Sky Hunters: Operation Southern Cross

by Jack Shane

Book Overview

The expert, the fearless,
the crazy-the most lethal weapon
in the U.S. arsenal

Only the best can make it in X-Battalion, the top-secret experimental arm of the U.S. military's TF-160 Nightstalkers. The mavericks and madmen who fly the highest tech attack helicopters make their own rules as they shuttle CIA spooks and Special Ops commandos to high-risk zones -- and leap into the fight without question whenever the need arises.

But...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060732423
• ISBN13: 9780060732424
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.3" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

X Marks the Spot in Reading Entertainment!

Jack Shane's Sky Hunters novel is terrific. After reading this, it makes me want to pick-up the other book in the series. Fast-paced, full of interesting characters, both good and bad, Operation Southern Cross was a explosive adventure read.

Sky Hunters Operation Southern Cross

Once again Jack Shane comes out with another great adventure. Helicopters every where guns blazing X-Battalion doing what they do best. Sky Hunters - Operation Southern Cross is a big hit it just keeps you on the edge of your seat. You don't know what will happen next to the X-Bat gang. Don't forget Jack's 1st book Sky Hunters - X-Battalion. If you like Operation Southern Cross you will love X-Battalion.

GREAT 2ND BOOK IN SERIES

THE BOOK STARTED OUT BY GETTING ALL THE STORY LINE PIECES TOGETHER, THEN THE BOOK TOOK OFF LIKE A ROCKET. I COULD NOT BELIEVE HOW QUICK I MOVED THRU THE BOOK. THE STORY WAS SET IN SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY, THAT WAS GOING TO ATTACK THE UNITED STATES. THE XBATT HAD TO GO IN AND SAVE THE DAY BECAUSE NO ONE ELSE WAS IN THE AREA. THEY STOPPED THE BAD GUYS BUT IT DID HAVE A COST TO ONE OF THE MEMBERS. WILL THERE BE ANOTHER BOOK ?? I HOPE SO!!

Fast-moving, great story, action galore

Just like the first book of the XBattalion series, "OSC" moves like a race car jammed into fifth gear. The top-secret XBat copter force is ordered to put out several political brush fires in South America, only to discover that one of them might involve nothing less than the fate of the world. All the while, the CIA's multi-billion dollar, ultra-sophisticated spy satellite system is failing, and no one knows why. The two plot lines collide in one of the most unlikliest places on Earth, causing the book's heroes to make an incredibly harrowing last-minute flight to save all. The action scenes are very realistic; the flying sequences are not for the faint of heart. The balancing act that many special forces members must endure between their personal lives and service to their country is also well brought out. According to a web site given on the book's cover -- www.XBattalion.com -- apparently no one really knows who the author Jack Shane is. But obviously, he knows his stuff. I'm looking forward to Book 3.