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Автор Джек Марс
Mars Jack
Oppose Any Foe
Jack Mars is author of the bestselling LUKE STONE thriller series, which include the suspense thrillers ANY MEANS NECESSARY (book #1), OATH OF OFFICE (book #2), SITUATION ROOM (book #3), OPPOSE ANY FOE (book #4), and PRESIDENT ELECT (book #5).
CHAPTER ONE
October 16
5:25 a. m. Mountain Daylight Time
Marble Canyon
Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
“They’re coming through on all sides!”
Luke was trying to live until daybreak, but the sun refused to rise. It was cold, and his shirt was off. He had ripped it off in the heat of combat. There was no ammo left.
Turbaned, bearded Taliban fighters poured over the walls of the outpost. Men screamed all around him.
Luke tossed his empty rifle away and pulled his handgun. He fired down the trench on his own position – it was overrun with enemies. A line of them were running this way. More came sliding, falling, jumping over the wall.
He killed the closest man with a shot to the face. The head exploded like a cherry tomato.
He grabbed the man by his tunic and held him up as a shield. The headless man was light, and Luke was raging with adrenaline – it was if the corpse were an empty suit of clothes.He killed four men with four shots. He kept firing.
Then he was out of bullets. Again.
A Taliban charged with an AK-47, bayonet attached. Luke pushed the corpse at him, then threw his gun like a tomahawk. It bounced off the man’s head, distracting him for a second. Luke used that time. He stepped into the attack, sliding along the edge of the bayonet. He plunged two fingers deep into the man’s eyes, and pulled.
