Review: The Hunt for Osama  Bin. Laden
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 12, 2013
In this short story Leather' s favorite character "Spider"Shepherd and his  SAD  unit are tasked to follow upon Intel that Bin Laden  might be  hiding in the mountains in Tora Bora  Afghanistan. This a. mean, treacherous,challenge for the unit that will test the air support, heavy mortar squads,snipers,and assault units to the maximum when they find  what appears to be a large Taliban in a valley with mountains encircling  the flat area. Caves are carved out of some of the mountains and trucks are seen delivering materials into them.A. battle plan begins with an assault by units on ATVs supported by mortar fire. Somehow the mortar fire is inaccurate and is falling on SAS  troops.The. Taliban  recover and  counter attack.  Opportunities arise and Spider believes he sees. Bin Laden escaping on  a  mule along a path on  the side of the mountain well within range. He calls Command for permission to shoot......The author describes the battle scene and the subsequent combat between  th SAS  and the Taliban  in enough detail to give the reader a real sense of what it must be like to be a trooper high in the Afghan mountains exchanging rifle Fire with the terrorists.I really enjoy Leather' s novels and stories and I am especially glad he chose my husband "Spider"as one of his hero characters. Thanks for your time and feedback.