Tier Zero by Henry Brown

Female college students on a yacht with professors
Pirates on the Java Sea
Kidnapping
Abuse
Auction
Retired military and mercenaries to the rescue…
…for some

This action-packed thriller was just what I needed! The retired military and mercenaries were a motley group that worked together as a team with a common goal and though they had little hope of success, were not always in agreement politically and came from various military disciplines they did achieve more than they had hoped to while thwarting more than one evil they were confronted with.

I love a book that makes me stretch, grow and think while teaching me something I didn’t know before and this book did all of those things. I would love to know more about Tommy Scarred Wolf, the men on his team, the Java Sea, pirates, human trafficking, Black Ops, Tier Zero Ops teams and a few more issues raised in this book. I found the writing kept me on the edge and invested throughout and hopeful that the conclusion of this book would provide some resolution for those that were still standing at the end. I have a feeling this book could be followed by another in the future as it seems that the main issue dogging Tommy may not have yet been totally resolved.

Did I enjoy this book? Yes
Would I read more by this author? Yes, definitely

Thank you to the author for the ARC – This is my honest review.

5 Stars

Another first time author read for me... in fact I had not heard of this author until mentioned on my daily book bub. An opportunity to read another action author, and I am glad I did read this great book.

Firstly, let me mention one thing, to the publisher cover of this book is awful, looks like a cheap cover, but this is my only negative comment.

Tommy Scarred Wolf thought he had smelled the powder for the last time ten years ago. Then somebody messed with his family. With no government willing or able to help out, it's up to Tommy and his detective brother, Vince, to find Vince's kidnapped daughter halfway around the world. But rescuing her is going to take funding, firepower, and friends. Fortunately, Tommy knows some shooters just crazy enough to tag along--including survivors from his last suicide mission: retired SEAL team commander Rocco Cavarra; former Delta Force operator Jake McCallum; and the unflappable sniper Leon Campbell. On the ocean and in jungles both natural and urban, Tommy Scarred Wolf and his warrior brothers will face human traffickers, modern day pirates, a freak typhoon, and an ultra-secret black ops team so dangerous even the CIA can't touch them. There's something far more sinister than just "white slavery" going on here, and it's about to ram these men through a crucible which may never end...except in death.

This is a fast paced, action packed roller coaster ride filled with an array of great characters, from Tommy to his brother Vince, to Tommy's great team who all have a great depth of personality.

Kept at a great pace, with action in the jungle, on tropical islands to balmy hot cities, to personality clashes to nasty villains, what more can you ask for.

A great military action packed thriller. Four Stars

I enjoyed reading this book as it had a gripping storyline that kept you hooked. It was somewhat heavy on the military language, but you soon got used to that.

Tier Zero was a really easy book to pick up and fall straight into. The main characters quickly became "real" with good descriptions to allow the imagination to create the mental pictures.

The waves of completion, new problem, completion, new issue hit the reader in good time - twice I thought I was nearing the end of the book and Mr Brown diverted me off into a siding where the story developed and grew.

I was very disappointed when the ending finally came because it meant the book was finished, but it has made me add Henry Brown to my list of authors to speak about and whose back catalogue now needs investigating.

A great reminder of why we started reading thrillers. Not a perfect story or characters but a great story of men, muscle, and murder with t he none of the modern "I apologize for winning" writing you have to slog through so much today. 6 starts for a good adventure