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Dark Redemption (American Mercenary) Paperback – April 24, 2018

by Jason Kasper (Author)
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 2,992 ratings
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An assassin on the brink of destruction. The leader of a global crime syndicate. And the meeting of two fatal enemies...David Rivers killed the man who betrayed his team.Now, he's after the faceless mastermind who gave the order.To the criminal world, this man is known only as the Handler.And for the first time, he is within David's reach.But in order to get close to the Handler, David must first serve him. This time, the task is not to kill a target, but to protect one.As David negotiates a labyrinth of twisted loyalties in the violent slums of Rio de Janeiro, he realizes that the betrayal of his former teammates was just the beginning.And nothing in David's murderous past can prepare him for what happens when he finally meets his greatest enemy face-to-face.______________________________________________Perfect for fans of Vince Flynn, Brad Thor, David Baldacci, Daniel Silva, the Mark Greaney Gray Man series, the Brad Taylor Pike Logan series, Tim Tigner, Mark Dawson, David Archer, the CG Cooper Corps Justice series, and the Stephen Hunter Bob Lee Swagger series.
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  1. Book 3 of 6
    American Mercenary
  2. Print length
    254 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publication date
    April 24, 2018
  5. Dimensions
    5 x 0.64 x 8 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1980925348
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1980925347
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"Jason Kasper is right up there with Brad Thor and Vince Flynn.""Best book I have read in years...Anyone who is bored with predictable action novels should give this a read, it breaks the mold and will restore your faith in the genre." "The action is fast paced and compares favorably with the writing of Vince Flynn, Mark Greaney, Brad Thor, Ben Coes, or Mark Dawson. I can't wait for his next book!""Jason Kasper has created a superb hero in David Rivers. Fast moving, action packed, great characters. Plot twists keep you on the edge of your seat. What more could you want in a thriller?" "Jason Kasper's American Mercenary series boils with bold action, exotic locales, and spellbinding intrigue. Not to be missed by fans of Vince Flynn and Brad Thor, Jason Kasper is a name to watch in the thriller world."-Mark Greaney, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of the Gray Man series

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Independently published (April 24, 2018)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 254 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1980925348
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1980925347
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 0.64 x 8 inches
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Jason Kasper is a USA Today bestselling thriller author. He served in the US Army, beginning as a Ranger private and ending as a Green Beret captain. Jason is a West Point graduate and a veteran of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, and was an avid ultramarathon runner, skydiver, and BASE jumper, all of which inspire his fiction. Follow him on social media at @KasperAuthor.

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Andrea Payne
5.0 out of 5 stars Turning twists and turns!
Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2024
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Dark Redemption is Book 3 of the American Mercenary series. It should absolutely be read in order.

This series just keeps getting better! And my goodness, the turning twists and turns! Everytime I think I've got it figured out, THAT happens! This has got fast-paced, eerily realistic, non-stop action and combat scenes.

