Lone Survivor

Marcus Luttrell's account of Operation Red Wings in Afghanistan — the 2005 mission in which three of his four-man SEAL team were killed, and his survival over days of evading the Taliban.

Primary source account of one of the deadliest special operations missions in US military history: 19 dead (including the Quick Reaction Force helicopter shot down). Luttrell's account of the tactical decision — whether to release three Afghan goatherds who had stumbled on their position — whose outcome he believes sealed his teammates' fate. Days of survival with wounds in the Hindu Kush mountains. A document of SEAL culture and the reality of special operations warfare.