No Man's Land

by Eric L. Haney

Book Overview

The creator of the CBS series The Unit delivers his fiction debut Kennesaw Tanner once fought a shadow war. Now he's fighting for himself. Soldier of fortune Kennesaw Tanner is approached by government operatives with an offer: rescue the kidnapped heir of a powerful Persian Gulf sheik whose alliance with the U.S. has made him a target for terrorists. But what Tanner doesn't know is that there are elements within the government who want him to fail,...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0425233006
• ISBN13: 9780425233009
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Berkley Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.3" x 6.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher

Customer Reviews

Terrific Book!

I rarely read fiction, and when I do, it has got to be good to hold my interest. Well, Eric Haney delivers with his latest book No Man's Land. Eric takes the reader through a tour de force journey through the deserts of North Africa. I felt as if I was riding shotgun on Tanner's team the whole way. The writing is clear, detail-oriented and engaging. I like how Eric has crafted this book into short chapters, as it allows the reader to quickly clear one or several chapters, put the book down if needed, and then pick it back up at the next evolution of the story. While this is clearly a fictional story, the book is peppered with fascinating real-life tactical knowledge from Eric Haney's years serving in combat units. Get the book - you won't be disappointed. As for me, I'll be waiting patiently for my encrypted SOS message letting me know that the 2nd book in the Tanner Series is ready to move.

An excellent read, I loved it

This is an excellent book. Superbly written. Haney's experience as a former counter terrorism operative can be seen throughout the book: the action, the characters and the dialogue all seem very real. I read it in a couple of days, the story draws you in and you don't want to put the book down.

A GREAT Read for Military and Non-Military Readers

No Man's Land by Eric L. Haney, introduces the reader to Kennesaw Mountain Tanner. Tanner is a Veteran and man of hire, going where ever his new client needs him. In the first of a series of novels, Tanner lives on a boat in the waters off Savannah, GA, where he has a few very colorful friends. The friends have his six (his back) and he has theirs. It's one of these friends that leads Tanner to the body of a dead teenager in the murky waters. But Tanner is interrupted by someone in Army brass who sends him to the Middle East to rescue the grandson of a rich sheik and his tutor, who were kidnapped by a ruthless and violent band of desert thugs. Tanner, a man who in this reader's mind, closely resembles the author, runs into many challenges along the way and is aided by the many friends he's made in those parts. Each character is unique and not some cookie-cutter type too often found in mass market books. These characters play an vital role to Tanner in helping him accomplish his goal: the rescue of the child. There were a few chapters where the Gail, the tutor, lets us in on her and the child's terror. There could be a few more chapters of them allowing the reader to feel more sympathetic. But I feel this was intentional so the reader gets to know Tanner and what he's about first. If that's the case, then this ploy worked well. No Man's Land is a good read. Haney gives us expressions and words used by the locals in the different places Tanner is sent leading this reader to look them up and learn something new. Loved the characters! My imagination conjured up some very intriguing images of what I think Tanner looks like. This is the fun in reading. It is well written and the ending leaves you waiting for the second of this series, of which I hope there are many, many more.

Exciting & well-writen.

"No Man's Land" was a fast-paced and exciting military suspense novel. The world-building was excellent, and the details of the setting, various cultures, and actions (sailing, military, etc.) were realistic and brought the world alive in my imagination. I felt like the narrator was a real person telling me about events that had really happened. The characters were realistic and interesting. I wanted to know what happened next and had a hard time putting the book down. It was clear from the character Kennesaw's actions that he didn't hold to any one religion but that he did believe in a god. So I was surprised when the book suddenly stopped the action to spend a page and a half stating Kennesaw's spiritual beliefs. They had no direct bearing on the story and could have been deleted without anyone noticing. I can only conclude that the author wanted to make a point by having his character do this, so I decided to mention the religious content as I do on more obviously religious novels. Kennesaw states on page 97, "I believe that anyone who threatens his fellow man with the holy wrath of God, because other people fail to express the proselytizer's particular brand of religious propaganda, is nothing more than a moral terrorist." As for the other characters, the novel also had Muslims doing their ritual prayers and an American woman praying to an undefined "God." [Note: A quick point about Kennesaw's statement: Unless you have an unchanging God who has revealed absolute rules about right and wrong that flow from his very nature (as in, do not lie because he cannot lie), then you have no basis for right and wrong, good and evil beyond everyone's personal opinion. So, according to Kennesaw's belief system, why is it wrong to be a "moral terrorist" except for the fact that he doesn't like it?] There was no sex. There was a minimal amount of cussing and swearing. Overall, I'd highly recommend this very well-written book. I received this book as a review copy from the publisher. Reviewed by Debbie from Genre Reviews (genrereviews. blogspot. com)

Authentic Military Fiction - an unread review

This is the first time I've ever started a book literally the day it came out. What I'll do here is give you a review before I'm finished since I'm only on chapter 5. I read like a soldier fights, in small bursts of opportunity, mostly under the cover of darkness after the children have gone to bed. Here are my expectations, and if they put you in the mood to read this book, please do. If not, try a sample... In _Inside Delta Force_, an auto-biography also by the author, there are traces of disillusionment and of things left unsaid or undisclosed. I'm expecting those things that could not be said, for whatever reasons (legal, moral, covert), to continue peering out of their foxholes in the rest of this new novel. The main character has already acted on a distrust of government interests based on implied experience. He has admitted to a dislike of officers and the hands-tying and mission-foiling aspects of official channels--we have this awesome, dedicated, highly adaptive force....but we can't always use them. I'm excited about finishing this fictional account of matters the author has actual experience in; the best writing always comes from the "write what you know" philosophy. Perhaps I'll get treated to what a retired Delta operator actually thinks, does, and feels in a medium where these matters don't resort in careers ruined or covers blown. In this fictional world, I'll experience more of "how it all actually works" than would be possible in my real world, low-key life. I expect to read more of the stuff that Eric Haney wants to write about: skills and mindset put to a good struggle and given permission to conquer or die trying. This is the guy that helped create The Unit, after all. iPod Kindle app in hand, I'm ready.