The empty quarter
By: David L. Robbins
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Seattle
Language: eng
Number of pages: 374
ISBN-13: 9781477824023
Subjects: Kidnapping; Special forces (Military science); Rescues; Special operations (Military science); Fiction
Description: Every member of the Special Ops US Air Force pararescue jumpers, the PJs, swears by the motto "That Others May Live." A top-secret mission to save a kidnapped Saudi princess will put that oath to the ultimate test. With a force of armed men, a former mujahideen chases across the desert of Yemen to recover his Saudi wife, kidnapped by her powerful father, a prince of the Kingdom. The kidnapping turns violent, she is badly wounded, and the PJs are dropped into the vast sere badlands to rescue the princess and a young American diplomat swept up in the plot. The mission becomes a minute-by-minute race between the pursuing husband's band of tribal allies and the PJs rushing to the rescue, as the princess's life seeps away.