Operation: Firebrand (Operation: Firebrand Series #1) [Paperback]

Jefferson Scott (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 2002

When an uprising occurs in a former Soviet Republic, rebels destroy a most unlikely target--and orphanage--leaving the children to survive on their own in a brutal Russian winter. the U.S. military knows of their plight, but its hands are tied. Jason Kromer, former Navy SEAL and new Christian, has been recruited to lead Operation: Firebrand, a privately funded, covert operations team sent on non-lethal missions of mercy. Their first mission is to rescue the orphaned children--whithout being seen and without taking a life. Only the volatile Firebrand squad, armed with a terrifing array of the latest non-lethal weaponry, is on the verge of collapse, and Kromer has his own demons to subdue. Can he overcome them and forge the hot-tempered commandos into a unit that can come to the rescue?

Editorial Reviews

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Can Christians kill in the name of righteousness? Cynics might answer, throughout history. Still, it's a great question, and in Operation Firebrand, Scott offers for our inspection Jason Kromer, a SEAL sniper who leaves the navy because he has undergone a conversion and is unsure about his secular calling. He becomes the leader of a sort of Christian A-Team, which will soon undertake a mission to Kazakhstan to rescue orphans using nonlethal weapons. The high-tech weapons are entertaining, but the plot is preposterous, and somehow Scott never evokes from Jason the believability of a Sergeant York. Of course, The Guns of Navar one wasn't believable, either, so perhaps what's truly wrong here is Scott's blind faith in the prowess of the military.

John Mort
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Review

"This high-octane action thriller delivers the goods."
-- James Scott Bell --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 366 pages
• Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Incorporated (July 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1586605860
• ISBN-13: 978-1586605865
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #833,358 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Thing Ever, December 18, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Operation: Firebrand (Operation: Firebrand Series #1) (Paperback)

I bought this book not expecting much from it. The only reason I picked it up to read today was because I had nothing better to do. Once I had finished the first page, I was hooked. The rest of my day was spent reading the book, and now that I'm finished I only wish I could have the pleasure of reading it again for the first time.

This book is great. The characters are wonderful and believable. The story was just... wow. Call me stupid, but I was hardly able to predict anything that would happen later in the story while I was reading. I've never read anything like it in this type of book. The story is refreshingly unique. Instead of the typical main character good guy fighting against evil character bad guy, a large focus of the book was the main character fighting his own feelings towards life and himself. Wow is all I can say. I almost wish that this book was in a series so that I could go on more missions with Jason, Rachael, Garth, Chimp, and the others.

In conclusion, it's an amazing book and you all should read it.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Operation Firebrand, June 28, 2005

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Rebekah Martin (MI,USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Operation: Firebrand (Operation: Firebrand Series #1) (Paperback)

Recently becoming a Christian, Jason Kromer, a Navy SEAL, finds himself questioning his ability to perform his duties as a sniper. When his hesitation during a mission causes his best friend to be wounded, Jason gets out of the military and searches for a new job.

He finds one in the billionaire CEO of defense contractor ABL Corp., Eloise Webster. She is organizing a team of specialized experts to go into dangerous situations, using only non-lethal weapons to accomplish the mission and insuring no casualties. While it takes convincing, Jason joins as team leader and begins training with the other members of Team Firebrand. The rest of the team includes Rachel, language specialist/con artist; Trieu, sniper/doctor; Lewis, computer and electronics expert; Garth, former Green Beret/explosives and escape-and-evasion specialist; Chris, former Marine Force Recon/point man.

Operation Firebrand was an interesting, intense read. The plot was well-thought out, though slightly unbelievable. The constant restating of the fact Team Firebrand would use only non-lethal weapons did get tiring, as did the rather negative attitude toward lethal weapons but it wasn't blatant enough to make the book not enjoyable. I look forward to reading the next book in this series.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 4 1/2 Stars...An Excellent Opening to a Thoughful Series, April 3, 2004

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Jason Johnston "readingrookie dot com" (Grapevine, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Operation: Firebrand (Operation: Firebrand Series #1) (Paperback)

This book has been on my shelf for about a year now. I have a habit of buying books and putting them on the shelf, and not reading them for a long time, or maybe never reading them at all. I have started to break this mold recently, as I have read 1 book a week for the past 3 months.

My reason for choosing this book at this time is that I am looking at joining the Christian Writer's Guild, led by Jerry Jenkins, and I just recently found that Mr. Scott is a mentor (or Master Writer) for this group. I wanted experience some of his work, and I am very impressed.

I really like military thrillers with a Christian theme. Now, I would not call this book a "thriller" but it was definately militarily based with Christian themes and characters.

With a Navy SEAL leading your team, you can hardly go wrong. This story uses God's people to rescue those in need. A very creative and well-thought story, which I think the world might actually need if a unit like this doesnt' already exist. I have never heard of such a unit, but maybe that is the point. Either way, this book could very well be based on a reality that the public is unaware of.

There are 2 more books in this series after this book. I am very much looking forward to reading more of Jefferson Scott's work. I am a new fan!!!