This was a genuine disappointment. I was looking forward to good story, this was not it. I’ve listened to several books by Grace Hamilton, this will be my last. The characters were weak, indecisive, unrealistic, and inconsistent. If a Seal, Ranger, SF, PJ, or any Tier I or II operator performed like this leaving active threats, resources, & assets so others can retrieve them… it would be embarrassing a sign of poor leadership. It really portrays soldiers in a poor light. When the main character continually makes the same mistakes and doesn’t learn from them or leaves without a plan or resources it just seems dumb.
I’m dumb for reading this series as long as I did, hoping it would get better.