{"product_id":"2940150428287","title":"Operation Firebrand--Crusade","description":"They came in broad daylight.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey burned our huts. Killed our men and boys.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat will become of my sisters, mothers, and me?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWill I live and die a slave of the one who stole me?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's been only four weeks since former Navy SEAL Jason Kromer led the Firebrand team to Kazakhstan to rescue a group of orphan girls, and already there is a new mission.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe world is like that--always serving up a new violence against innocents.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis time, Muslim slavers have raided a village in southern Sudan, stealing away a new crop of human slaves and forced wives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMost of the time when we hear about things like this, all we can do is shake our heads.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNot anymore.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Firebrand team exists to right wrongs like these. There are Sudanese girls and women sitting in slavers' homes right now, and Jason and the team go wheels up to take them back.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Firebrand team hit their stride when they were in Kazakhstan. But Africa is different, and Jason's more than passing interest in the two beautiful women on the team threatens to distract him from the mission.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt doesn't help that they're going up against Muslim extremists--like the ones who murdered Rachel's father, which was the thing that made her become a Mossad assassin in her former life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow she's face to face with the same sort of man, and she may just go off the reservation to settle the score.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe slave situation turns out to be worse than they'd feared, and the Firebrand team decides they need to do more than just rescue a handful of slaves and go home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBetween Rachel's fury and the team's vendetta against the slavers, this mission is turning into a full-blown crusade.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Operation Firebrand novels are Christian military fiction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOperation Firebrand--Origin\u003cbr\u003eOperation Firebrand--Crusade\u003cbr\u003eOperation Firebrand--Deliverance\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e** These novels were originally published in 2002–3. **\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eExcerpt from \u003cem\u003eOperation Firebrand--Crusade\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe scars in the man's forehead were deep but exquisitely done, Jason saw. Four furrows arched forward from the ears and came together in four perfect Vs between his eyebrows. He was very thin but broad-shouldered and eight inches taller than Jason. He stood solemnly as Jason approached.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Hello,\" Jason said. \"Um, we didn't really shoot those guys, not with real bullets. They're just asleep.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe man wrinkled his brow, constricting the scars. He spoke in a deep voice, but Jason couldn't know the words. He seemed a little agitated, but not afraid. He pointed toward the soldiers with the stick he'd used for digging.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Jason?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJason turned toward the voice. It was Rachel, wiping her hands on a bloody towel and trotting toward them. \"What is it, Miss Bloom?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"No need for the fake name,\" she said, walking forward slowly. \"He doesn't understand and he sure doesn't care.\" She dropped the towel on the dirt. \"Would you like a little help here?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJason deflated. \"Please!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe said something that immediately caught the man's attention. He began talking to her quickly and gesticulating with the stick. Rachel held her hands up and asked a question. The man responded, and then they both started speaking another language altogether.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChris stepped up to Jason's shoulder. \"Arabic.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter a particularly long string of words from Rachel, the man groaned loudly and fell to his knees. He crawled toward her, speaking urgently through sudden tears.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDinka came running. In seconds, Rachel was surrounded by everyone in the village. Three boys ran over to Dau and Akot, then came shrieking back.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRachel's voice rose above the ruckus. Jason watched her in awe. Here she was in what seemed to be the most godforsaken spot on earth speaking like a native to a band of people so different from her as to defy comparison. She was unbelievable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnless he missed his guess, she was right now telling them about the arrangements Eloise had made to get their children and family members back. Jason watched them hugging and smiling and screaming with joy. And he started to think that maybe they weren't so different, after all.","brand":"Jeff Gerke","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47109505614064,"sku":"2940150428287","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940150428287_p0.jpg?v=1763745466","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940150428287","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}