![Tier One (Tier One Thrillers Book 1) by [Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson]](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51x-ufV5o9L._SY346_.jpg)
This type of book is NOT my usual genre . I selected this book from Kindle First simply because none of the other selections appealed to me, and I liked the cover art.
Let me first send a big thank you to to the authors for including a glossary of all the acronyms used in the book!
Other reviews have discussed the plot so I won't go there. I was engrossed in this story from the very first page. The plot is, unfortunately, very realistic in this time in history. I experienced several different emotions during the reading of this book. I was fascinated by the plot twists and turns , saddened by the losses of life and the sacrifices of personal happiness made by the hero, fear because the plot was so realistic it could be a harbinger of events to come, and lastly, satisfaction at an ending well written.
This book is so well written that the use of acronyms did not seem excessive, a reader not familiar with military lingo can easily follow the story.
I am very much looking forward to reading more books by this writing duo.
I first heard Tier One described as the story of an elite covert team that is part espionage and part special ops, led by a Navy SEAL with a stalwart sense of honor and patriotism. As a fan of Lee Child’s Jack Reacher and Vince Flynn’s Mitch Rapp, I desperately wanted to meet the new hero who had earned the moniker. This book’s protagonist—SEAL Jack Kemper, who is later reinvented as spook John Dempsey—blew my expectations out of the water in the very first scene.
Dempsey and his highly skilled team of operators are hunting terrorists with guns blazing and curse words and acronyms flying, which help to create a world and characters that feel authentic, that are so credible and rich. It was easy to become part of their mission, to forget that I was reading fiction created by two very talented veterans, Brian Andrews and Jeffrey Wilson. I laughed. I cried. I started to parrot the characters’ dialogue with clipped responses of “copy,” and I had to bite back more than one hooyah. SITREP: Tier One delivers.
Dempsey and his highly skilled team of operators are hunting terrorists with guns blazing and curse words and acronyms flying, which help to create a world and characters that feel authentic, that are so credible and rich. It was easy to become part of their mission, to forget that I was reading fiction created by two very talented veterans, Brian Andrews and Jeffrey Wilson. I laughed. I cried. I started to parrot the characters’ dialogue with clipped responses of “copy,” and I had to bite back more than one hooyah. SITREP: Tier One delivers.
- JoVon Sotak, Editor
