Tarnished Halo
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ISBN:
0-7414-5779-2
©2009
Price:
$16.95
Book Size:
5.5'' x 8.5''
, 301 pages
Category/Subject:
FICTION / War & Military
Six men fight their way across the jungles of Southeast Asia relying solely on their combat expertise to survive, with no option of surrender or capture and no rescue operation.
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Abstract:
In this sequel to HALO, by D. J. Stephens—The year is 1965 - Jeff Barkil leads a six man team of highly trained special service operatives on a mission—Code Name—“Tarnished Halo” —to terminate two of the Golden Triangles top drug lords. The problem, the drug lords are to be attending a meeting across the Burmese border in China. The team’s radio is destroyed during a river crossing early in the mission leaving them with no contact to the outside world. The team has to fight their way across the jungles of Laos and North Vietnam to reach their objective.
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Customer Reviews
Tarnished Halo
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12/21/2009
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Reviewer:
Georgia Ziller
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D.J. Stephens scores again. Very few writers can grab you with the very first paragraph, pulling you in and keeping you there until the explosive end! You are side by side with Jeff and his team as they go through their harrowing experiences. They are sent on a mission to kill two drug lords...........or are they? Everyday is hell, but with determination, they will let nothing stop them, not injuries or deaths. Jeff and his team continue on. They are now functioning as part men and part machine. It seems things couldn't get any worse for Jeff and the team, they are near deaths door once again, but things continue to get worse.....much worse. With no radio, low on amunition and weapons and no way to contact anyone, it seems as if there is no way out. It is then that reality sets in for Jeff and the team.
Something is wrong......very wrong! Jeff has decisions to make, but Jeff says," we came in as a team and we will decide what to do as a team". Fighting unbelieveable injuries, sickness and death, they vow to go on at any cost!They are determind to get home.
Stephens keeps proving himself time and again. As with any D.J. Stephens book, once you pick it up, you can't put it down.
I heartily reccommend any book that has D.J. Stephens on the cover.
Georgia Ziller
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It Sucked Me In!
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01/12/2010
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Reviewer:
Sue Durkin
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My husband, John, loves his horse. He feeds her every night at the same time...without fail. Until...one night when he picked up DJ Stephens' book, Tarnished Halo. He was just going to glance at the first page and read it later in the evening. That did not happen.
As John said later, "It sucked me in!"
He was very late feeding his horse that night, because he couldn't put Tarnished Halo down. He had this problem with all the other DJ Stephens' books, too.
Since my husband is not normally a book reader, I asked him what about this book held his interest. He said there was lots of action that was believable. The main character was true-to-form and so interesting he wanted to know what was going to happen next. You feel as though you are right in the midst of all the action.
"I'm waiting for the next one!" he stated.
So, DJ, get writing!
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This reader bacame totally immersed in the story
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01/25/2010
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Reviewer:
Cheryl - The Book Connection
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Jeff Barkil, Kelly, Louis Alverez, Donald Morgan, William Conley, John Bradley, and Jimmy Hairston are back in this sequel to Halo that takes place five years later.
Jeff and the team are sent in to terminate two drug lords that are scheduled to attend a meeting across the Burmese border in China.
After an early river crossing destroys their radio and cuts them off from the outside world, the team is forced to fight its way through the jungles of Laos and North Vietnam to complete the mission. Then they must rely solely on their small arms and combat expertise to fight their way home in a land where the line between friend and foe is continually blurred.
They can't be captured. They won't surrender. And there will be no rescue operation.
In this fast-paced military action story, the reader picks up with Kelly, Jeff Barkil, and the team they last met in Halo, where the men survived multiple harrowing missions in Southeast Asia.
Five years later, Barkil's service is just about up, and the others have all moved on to other roles in the United States Military. When Kelly approaches Jeff about this new mission, Barkil reaches out to reassemble the surviving members of his old team. After weeks of training, the men are ready for another dangerous and potentially fatal mission.
Stephens puts his former military service to good use in Tarnished Halo. He creates a realistic and suspenseful story filled with rich descriptions and military jargon. Anyone who reads this genre on a regular basis will easily be able to keep pace; but what I like most about how Stephens put this together is that he footnotes the terms he uses for the average reader so she won't get lost.
This reader became totally immersed in the story of these men and their determination to complete their mission and return home safely. And even when objectives change, the strong bond among these men will captivate you.
The author put several twists and turns in this one, which made the read that more enjoyable. I hope this isn't the last we hear from Jeff Barkil or D.J. Stephens.
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