Título: Cat and Mouse: A Novel (Nathan Dixon, 5)
Autor: Harold Coyle
Sinopse: New York Times bestselling author Harold Coyle's Cat and Mouse reveals the chaos of warfare as Islamic terrorists, lead by their most charismatic leader to date, form a powerful coalition in hopes of breaking America's will to continue the war on terror
In the War on Terror, it is often difficult to tell who the enemy is. Sometimes your fiercest opponent isn't an insurgent or a fanatic bent on making a statement in blood, but a chain of command that is pursuing goals and objectives that have nothing to do with your unit's stated mission. Nathan Dixon finds out just how true this is when a new battalion commander, Lieutenant Colonel Robert Delmont, convinces his superiors that he has an all but foolproof plan for defeating Islamic terrorists in the Philippines―a plan that will ensure Delmont's promotion to full colonel and beyond.
But the 3rd Regiment of the 75th Ranger battalion is pitted against no fool. Determined to create a fundamental Islamic state in Southeast Asia, a charismatic terrorist by the name of Hamdani Summirat unites the various Islamic factions into a confederation. Their aim is to drag the United States into a protracted war of attrition that the Americans cannot win. Summirat's factions play out a deadly game of cat and mouse, drawing the American forces into ambushes and small, bloody encounters with a small but highly trained core of Islamic fighters.
Lieutenant General Scott Dixon, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations with the US Army--and Nathan's father―soon finds that these enemies are practically impossible to hunt down. They are killing American troops almost at will. He realizes quickly that if the mission continues, many more Americans will be wounded or killed-- perhaps even his own son. But his pleas to his Commander-in-Chief are practically ignored.
This dual game of cat and mouse is played out both in the jungles of Mindanae and in the forward operations base. Nathan Dixon must deal with a battalion commander who is determined to see his plan through, regardless of the price Nathan and his company must pay, while Scott Dixon must deal with a chain of command that refuses to alter a plan of attack in the face of a losing effort.
Contexto da obra
Como livro em inglês, esta obra costuma ganhar também uma camada própria de interesse editorial e linguístico. “Cat and Mouse: A Novel (Nathan Dixon, 5)”, de Harold Coyle, publicado pela editora Forge Books, em 2008 e com 384 páginas, integra a categoria Livros em Inglês. Por isso, o interesse da obra tende a se ampliar quando o leitor considera também a relação com a língua em que ela circula.
Editora: Forge Books
Páginas: 384
Ano: 2008-11-04
Edição: Reprint
Linguagem: en
ISBN: 076539362X
ISBN13: 9780765393623
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Forge Books costumam explorar narrativas que combinam tensão e humanidade, transitando entre thrillers policiais, dramas familiares e histórias de sobrevivência. O catálogo apresenta desde relatos intensos de conflitos pessoais e morais até aventuras com ritmo acelerado, muitas vezes ambientadas em cenários contemporâneos ou históricos detalhados. Em algumas obras, a presença de animais, especialmente cães, traz um tom emotivo e envolvente, enquanto outras se aprofundam em investigações criminais ou em dilemas éticos ligados a contextos sociais e políticos. A diversidade do catálogo sugere um equilíbrio entre histórias mais narrativas, focadas no desenvolvimento dos personagens, e outras mais informativas ou técnicas, como as que abordam aspectos militares ou científicos.
