Steel Fear by Brandon Webb

Steel Fear

A Thriller

Brandon Webb, John David Mann

Random House Publishing Group · Print & ebook · May 24, 2022

An aircraft carrier adrift with a crew the size of a small town.

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Who it’s for
A shipboard killing turns military tension into a tightly confined hunt for answers.
Themes
Redemption after a failed mission, Guilt over civilian deaths, Distrust and suspicion
Pacing
Fast

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About this book

An aircraft carrier adrift with a crew the size of a small town. A killer in their midst. And the disgraced Navy SEAL who must track him down . . . The high-octane debut thriller from New York Times bestselling writing team Webb & Mann—combat-decorated Navy SEAL Brandon Webb and award-winning author John David Mann.

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A BARRY AWARD NOMINEE • “Sensationally good—an instant classic, maybe an instant legend.”—Lee Child The moment Navy SEAL sniper Finn sets foot on the USS Abraham Lincolnto hitch a ride home from the Persian Gulf, it’s clear something is deeply wrong. Leadership is weak. Morale is low. And when crew members start disappearing one by one, what at first seems like a random string of suicides soon reveals something far more sinister: There’s a serial killer on board. Suspicion falls on Finn, the newcomer to the ship. After all, he’s being sent home in disgrace, recalled from the field under the dark cloud of a mission gone horribly wrong. He’s also a lone wolf, haunted by gaps in his memory and the elusive sense that something he missed may have contributed to civilian deaths on his last assignment. Finding the killer offers a chance at redemption . . . if he can stay alive long enough to prove it isn’t him. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

Suspense Afloat

A shipboard killing turns military tension into a tightly confined hunt for answers.

Come here for

  • Military suspense in the close quarters of an aircraft carrier
  • A murder mystery shadowed by a disgraced SEAL’s uncertainty

Expect

  • A crew-sized setting where suspicion has nowhere to go
  • Memory gaps and a search for redemption amid rising danger

Where it sits

Military Thrillers91%
War Fiction30%
Suspense26%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Action & Adventure
  • Suspense
  • Military Thrillers
Authors
Brandon Webb, John David Mann
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Published
May 24, 2022
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Redemption after a failed mission · Guilt over civilian deaths · Distrust and suspicion
Reading lane
Action & Adventure