These books just keep getting better, and I'm so glad. This one starts out as a bit of a call back to a mission that felt like a failure for the team, and sees David going in alone to negotiate for the release of a hostage in Libya while the rest of the team tries to find her location. I like that we finally get a new addition to the team, I'd love to see Haas stick around for good but first they'll have to all make it back from the mission. The team is once again in enemy territory, only able to depend on themselves, dealing with a terrorist cartel holding a massive amount of VX gas. Even if they're able to rescue the hostage the WMD could finish them before they know it. The stakes are higher than ever and the danger mounts with every twist and turn. I'm not giving away anything because the fact that there's two subsequent books already scheduled means that at least some of the team survives this meatgrinder, but what shape they'll be in you'll only find out once the smoke clears unless it's actually nerve gas and not smoke. I'm impressed with how the writing by Kasper has gotten better with this series since the very first adventure featuring David. I'm not sure how he's lasted this long but as long as this team keeps fighting I'm gonna be reading all about it. The author has even gotten me to try his other books, which I definitely recommend. If this is the first one you've tried, then you're in for a treat. Although I recommend you start at the beginning, it's worth it!

I've read several books by Jason Kasper and have always found them to be fast paced, interesting and hard to put down. This one was no different. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and highly recommend it.

4.5 Stars 🌟

I have recently discovered Mr. Kasper and have become quite the fan of his books. This is the 5th book in a well established series and it definitely starts with a bang. This book, out of the other 4, seemed like it had more non-stop action, and that's saying something because ALL of his books are pretty much action filled.

We continue on with the task force team still on the hunt for one of their main targets and threats to the United States who "got away". If I'm honest, without going into spoilers, it never really made sense to me why everyone was willing to let David go along with the demands of a terrorist and put himself in a situation that really was a suicide mission. I mean seriously, there really wasn't even any pushback, just kind of, "you want David to go - alone, into hostile territory with a crazed terrorist?" Okay.

WHAT?

Other than that, it definitely got your blood pumping once the story got going. I liked the fact that it finally felt like their group was getting some validation, or at least some type of positive recognition, but it was not even close to being enough for what the guys have continually put on the line. Just my opinion.

I think my favorite phrase out of the entire book was when asked who they were, the response was, "we are just five expendable a**holes" and then the new guy clears his throat and says, "excuse me, make that SIX expendable a**holes."

Brilliant, just brilliant.

Thank you to NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this ARC. The opinions above are mine and mine alone.

I received this book from the author, Severn Publishing and Net Galley in return for an honest review.

I went into this novel without knowing or realizing that this was the latest book in a series and went into this with absolutely no expectations as to the characters or the story, and I have to admit that I really enjoyed the pacing and the story.

I found that Beast Three Six is a ceaseless thrill ride with relentless action and an incredibly high body count that will please even the most hardcore military thriller fan, what stands out from the viciousness and terrorism is an inspirational story of doing what is necessary to succeed in your mission.

Savagely violent and exceptionally inspirational with a delicious side of retribution, Beast Three Six is a tale of good vs. evil with the good guys putting it all on the line against the odds to save a hostage – and perhaps countless innocents – from gruesome and undeserving death.

That said, I think that this book is definitely worthy of a solid four stars out of five and would be a solid read by fans of nonstop action thrillers. Jason Kasper delivers another balls-to-the-wall, nonstop action covert operations thriller that gets your heart pumping and your forehead sweaty from substantial anxiety and anticipation.

It’s a killer story with emotion. Fast-paced and ferocious. Merciless and uplifting. Exhilarating and gripping from the first page to the last. Jason Kasper writes phenomenal thrillers and is a must-read anytime he publishes a new book. Don’t miss this one!

As with all my literary reviews, this is just my five cents worth.

I've said this before but it bears repeating: no author has improved more over the last ~5 years than Jason Kasper. He has always been a talented storyteller but nothing like this. His latest books are more complex, crisper and more engaging than his earlier works. Kasper is firmly ensconced in my list of must read military authors.

I've had a hard time reviewing Beast Three Six due to what I believe Kasper was trying to accomplish with this book. Sure, Beast Three Six is a continuation of the series and is meant to move the story forward. To me, Beast Three Six feels like a test-bed to try new things, if you will. Kasper seemed to use the first half-ish on experimentin' by splitting the team and introducing a new character. Admittedly, this wasn't my favorite part of the story and it took me a while to get through. I don't know -- it just didn't have that pizzaz that the rest of the series has. However, the second half of the book-- wowsers. Could not put it down.

If you love military fiction and are not reading Jason Kasper you don't know what you are missing!

Many thanks to Jason Kasper, Severn River Publishing, and NetGalley for the opportunity to review a galley of Beast Three Six!

Jason Kasper is bringing the heat in Beast Three Six. Kasper has no lack of imagination or ammunition in crafting another great Shadow Strike adventure.

On the heels of Narco Assassins, David Rivers and team are on the hunt for the lost VX that left Columbia not long ago. Rivers and the group of other ‘expendable assholes’ are busy sniffing out the trail that leads to one of the world's most dangerous chemical compounds, when one prominent U.S. Senator’s daughter is kidnapped.

Rivers and the team are forced headfirst into the lion’s den in Libya to negotiate a transfer of Olivia Gossweiler while they place the hunt for the volatile VX on the backburner. River is forced to leave the team as ground force commander as Khalil Noureddin wants to meet with the one and only ‘Suicide’. While Rivers is slowly meeting the commands of Khalil, one of the worst terrorist attacks ever to occur hits the streets of Egypt that puts the team on full alert.

