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From the legendary special operations sniper and best-selling author of The Reaper comes a rare and powerful audiobook on the art of being a sniper. Way of the Reaper is a step-by-step accounting of how a sniper works, through the lens of Irvings 10 most significant kills - none of which have been told before. Each mission is an in-depth look at a new element of eliminating the enemy, from intel to luck, recon to weaponry. Told in a thrilling narrative, this is also a heart-pounding true story of some of the Reapers boldest missions, including the longest shot of his military career on a human target of over half a mile. In Iraq and Afghanistan, Nick Irving earned his nickname in blood, destroying the enemy with his sniper rifle and in deadly firefights behind a .50 caliber machine gun. He engaged a Taliban suicide bomber during a vicious firefight, used nearly silent subsonic ammo, and was the target of snipers himself. Way of the Reaper attempts to place the listener in the heat of battle, experiencing the same dangers, horrors, and acts of courage Irving faced as an elite member of the 3rd Ranger Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, while also examining the personal ramifications of taking another life. Listeners will experience the rush of the hunt and the dangers that all snipers must face while learning what it takes to become an elite man hunter. Like the Reaper himself, this explosive audiobook blazes new territory and takes no prisoners. The preface of this audiobook is read by the author.
About the Author
Nicholas "The Reaper" Irving is a Cadre Leader on Fox's reality television series American Grit starring John Cena. He is the author of the forthcoming Way of the Reaper: My Greatest Untold Missions and the Art of Being a Sniper (St. Martin's Press, August 2016) and of New York Times bestseller The Reaper: Autobiography of One of the Deadliest Special Ops Snipers.Nicholas served as a Special Operations Direct Action Sniper in the 3rd Ranger Battalion where he earned the nickname "The Reaper" after killing thirty-three enemy combatants in a single deployment in Afghanistan, a Ranger Regiment record.
