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  Connor could hear his men celebrating. The mission had been a success. And that’s how they had to live, from one moment to the next. Who knows what tomorrow would hold? But for now, they were alive, and that was enough.

  WEAPONS and GEAR

  GLOSSARY

  fentanyl lollipop pain relief in the form of a medical lollipop

  GPS short for Global Positioning System, which uses satellites to track things on Earth

  IEDs Improvised Explosive Devices, home-made bombs triggered by remote control

  infidel refers to someone without faith, in this case, a non-Muslim

  intel short for intelligence

  polio a disease which affects muscles and movement

  ransom money paid for the return of something

  reconnaissance scouting or searching for information about something

  senator a member of the US Senate, the upper house of the US government

  More explosive action in Book 3, when the Taliban launch a deadly attack.

  Major Nathan Connor and his Delta Force team are assigned

  to strike back at a Taliban leader called Mullah Khan.

  Connor leaned forward and studied the photo of a plump, bearded man, wearing a black turban and with a patch over his left eye.

  “Do we know where and when the meet will take place, sir?”

  “No. If we did there’d be no need for me to be talking to you, Major. Instead, I’d be arranging an air strike.” Rogers returned to the map of the Hindu Kush Mountains and pointed vaguely. “Most likely, they’ll get together somewhere around here. There are lots of old silver mines. Perfect for hiding out.”

  “Let me get this straight, sir,” Connor interrupted. “You want us to locate this Mullah Khan and find out when and where the meeting will take place, so you can then arrange a targeted air strike.”

  Colonel Rogers nodded. “Got it in one, Major.”

  Continued in: Task Force Delta — First Strike

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