SEAL's Defiance

Declan “Irish” O-Shea, member of Navy SEAL Team 10, is in Somalia to take down a rebel group that is taking over villages and killing the locals. During the mission, things go awry and Irish is injured and left for dead. Lucky for him, Dr. Claire Boyette had seen it happen and saw where his body landed. She hid him under brush and debris while the rebels circled around looking for survivors, then when it was safe, took him to her tent in the village she was staying in to tend his wounds and let him heal. When the rebels arrive in her village, Irish slips out the back and escapes. Claire and her colleague are taken by gunpoint to tend the rebel leader who was injured in the raid. After patching him back together, Claire is taken to a tent and left while her colleague is taken somewhere in an SUV. Luckily Irish followed Claire and rushes in to rescue her as she is about to be raped by one of the rebels. They manage to make their way to Irish’s camp to safety. They get intel of where Claire’s colleague may be, and set off on a mission to rescue him. Read to find out what happens!

No cliffhanger – stands alone. Great SEAL story! I’ve read and enjoyed all of the Take No Prisoners stories. Like all of the others, this one can totally be enjoyed without having read any of the others (but you should read them because they are great). Declan O’Shea (known as Irish to his friends and team members) is on a mission with the rest of SEAL Team 10 to take down a really bad guy in Somalia. Dr. Claire Boyette is working with a Somalian doctor to help take care of the people devastated by the actions of the one that Irish’s team has orders to kill. The mission goes bad and Irish is thrown from a helicopter where Claire finds him mostly unconscious. She risks her safety to hide him and take care of him. Irish wants to find his other teammates and find out if they are OK. Irish and Claire see a lot of action and adventure as they try to make their way back to the US base where Irish hopes to find the rest of his team alive and well. This story kept my attention all the way through with plenty of twists to keep it interesting. Elle James does her usual superb job of telling another great SEAL story. I purchased a copy of this book as part of the SEALs of Summer 2 boxed set.