Tier One Paperback – September 1, 2016

Wow! I know this series has been out for a while, but the Andrews & Wilson TIER ONE book and series is one of the best military-spy thrillers I have ever read. With Andrews being a nuclear engineer and former submariner, and Wilson being a surgeon and former operator with the SEALs, they are the real deal and bring their expertise and experiences to their writing. For TIER ONE, this kicks off the series following a US Navy SEAL as he transitions into the dark world of intelligence and covert operations. With excellent writing, complex character development, solid twists and turns, and some of the most realistic action and tradecraft I've encountered in fiction, TIER ONE and Andrews & Wilson rank up there with Clancy, Ludlum, Bond, and the other masters in the military-spy thriller genre.

Thank you for a great book, I  enjoyed it immensely! A true  "Page Turner", and I can not wait until I read the second book in the series. I also would like to complement the two authors in regards to the harmony felt between the human characters in the story and the well coverage of the human cost as a service person for our country. The sacrifice and the human cost and it could not have been covered better than the two authors being military insiders!The only weakness of this great book was several grossly incorrect information as is with most books with Iran under the Islamic Republic regime!I you can consider this as a constructive criticism, and the only reason why I didn't give a five star!1- Iranian people are very different than the Islamic Republic Regime, which is a ruthless dictatorship with clergymen and ideological military men at control!2- Iranian people do not speak Arabic, they speak Farsi as do the people of Tajikistan and part of Afganistan, as mentioned when "Effi had been studying Arabic!"3- Having these fictional agents of the Islamic Republic refer to Iran as Persia is so wrong, distasteful and insulting and I would highly recommend the authors to edit this in their book. You refer to them as anything but the words Persia or Persians! The reason for that is, if you would have done a more detailed research of the main enemy subject of this book, you would have find out that the Islmaic Republic has systematically been against anything that has to do with the history of Persia, Persian heritage and Persian Empire! As part if their doctrine, ideology and mass media, they consider the acceptable Iran history as after the invasion of Arabs and not the Persian Empire who was the first empire to have documented Human Bill of Rights! First country to give refuge to the jewish people under the Cyrus the Great!So you see how incorrect and isulting it is to mention repeatedly and associate these fanatics with the name of Persia!The other point worthy to mention and research is the fact that Islamic Republic and their core military rulers are a formidable enemy from the outside, but from the inside and the perspective of the people of Iran their popet masters (mainly Russia and China now with Europeans loosing their place of influence) they are just a proxy for the new Empire of Russia rising and being a thorn in the side of the West!Thank you,Name withhold

This introduction to the Tier One Series was very engaging with great description of the military spirit of the elite fighting unit, the danger and the method. Ray Porter’s skill as a narrator speaks for itself.

Introduction to the book:"Tier One: Elite, covert special missions units tasked with conducting counterterrorism operations, strike operations, reconnaissance in denied areas, and special intelligence missions. Their existence is often denied."Choosing a great book for a Kindle First has been like getting "snake eyes" at a Vegas craps game. But this time, I feel like the commando "Snake Eyes" in G.I. Joe. I am not normally a fan of military action books smattered with acronyms like SCIF, JSOC, SOCOM, etc. but "Tier One" is the exception. The author engages the reader with the first chapter. Jack Kemper, the protagonist, is member of a Tier One SEAL team engaged in missions centered around Muslim terrorist activities around the world but especially in the Middle East. The book begins with a mission to destroy chemical weapons and gather intelligence from an Iranian ship named Darya-ye Noor. However, As Jack and his team discover, the ship is not what given intelligence presents and it appears that the mission was a trap. Jack suffers many injuries on this mission including a broken spine that he survives and recovers from.While Jack and the SEAL team are busy destroying the Darya-ye Noor, Masoud Modiri, the U.N. ambassador from Iran, is actively negotiating the lifting of ALL U.N. sanctions, despite the discovery that Iran had been concealing uranium enrichment and heavy water-related development activities for nearly two decades. Iran agrees to the conditions of the U.N. Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, including permitting inspectors at a heavy water-production plant. The U.S. ambassador, Felicia Long, is agreeable to the lifting of sanctions but Israel thinks it is premature. Modiri has a hard time hiding his revulsion of Ms Long because she is a woman but manages to maintain a fake friendliness.Modiri is summoned to a meeting where he is informed that twenty-four Sayyad-2 anti-aircraft missiles were loaded onto the Darya-he Noor, bound for Aden, Yemen. His son. a member of the Quds Force on that ship, dies when the Americans ordered a strike on this ship in the Arabian sea.So the thriller begins with the cat and mouse game of underground warfare and secret intelligence between the U.S. and terrorists. How does the action play out in world politics? How does the action affect the lives of individual men? The complex interaction never stops until the end.This is a thrilling story that keeps you on the edge of your seat. The characters are mature and intelligent, not responding with senseless, juvenile thoughts and actions that is so prevalent in many books of this type. There no super heroes but there are men that act heroically. Some have good families and some have broken families.The book is well-written and well-edited. While sometimes graphic, it doesn't degrade with swear words or romantic scenes. It is an exciting read that would be enjoyed by both men or women who enjoy the suspense of an excellent thriller.

This was my selection for my kindle first book this month. The last couple of months I've been a little disappointed with the kindle first books but definitely not this month.Thrilling action right from the start, gets you hooked straight away, followed by a short quiet spell and then once more into the action. The main character is the leader of a SEAL team and a veteran of special assignments with the scars to prove it. He doesn't stand any nonsense and has a bit of a dry sense of humour as well. The first part of the book is really a straight thriller but the rest of the book is then more a combination of espionage and thriller, with the thriller aspect becoming more dominant towards the end of the book. In his espionage role the lead character takes on a new identity and a new team.I don't really want to give any of the plot away, because that would definitely be a big spoiler, but this was a very good read and if it wasn't for other commitments I would have just kept reading and finished it the same day. The end has a bit of a twist, and while the way is left wide open for a sequel (hopefully there will be one soon), it definitely comes to a conclusion.

I enjoyed this book but there were a few annoying traits. The constant repeating of "Tier one" truly sucked. I got it the first few times, no need to mention it 40 times a chapter. Why no mention of DEVGRU or team 6? They are the tier one of the seals. Also I couldn't gel with the main character. Struggled to see what made him special, the other characters were much more enjoyable. That's why only 3 stars. Looking forward to seeing how the series progresses though.

At the beginning I found the start - stop action in this volume a little annoying. But I realised quite quickly that to appreciate the events and characters background information was vital. The tempo increased dramatically as the story unfolded and I was compelled to binge-read to get to the exciting conclusion.

I got bored with this book. I put it down half way through and deleted from kindle. It started off ok but dwindled afterwards. Too many acronyms. Way too much hurrah and other stuff that made no sense to me. Others may enjoy it but I found this slow paced and at parts disjointed.

Highly entertaining. A few gaps in the story, which may e as a result of 2 authors writing one book, but overall a good read. Already have book 2, so it has to be good :)