Black Squadron

By: Michael Stephen Fuchs

Narrated by: R.C. Bray

One troop of beyond-Tier-1 operators gone completely off the reservation. One platoon of stalwart Army Rangers, pledged to protect them, but now pushed too far. A thousand tribes of enemy fighters who just want them all gone.

Black Squadron is a secret cadre within DEVGRU (a.k.a. SEAL Team Six), consisting of master sniper and recon experts who carry out sensitive and dangerous advance force operations (AFO) in the most lethal cesspools and ash-heaps around the war-torn globe. They are an elite within an elite (within an elite).

But now they are being deployed to the darkest heart of the last days of the blood-drenched Syrian civil war, where they are surrounded by thousands of Syrian regulars, dozens of head-hacking Islamist militias, the hardest of the hardcore ISIS and al-Qaeda remnants, fierce Kurdish Peshmerga freedom fighters, ruthless Iranian Qods Force agitators, as well as Putin’s hyper-lethal and utterly merciless pipehitters from Spetsnaz GRU.

They’ve also been saddled with a blocking force, a platoon of US Army Rangers from the 75th Ranger Regiment - a unit that has fought in every US engagement from the invasion of Sicily to Black Hawk Down. The Rangers are upright, loyal, and never leave their brothers behind. But now the Rangers may be the only ones who can stop a rogue Black Squadron from leaving everyone bleeding out in the street, and also kicking off a shooting war between two nuclear powers.

Black Hawk Down meets Training Day in this explosive collision of two legendary special-operations units battling to survive and prevail in the most dangerous city on the planet.

©2021 Michael Stephen Fuchs (P)2021 Podium Audio

Total sleeper...great book

non-stop action. only thing I didnt get was the "seal eater" line being used instead of "snake eater".

Nice Premise

I really enjoyed this book, as usual Bray is a master of his craft! There have been some negative reviews because of the POTUS’ portions of this book. Those reviews are weak. Fuchs never mentions POTUS by name, you can insert any talking meat stick who has occupied the office.

The action is solid and the bad guys aren’t who you think. I was looking forward to a showdown between elites and how it happened was oddly surprising but pleasing nonetheless.

I liked the bad guys. They were great! One thing Mr. Fuchs, bring back more D-Boys!

Enjoyed this book

Just action, good characters, I am disappointed I don’t see a second book. I will read the authors other books for sure.

Another Fun Read by MSF!

I enjoy this author’s work so much. If you haven’t already read them all—read the Arisen series!! That’s an epic tale! Thank you Michael-for hours of Audible entertainment! Much appreciated!!

Interesting insight and storyline

Author tapped into the ethos of the Army Ranger and maintained the CM attitude. The timing of the book and current politics were quite plausible and evoked emotion as I listened but, having been on the action end of such things I know there are a few more training wheels than demonstrated herein. It did keep me listening straight through. I recommend it.