I really enjoyed this. It was fast paced and suspensful while still believable. Things went from bad to worse in the story very rapidly. It was one of those don't blink stories.

The military lingo was right on. You knew you were reading a book by a person who had spent years in the military. You didn't have to spend a lot of time saying things like "they wouldn't do that!" That was a huge plus.

The hero was not a spec ops guy who knew everything and could do it all with his hands ties behind his back. He was a downed flyer who, while he had passed survival training and who had grown up in the mountains of Colorado so he wasn't a complete novice, still made mistakes and worried about that. He also felt prejudice and hatred and fear and fatigue. A very human character not really PC and cleaned up for the reader who might be easily offended by his thoughts and attitudes. It was refreshing to read.

There were some spec ops soldiers in the story and the author's admiration for thoses soldiers came through in their depiction here as calm and collected, dedicated, kind and very smart.

Definitely worth the read. ( )

Tom Young has described what all military aviators fear--getting shot down. He's done it with excitement and truth. Action and adventure abounds. There was some jargon, always explained as he used it the first time--for example, I don't know how you would translate a PRC-90 survival radio to civilian mode, other than to call it by it's name. Young uses several survival techniques that seem true to form for me. One wonders why the author picked the navigator as the survivor? This book is a loaner. I'll return it, then off to overdrive for #2 in the series. ( )

This is a fantastic book. I had received The Warriors by Thomas Young as a giveaway from Goodreads. It was such a gripping book I had to find out if the author had written anything else and found The Mullah’s Storm, Silent Enemy and The Renegades. I can’t wait to read them. Thomas Young is now on my must read list! ( )

Navigator pilot Major Michael Parson and Army interpreter, Captain Gold battle against all odds in the unforgiving Afganistan terrain after the transport plane they were on, ferrying a high-profile Taliban Mullah as prisoner for interrogation, crash lands during a snowstorm. With Taliban soldiers stalking them to rescue the Mullah.

Parson and Gold must stay a step ahead. Fighting against not only the Taliban but deep mounds of freezing snow, biting temperatures, unrelenting snowstorms, impenetrable fog, starving wolves, and their own sense of deep despair, they are helped by a small contingent of American and Afgan military soldiers, which they meet in the nick of time along the way.

This narrative is realistic and the action starts quick; the plane is already being shot at on page four! Parson's character is all too human and vulnerable, yet brave and committed despite the set-backs, hazards, and his nagging sense of guilt at neeeding to leave his crew behind to face certain death fighting a Taliban force while he escapes with Gold in order to get the Mullah back into American hands. This is a great read and one any person interested in military or action novels ought not to miss. ( )

Intriguing account of a Special Forces mission in Afghanistan. I was pleasantly surprised by the concept of "forgiveness" that appeared in the story. Includes violence, some swearing, no illicit sex.