Primary Target: The Forging of Luke Stone—Book #1
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4.1 • 428 Ratings
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Publisher Description
“One of the best thrillers I have read this year.”
--Books and Movie Reviews (re Any Means Necessary)
In the much-anticipated debut of a new series by #1 bestseller Jack Mars, when elite Delta Force soldier Luke Stone, 29, joins a secretive government agency, he is dispatched on the mission of a lifetime: a whirlwind race across Europe and the Mid-East to save the President’s daughter before she is beheaded by terrorists.
In PRIMARY TARGET (Book #1), we see the forging of one of the world’s toughest—and most lethal—soldiers: Luke Stone. A 29 year old veteran who has seen enough battle to last a lifetime, Luke is tapped by the Special Response Team, a secretive new FBI agency (led by his mentor Don Morris) to tackle the most high-stake terrorism operations in the world.
Luke, still haunted by his wartime past and newly married to an expecting Becca, is dispatched on a mission to Iraq, with his new partner Ed Newsam, to bring in a rogue American contractor. But what begins as a routine mission mushrooms into something much, much bigger.
When the President’s teenage daughter, kidnapped in Europe, is ransomed by terrorists, Luke may be the only one in the world who can save her before it is too late.
PRIMARY TARGET is an un-putdownable military thriller, a wild action ride that will leave you turning pages late into the night. It marks the long-anticipated debut of a riveting new series by #1 bestseller Jack Mars, dubbed “one of the best thriller authors” out there.
Books #2-#6 are also available!
“Thriller writing at its best.”
--Midwest Book Review (re Any Means Necessary)
Also available is Jack Mars’ #1 bestselling LUKE STONE THRILLER series (7 books), which begins with Any Means Necessary (Book #1), a download with over 800 five star reviews!
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Whether you’ve read Jack Mars’ Luke Stone series or not, this epic origin story about the FBI special agent is an utterly explosive read. When Stone—then a Delta Force soldier—is asked to join a mysterious new FBI team, nothing could’ve prepared him for his mission: rescuing the President’s kidnapped daughter. Mars wrapped up the seven-book Luke Stone series in 2018, but with his trademark thrilling storytelling and relentless pacing, Primary Target is another reminder of why he's one of our favourite military-thriller authors.
Customer Reviews
Primary target
Excellent read fast paced and a real page turner
Keep up the good work
Another Ripper Read
It was a pleasure to get down and dirty with Luke Stone again.This book is a fast paced introduction to the Special Response Team. Anyone who has read any of the previous Luke Stone instalments will not be disappointed.
If your looking for a fast paced action adventure start here and continue with the rest of the series.
The tale is a classic military action book, probably make a good film
Primary Target: The Forging of Luke Stone — Book 1 by Jack Mars
Everybody writes books with a repeating element & a series name now-a-days, ‘Primary’ & ‘The Forging of Luke Stone’ in this case.
Ok, Luke is ex-Delta Force, big, rugged, married, part of another series of 7 books at this stage.
We first see him in a crew dragged by a superior officer into attacking an Afghan terrorist in a secure location, in a storm which takes out the other half of the team in a helicopter. The attack goes badly, head guy gets killed, almost the rest of the crew gets killed, only three survive. Luke, almost unharmed and two others, one missing legs, other head damaged.
So, Luke gets his team killed is the rumours.
Luke is recruited to the FBI-SRT which isn’t Search & Rescue it’s the FBI Special Response Team (he’s not military now). And for those of us outside the US, apparently FBI isn’t restricted to just inside America (any more?).
At some stage the President’s daughter gets abducted (again?) and a potential war develops.
The story has a good pace, no slow bits, no rushed bits, finished it pretty quickly given I didn’t touch it over the weekend. Only one track from one incident to another. The world is fairly straight forward, easy to imagine but not complicated. The characters, ok, Luke, I found him hard to endear to. Let’s face it, he gets his team killed once, nearly twice (falling helicopter). He’s very gung-ho, doesn’t listen to advice, even from superiors. Has a boss who is constantly referred to as ‘Big Daddy’ - outside America that’s a diminutive - very hard to take seriously.
The tale is a classic military action book, probably make a good film, I figure it’s OK 2/5
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