mission This taut action-packed novel fuses the Western and the war story into a compellingly original tale ldquoThis novel feels like Cormac McCarthy meets Tim OrsquoBrien I could not stop reading itrdquo mdash Philipp Meyer author of The Son author photo copy Mark Fortenberry.
About the Author
David Freed is a contributing editor to Air & Space Smithsonian magazine and adjunct professor of journalism at Colorado State University, as well as an instrument-rated pilot, screenwriter and novelist. A former award-winning investigative journalist for The Los Angeles Times, he reported from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Iraq during Operation Desert Storm. He was an individual finalist for the Pulitzer Prize Gold Medal for Public Service and later shared in a Pulitzer for the Times' coverage of the 1992 Rodney King riots. David's 8,600-word exposé in The Atlantic, detailing how the FBI pursued the wrong suspect in a string of anthrax murders following 9/11, was short-listed as a 2011 finalist in Feature Writing by the American Society of Magazine Editors. "Hot Start" is the fifth installment in his critically acclaimed Cordell Logan mystery series.