I would absolutely recommend this book to any adult due to mature content. I'm headed for Book 4!
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jeffrey goldstein
4.0 out of 5 stars A Step Beyond Machismo: Special Ops with Heart and MInd
Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2018
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The main character David Rivers is a rangers/special forces type of soldier/mercenary. He seems much more introspective and torn by issues of culpability and morality than most other super soldiers. Yet, his inner struggle can get old for several reasons. First, unless one has read all previous novels in a series which I hadn't) it is very hard to follow what is going on internally and externally. In fact, even at the end of the book I still wasn't sure what was going on. This is clearly not a stand alone book, something I wish I had been aware of before I bought my copy (BTW, I listened to the book via audible). This fogginess also interfered with any sense that the plot was evolving in an appropriate manner. Were there really big issues at stake or was it mostly just a hyperbolic set of neurotic, self-flagellating complaints. However, the action was suspenseful, gritty, and cleverly brought about. I was particularly taken with the setting which is mostly within the slums - "favelas" - of Rio de Janeiro. Rio is like a second home to me since my fiance lives there and i visit her often. Favelas are notorious in Rio and other large urban areas in Brazil. The presence of a huge favela like "Rochinha" (the favela in this novel) with its 200,000 inhabitants crammed into a relatively small space stands in stark contrast to the wealthy and chic near-by bairros of Sao Conrado, Leblon, and Gavea. It is like an armed camp, wherein no one can enter into either side of this economic/class split without some kind of permission or guide. The favelas are governed by rampant criminal gangs controlling drug and arms trafficking not only in Rio but all over Brazil and neighboring countries. One such gang plays a crucial role in David Rivers' survival in the favela. Those in the know whisper that Pablo Escobar would never have accumulated his power and riches without the full-blown involvement of the drug lords of favelas. Most Cariocas (nickname for the residents of Rio de Janeiro) have as little direct exposure to life in a favela as to how Eskimos live where they do. Nevertheless, the effects stemming from the horrendous conditions of the favelas leak out all over the place in Rio. Although Rio does not hold a record among world cities for the number of murders per capita, it persistently comes out as the top runner in the world for number of police killed per annum. I can think of no better sign that what is going on in Rio is not a war against poverty as it is a war against the poor and the reverse war of the poor against the rest of society. Perhaps this is a harbinger of what the majority of large cities will be like in 50 years. How will it not be given the divide in economic resources.
Yes Rio can be a dangerous place especially for the terminally stupid. No one goes to the beach at night in Rio, even a platoon of special ops soldiers wouldn't go to the beach at night. A couple of years ago, a group of "banditos" from Rocinha, holding their assault weapons, machine guns, and 50 calibre hand guns out in the open went across the main thoroughfare and entered the protected shrine to wealth called the International Sheraton Hotel, on the beach in Sao Canrado. This crew of "deplorables" proceeded to take hotel guests and employees hostage. Somehow the SWAT teams and Police officials negotiated a peaceful end of this. See the Brazilain films "Tropa de Elite" and "Tropa de Elite, Numero 2" on the exploitative relation of police to favelas..
The manner in which favelas are described in this book is truly amazing or the author is a total genius at making-up places. The book rings true to everything I've ever heard about life in such degraded arenas. Moreover, the very clever tactics/strategies used to survive on the part of the protagonists and taken advantage of by the pursuers are like solving difficult puzzles. This aspect of the book kept drawing me deeper into David Rivers' wounded but rich and quite intelligent inner life. Plus there is the requisite information about various types of firearms and other weapons, plus tradecraft which I usually find is fun as long as I'm not involved in it! In my estimation, too many of this kind of thriller are now being written and published to such an extent that the special ops super soldier is becoming way too hackneyed. David Rivers' inner life goes against such a trend so do the main characters in Kevin Wignall's books. By far the best, in fact, in a different strata altogether, are Barry Eisler's super soldiers who are pulled into transcendence in spite of their killer instincts. I admit to really like reading about these super soldier types; two salient examples being J. B. Turner's Jon Reznick and Andrew Peterson's Nathan McBride. And I will be coming back to David Rivers to learn more about the backstory to his anguish and drive.
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Chad D.
5.0 out of 5 stars great book
Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2024
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excellent entertainment
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Doc Tisch
4.0 out of 5 stars Getting sucked in
Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2024
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I find myself getting sucked into the series. Jason Casper is a good writer and I am enjoying these Novelas more and more.
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Judith M.
3.0 out of 5 stars Not my favourite
Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2020
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I found this book very, very dark and pretty unbelievable as far as action was concerned. I kept reading and, while the book came to a more or less satisfactory conclusion, I didn't particularly like the characters.
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Matt Jones
5.0 out of 5 stars A True Thriller!
Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2024
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Great read...I look forward to the next book in the series!
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Ross M
5.0 out of 5 stars Another home run by Kasper
Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2018
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David Rivers' saga continues in the latest novel by Jason Kasper, who's emerging as a powerful new talent in the action/adventure/military thriller realm. <Spoilers for "Greatest Enemy" and "Offer of Revenge" follow, though not for "Dark Redemption"> Rivers previously found reprieve from the demons of his past via a dangerous new role operating as a mercenary for a shadowy organization. However, the team who found and redeemed him, as well as the woman he loved, were murdered in an act of treachery in "Greatest Enemy." David temporarily fled the country before being offered a chance to infiltrate the very organization that betrayed him and his team. He undertook that dangerous assignment as a double-agent in "Offer of Revenge." Rivers made his way through The Organization's torturous recruitment process and finally received his first assignment, a task almost custom-suited to his unique background as a military operator and skydiver. He and his partner undertook a thrilling parachute infiltration into Somalia in order to retrieve a mysterious package. The pair encountered dangerous new enemies and a mysterious new ally, before being caught in an untimely ambush. Only Rivers managed to escape, and even then only under questionable circumstances that even he does not fully comprehend. Having learned his (now deceased) partner had been a member of David's original - betrayed - team, he finds himself returning to The Organization at the beginning of "Dark Redemption" unsure of the degree of machinations around him. In order to finally get his shot at the headman who ordered the murder of his lover, Rivers must first depart on another mission to prove his loyalty.

