I wasn't expecting anything great with this book due to the lack of positive reviews. The Unit character's, with their stilted dialogue, bared little resemblance to their tv counterparts. Additionally, the hodgepodge story was pretty bland and didn't give you ANY twists or surprises. The weak plot basically consisted of two small armies running around the jungle doing dumb things like: let's attack the base to see how big the enemy's size is and then later, let's do a hit and run on that same base. Also, when the men get into trouble lets magically have the cavalry arrive because the author can't think of an interesting way to get them out of their predicament. On top of the bland characters and weak story one of the most important things that was left out from this book was the exciting action scenes. I mean if you can't give me some great characterizations instead of a "Oh, yeah I forgot." at least give me some badass action. I would recommend "Lone Survivor" by Marcus Luttrell for some real Spec Ops action, hell even the latest Richard Marcinko books are better than this book (and that is saying a lot as he has since gone way down hill). Also, there were multiple times where you would read what happens and then characters would report back to other characters what you had just read --talk about redundancy. I swear it felt like the "author" was owed a favor and someone let him write this book. I'm a diehard fan of The Unit and this book left me thoroughly unimpressed. Skip it and trade for a different book or go to a library if you think you must read "Seek and Destroy".
Just about everything the other reviewer said about this story "The Unit", is incorrect and misstated. It's a rousing story about a profession that I could never contemplate much less carry out with aplomb. Solid story of mercernaries employed to overthrow the government heads in The Congo,- call them the enemy - paid for by a consortium of villains from Europe. The Unit must go in and interdict their attempts at doing this; the guys are handpicked and capable. Dwells on the perfidy of congressional and State employees who possess neither brains nor honor and try to sabotage the Unit's in-country operation. And I for one read to the end to find out if the rotters could be defeated by the U.S. small force of experts.
