The empty quarter

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Robbins, David L.: The empty quarter (2014, Thomas & Mercer)

374 pages

English language

Published June 2, 2014 by Thomas & Mercer.

ISBN:
978-1-4778-2402-3
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OCLC Number:
885292380

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Every member of the Special Ops US Air Force pararescue jumpers, the PJs, swears by the motto "That Others May Live." A top-secret mission to save a kidnapped Saudi princess will put that oath to the ultimate test. With a force of armed men, a former mujahideen chases across the desert of Yemen to recover his Saudi wife, kidnapped by her powerful father, a prince of the Kingdom. The kidnapping turns violent, she is badly wounded, and the PJs are dropped into the vast sere badlands to rescue the princess and a young American diplomat swept up in the plot. The mission becomes a minute-by-minute race between the pursuing husband's band of tribal allies and the PJs rushing to the rescue, as the princess's life seeps away.

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Subjects

  • Kidnapping
  • Special forces (Military science)
  • Rescues
  • Special operations (Military science)
  • Fiction

Places

  • Yemen (Republic)