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OnaclearnightinlateJune2005,fourU.S.NavySEALslefttheirbaseinnorthernAfghanistanforthemountainousPakistaniborder.TheirmissionwastocaptureorkillanotoriousalQaedaleaderknowntobeensconcedinaTalibanstrongholdsurroundedbyasmallbutheavilyarmedforce.Lessthentwenty-fourhourslater,onlyoneofthoseNavySEALsremainedalive.ThisisthestoryoffireteamleaderMarcusLuttrell,thesolesurvivorofOperationRedwing,andthedesperatebattleinthemountainsthatled,ultimately,tothelargestlossoflifeinNavySEALhistory.Butitisalso,morethananything,thestoryofhisteammates,whofoughtferociouslybesidehimuntilhewasthelastoneleft-blastedunconsciousbyarocketgrenade,blownoveracliff,butstillarmedandstillbreathing.Overthenextfourdays,badlyinjuredandpresumeddead,LuttrellfoughtoffsixalQaedaassassinswhoweresenttofinishhim,thencrawledforsevenmilesthroughthemountainsbeforehewastakeninbyaPashtuntribe,whoriskedeverythingtoprotecthimfromtheencirclingTalibankillers.Asix-foot-five-inchTexan,LeadingPettyOfficerLuttrelltakesus,blow-by-blow,throughthebrutaltrainingofAmerica'swarrioreliteandtherelentlessritesofpassagerequiredbytheNavySEALs.HetransportsustoamonstrousbattlefoughtinthedesolatepeaksofAfghanistan,wherethebeleagueredAmericanteamplummetedheadlongathousandfeetdownamountainastheyfoughtbackthroughflyingshaleandrocks.Inthisrich,movingchronicleofcourage,honor,andpatriotism,MarcusLuttrelldeliversoneofthemostpowerfulnarrativeseverwrittenaboutmodernwarfare-andatributetohisteammates,whomadetheultimatesacrificefortheircountry.