Using assets to help locate Olivia, the Shadow Strike team is left as the only advance team around to execute a mission that no one should come home alive from. Teaming up with some veteran aviators and shooters are well versed at delivering dirt naps, Rivers and team gear up for something next to impossible.

I don’t want to sound like a broken record, but Jason Kasper’s storytelling ability is some of the best I’ve read. The Shadow Strike series has been phenomenal, and the characters just keep getting better. The team is made up of some superstar military professionals while they all have some unique charisma. He is continuously building on stories and blending plot lines to keep the story worthy of current headlines. You don’t have to take my word for it. Give The Enemies of My Country a try, you will be pleased.

Jason Kasper brings the heat in Beast Three Six, packing tenacious action and kickass heroes you’d want to save you if you ever got yourself in a jam.
After the harrowing ending of Narco Assassins, David Rivers and his team are on the hunt for those that escaped their grasps with weapons of mass destruction. Their directive gets trickier when a senator’s daughter is abducted by a Filipino terrorist who had crossed paths with the team once before. When the terrorist explicitly demanding a meeting with Rivers, the timeline on their mission accelerates as the team finds a nefarious plot brewing under the pretense of a hostage situation. It’s up to the team to rescue the hostage while preventing a large scale cleansing in Libya with the weapons they failed to secure the first time around.
Jason Kasper brings the action to life with characters that feel so authentic that we have no trouble imagining them running around the globe saving us from all the unsavory bad guys hiding in the shadows. Even acting as expendable assets with no clear oversight, the team led by David Rivers is one of courage and honor while staying pragmatic about the parameters of the mission. The action sequences are rendered in crisp and clear images in your mind with way too many badass moments to count on one hand alone. With a sense of righting a wrong on a more personal scale, the action is tinged with an emotional vendetta that makes them team even more unpredictable in its mission to destroy its enemy by taking bold risks to get the job done.
Beast Three Six is an adrenaline-fueled tactical adventure that continues to show why Jason Kasper is one of the best military action thriller writers of this generation, mashing tactical and technical authenticity to achieve a symphony of hard-hitting violence for the sake of good.


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Savagely violent and exceptionally inspirational with a delicious side of retribution, Beast Three Six is a tale of good vs. evil with the good guys putting it all on the line against the odds to save a hostage – and perhaps countless innocents – from gruesome and undeserving death. Jason Kasper delivers another balls-to-the-wall, nonstop action covert operations thriller that gets your heart pumping and your forehead sweaty from substantial anxiety and anticipation.

Olivia Gossweiler, the daughter of a US senator and chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, has been kidnapped by terrorists and is being held captive in Benghazi, Libya. The leader of this terrorist group, Khalil, has an interesting first demand – he will only negotiate with David Rivers, with whom he tangled with in the past. David agrees and is sent over to negotiate while his Project Longwing teammates prep the area of operations for the Navy SEALs in case a hostage rescue is needed. And it is needed because Khalil is the real deal and has no intentions of letting Olivia or David live through this ordeal…not to mention he has grander aspirations of launching additional terror attacks soon. But when the timetable is suddenly moved up and the SEALs not yet on target, it’s up to the 5 men of this disposable unit – plus a willing and highly capable Combat Controller – to go up against insurmountable odds by attacking a fortified position defended by an overwhelming force to attempt a rescue. It’s what Suicide Actual and his team live for. Though living through this will take all the skill and luck they can muster.

While Beast Three Six is a ceaseless thrill ride with relentless action and an incredibly high body count that will please even the most hardcore military thriller fan, what stands out from the viciousness and terrorism is an inspirational story of doing what is necessary to succeed in your mission. The men of Project Longwing know the deal. They are a deniable and expendable unit that are sent into untenable situations with low likelihood of success. Yet they continue to thrive and win the day, with this operation hopefully no different. They are constantly adapting to the changing landscape, equally able to think strategically and sling lead downrange, and put the wellbeing of others ahead of their own. They don’t complain or sulk that the original plans change or that the bad guys don’t play fair. They just tie their boots, grab their gear and sprint headfirst towards the danger. They are admirable, selfless, tough men who never quit. And if that isn’t inspiring as all hell, then I don’t know what is.

The whole series is fantastic, but Beast Three Six raises the bar to another level. It’s a killer story with emotion. Fast paced and ferocious. Merciless and uplifting. Exhilarating and gripping from the first page to the last. Jason Kasper writes phenomenal thrillers and is a must read anytime he publishes a new book. Don’t miss this one!

Beast Three Six is the fifth installment of the Shadow Strike Series featuring David "Suicide" RIvers and his off the books group. This time a Filipino terrorist kidnaps a senator's daughter and demands that David be the negotiator for her release. The terrorist and David crossed paths in a previous story where things did not go well for anyone. Now David is on his own in Libya trying to get the young woman released while the group is working on a daring rescue mission. Things are not always as they seem, many twists and turns all the way to a thrilling finish.

This series gets better and better. After a disturbing call from Duchess the guys are picked up in federal transport to see what their fate is. When they find out two things happen shock and awe.

Read the next adventure in this series that will have you cheering these guys on more than we already do.

I received this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I have been intrigued by this author but have not read any of his books previously. After reading this book, that seems like a poor decision. This book had a lot of action, was fast paced, and had memorable characters. Some of it was a bit implausible but it pushed the story along and made the ending a whole lot better. The daughter of an important senator is kidnapped and a former special operator is requested by name by the kidnapper to meet with him to discuss the terms of the release. A former meeting of these two is the basis of much of the story and I really enjoyed it. I look forward to reading more from this author.

David Rivers is back in the fifth book of this exciting series as a super (anti)hero in this thriller filled with international good guys and bad guys. David is always operating with a target on his back, and in this story the bad guys are zeroing in on him.