{"title":"Books \u0026 Charts","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"red-sky-mourning-a-terminal-list-thriller-hardcover","title":"Red Sky Mourning: A Terminal List Thriller - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJack Carr\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith the walls closing in, Navy SEAL sniper James Reece is on a race to dismantle a conspiracy that has forced America to her knees in the latest high-octane page-turner that seems ripped from the headlines from the \"hottest author on the thriller scene today\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Real Book Spy\u003c\/i\u003e), #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller Jack Carr.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYou think you know James Reece. Think again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA storm is on the horizon. America's days are numbered. A Chinese submarine has gone rogue and is navigating towards the continental United States, putting its nuclear missiles within striking distance of the West Coast. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA rising Silicon Valley tech mogul with unknown allegiances is at the forefront of a revolution in quantum computing and artificial intelligence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA politician controlled by a foreign power is a breath away from the Oval Office. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThree seemingly disconnected events are on a collision course to ignite a power grab unlike anything the world has ever seen. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe country's only hope is a quantum computer that has gone dark, learning at a rate inconceivable at her inception. But during her time in hiding, she has done more than learn. She is now positioned to act as either the country's greatest savior or its worst enemy. She is known as \"Alice\" and her only connection to the outside world is to a former Navy SEAL sniper named James Reece who has left the violence of his past life behind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWill there be blood? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCount on it! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWill the forces that threaten to destroy the United States be enough to light the fuse of Reece's resurrection?\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJack Carr is a former Navy SEAL who led special operations teams as a team leader, platoon commander, troop commander, and task unit commander. Over his twenty years in Naval Special Warfare, he transitioned from an enlisted SEAL sniper to a junior officer leading assault and sniper teams in Iraq and Afghanistan, to a platoon commander practicing counterinsurgency in the southern Philippines, to commanding a special operations task unit in the most Iranian influenced section of southern Iraq throughout the tumultuous drawdown of US Forces. Jack retired from active duty in 2016 and lives with his wife and three children in Park City, Utah. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Terminal List\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTrue Believer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSavage Son\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Devil's Hand\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIn the Blood\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOnly the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRed Sky Mourning\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTargeted: Beirut\u003c\/i\u003e. 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But when those dearest to him are murdered on the day of his homecoming, Reece discovers that this was not an act of war by a foreign enemy but a conspiracy that runs to the highest levels of government. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow, with no family and free from the military's command structure, Reece applies the lessons that he's learned in over a decade of constant warfare toward avenging the deaths of his family and teammates. 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Over his twenty years in Naval Special Warfare, he transitioned from an enlisted SEAL sniper to a junior officer leading assault and sniper teams in Iraq and Afghanistan, to a platoon commander practicing counterinsurgency in the southern Philippines, to commanding a special operations task unit in the most Iranian influenced section of southern Iraq throughout the tumultuous drawdown of US Forces. Jack retired from active duty in 2016 and lives with his wife and three children in Park City, Utah. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Terminal List\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTrue Believer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSavage Son\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Devil's Hand\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIn the Blood\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOnly the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRed Sky Mourning\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTargeted: Beirut\u003c\/i\u003e. 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