Kasper has clearly grown as an author since his initial release. I've admired his work in each book, and it's been an absolute pleasure to come along for the ride as his mastery of the craft has grown more surefooted. To me the key improvements are that his dialogue has grown simultaneously more believable and more snappy, and his descriptions of time and place are superior - there were times when I was reading this novel that I could picture the neighborhoods and favelas of Rio de Janeiro perfectly in my mind's eye, even though I've never physically been there. Of course, Kasper's strengths continue to be his magnificent control of a well-timed plot and his action scenes. Particularly when reading his gunfights, any reader can appreciate the author's expansive knowledge of equipment, weaponry, and tactics. I'll also say this every time I review Kasper's work: it's clear the author has "seen the elephant" during his time in the military, because his depictions of what it's like to fight and win in modern combat are unequaled amongst his peers.

The bottom line is that this is a thrilling ride. A new reader could pick up "Dark Redemption" without having read the previous two works in the series and the only side-effect would be to have less emotional investment in Rivers' success than long-time readers. Those of us who have been here the entire time are of course reading on the edges of our seats, frantically flipping pages to find out how our hero will survive these latest twists and turns, and - hopefully - ultimately triumph over his enemies. I recommend this series wholeheartedly to anyone and everyone!
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Caroline Paquin
5.0 out of 5 stars Riveting
Reviewed in Canada on October 7, 2020
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I’m sure I said that after the first two books as well, but the more it goes, the more riveting this series is.

And that Handler man is scary crazy, in a Hannibal Lecter sort of way. Looking forward to see if he will finally meet his demise at some point!
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Bruce Wayne
5.0 out of 5 stars Total absorbing and unusual thriller
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 25, 2018
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I stumbled across this new author and thought I'd give it a go. From book 1 I was immediately sucked into the world of David Rivers and didn't come up for air until I'd finished book 3. Beautifully written and plotted, this is a series I will definitely be keeping an eye out for.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent plot
Reviewed in Australia on May 16, 2018
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Loved every minute of this book. Outstanding plot and author is a good story teller. I can't wait for the next installment
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Robert
3.0 out of 5 stars No ending.
Reviewed in Canada on November 11, 2020
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I enjoyed the action.
I didn't like the ending because it's not a ending. You have to get the next book hoping it will have a ending.
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R Wettstein
5.0 out of 5 stars Another Great Read
Reviewed in Canada on March 9, 2019
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This series of books flow like a never ending story. Such a great story line and another book that I ended up reading in a few days as I could not put it down. Good thing that I am retired. Make sure that you start at book one.
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