Kolt noticed Mrs. Webber lean over toward Hawk again and strained to hear her next comment. “You really should be more careful,” she said. “You spend more time in the aid station than the operators do, it seems.”
“Yes, ma’am,” Hawk said before turning her head and leaning back to look up at Kolt. Kolt hid the amusement, barely showed concern, and simply rolled his eyes slowly as if he was worried someone might be watching.
Webber stepped to the podium, adjusted the microphone with both hands, raising it a few inches to mouth level, and became Henry V for the umpteenth time in his three years-plus as Delta Force’s commander.
“We few, we happy few, we band of brothers. For he today that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother. Be he ne’er so vile, this day shall gentle his condition.”
Kolt thought about it. Felt his stomach turn and pulse race under his fatigue top. He reached up with his left hand, flipped the hair out of his eye, discreetly wiped the tear that had run down his left cheek, and focused on the black cloth that was ceremoniously being removed from the black marble wall by the chaplain and Unit sergeant major.
Kolt read his three mates’ names relief carved in perfect Baskerville Old Face font, felt a deep sense of responsibility mixed with vulnerability, felt his sweaty palms roll around Hawk’s wheelchair handles, and asked himself if it all had been worth it.
In a second, he came to one hard conclusion.
It had to be.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dalton Fury was the senior ranking military officer at the Battle of Tora Bora. As a Delta troop commander, he helped author the operation to hunt and kill Osama bin Laden. He told his tale of that mission in the book Kill Bin Laden, which went on to become a national bestseller. One Killer Force is the fourth novel in his New York Times bestselling Delta Force series. You can sign up for email updates here.
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CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Preface
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
About the Author
Also by Dalton Fury
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
ONE KILLER FORCE. Copyright © 2015 by Dalton Fury. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
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First Edition: October 2015