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Tier Zero (The Retreads Book 2) Kindle Edition

by Henry Brown (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 167 ratings
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Amazon #1 bestseller in Pulp Thrillers! (USA March 2018) #1 bestseller in Men's Adventure Fiction! (Canada February 2020)

When a party of American college girls are sold into slavery by human traffickers, a rescue mission is too dirty, too dangerous, and too difficult for any government to touch. That's where The Retreads come in.

The pirates thought they found the perfect target: a private yacht foolishly sailing through the Malacca Straits, which could discretely and easily be sold on the black market.

The human traffickers thought the boat was hauling the perfect cargo: young, attractive women who would generate income in brothels around the region. What made the caper not so perfect was that one of the girls had an uncle who took it personally.

Another Amazon Bestseller (War, Military Thrillers, Men's Adventure, etc.) from Henry Brown..."One helluva adventure writer." - Jim Morris (author of War Story, The Devil's Secret Name)

You can take a man out of Special Operations, but you can't take SpecOps out of the man. Tommy Scarred Wolf calls on his old friend Rocco Cavarra, who still has contacts in the intelligence business. Other survivors of the Sudan mission also rally behind Tommy, signing on for the kind of favor that can never be repaid.

Armed with all the firepower and force multipliers they can scrounge, shadowed by a team of secret assassins, the Retreads ride again, bringing smoke and taking names.

Tier Zero is old-school military adventure you haven’t enjoyed since the full-auto glory days of Able Team and Phoenix Force.
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"It would be difficult to exaggerate how good this book is as an adventure tale, or how much fun it is to read it." - Jim Morris (author of War Story)

"TIER ZERO gets a high recommendation from me." - James Reasoner (author of The Hunted)

"If you're a fan of the Men's Adventure fiction genre, if you like big guns, hot girls, pirates getting their butts kicked, brutal gunfights and tales of cunning tradecraft and high adventure in exotic locales, Tier Zero needs to be in your hands as soon as possible."- Post Modern Pulps

From the Author

My first book, Hell and Gone, wasn't originally meant to be more than a one-off novel. But it picked up some fans, and that corps was loyal like Trekies.  After a few of them asked for a sequel, the gears in my head began to  turn.

One of them was a South African vet, by then a contractor  running his own private security company. I was doubly flattered he took the trouble to order my book and the time to read it. It was he who  told me I should write about piracy in the sequel.

Tier Zero is  what came out of that, and I hired an artist to give it a retro-men's fiction cover to match my throwback to the paramilitary adventures of yesteryear. Unlike the first novel, wherein I kind of painted myself  into a corner, this time I set it up for a sequel and introduced someyounger  characters in case it became a series with some longevity.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00M8F8EV2
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Virtual Pulp Press (July 28, 2014)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 28, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2343 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 329 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1481933590
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 167 ratings

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"Fresh and different is the best way to describe Henry Brown’s writing. From the tough-guy military fiction of Hell & Gone to the delightfully satirical superheroes of The Greater Good, you’ll find something completely different in Mr. Brown’s work." - Conservative Fiction (dot com)

Henry Brown was born to a fierce Mongol chieftain and a mighty Viking warrior-queen who were promptly kidnapped by alien wargamers from another dimension, leaving him to be raised by wolves on the frozen steppes.

Trapped in an avalanche caused by a tremendous meteor strike and frozen alive, he stood in suspended animation as the centuries passed until a team of nubile swimsuit model archaeologists rescued him in 2010, nursed him back to peak health, fell in love with him, bought him a state-of-the-art underground lair complete with mad scientist laboratory hidden on an uncharted subtropical island, and now cater to his every whim while he devises diabolical schemes of world domination.

True story.

Oh yeah: in his spare time, he writes fiction.

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4.3 out of 5 stars
4.3 out of 5
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J. G Scott
5.0 out of 5 stars Pulp Fiction is back with a vengeance!
Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2013
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It has been a good ten years since Rocco and the boys tore it up in the Sudan but the spirit world is requiring some tending - and man does this work provide the medicine.

From the Malacca straights to the tribal trust lands in Oklahoma with a touch of clear mountain air we get a story that stirs the deepest of all primal protective instincts. The author puts this story together so well I read it four times and got the same hair raising on my arms as we see a community pull out all they have to send their war chief, Tommy Scarred Wolf into hell to pull one of their own out of the clutches of sex traffickers. The stirring in my soul felt like the bagpipes - Better than anything Hollywood can muster up.
Come along as the gang gets together to try to pull off the impossible - but we see an even more evil beast appear, the Tier Zero team that has no leash. And as the full import of the mission against our war chief comes home, we see evil incarnate that touches all who trust our protectors.
This hummer will make you think and we get all sorts of new characters to feed the beast as this work must have a sequel. We see a man find his soul again, and maybe some redemption to help heal old distrusts of "The Man".
Read this and soak it in - we got a winner. Watch out for Shotgun!!!!
It is truly a must read in the genre, or in any genre. What a blast to read....
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Adam
4.0 out of 5 stars Action Artfully Done
Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2019
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If you enjoyed Tom Clancy’s RAINBOW SIX, or the John Milius RED DAWN movie there are elements of both in TIER ZERO.

There are great action sequences, and the subject matter/realm (human trafficking) was handled tastefully without being toned down so much that the fear and disgust become irrelevant. It was written just so that all the horror and suspense are there (and you never know how far the story will go) so you’re always on your toes.



In terms of “big ideas” the book didn’t disappoint there either... initially I was impatient and didn’t think there were enough, but as the story progressed contemporary issues and political philosophy found there way into the story.



While I strongly recommend this to anyone who writes or reads action thrillers, people not familiar with the genre may find themselves needing to take breaks after the intense scenes. And, there’s even a romantic subplot/thread which helps lighten the mood at times.
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BigDrumDaddy
5.0 out of 5 stars HECKUVA RIDE!
Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2017
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Author Hank Brown has created quite the enduring cast of characters here. Having met many of them in Book 1, (HELL AND GONE), then some other principals in this, Book 2 TIER ZERO, I’ve gotten to know them even better.
This book’s premise was well thought out, and leads to what I hope will be an even more exciting Book 3.
The adventures of Tommy Scarred Wolf, and his brothers in arms Josh, Rocco, Leon, Mac, etc - both current day & past tense make for interesting, exciting reading. Real page turners. All the more so when you toss in the predicament (and reason for this adventure) of Tommy’s niece Jennifer. And that doesn’t even count the tension between the men at arms, the unknown bad guys chasing them, or the greater mystery at hand.
Heckuva Ride, indeed! Can’t wait to get to Book 3. It’s gonna be a good one.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Tier Zero The Retreads book.....Henry Brown
Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2017
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This was a fantastic read with plenty of action. The characters are well defined and carry over from the first book. If you loved the first book you will want to read the second one too. I have downloaded the third in the.series and can't wait to see where this one goes. I can't say enough about this author Henry Brown. I will probably read every book that he has put out. Happy reading!
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Gary RV_Wizard
4.0 out of 5 stars Action-packed rescue from white slavers
Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2017
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Lots of Rambo-style action, even more than the predecessor novel (Hell and Gone). The plot relies a little too heavily on incredible luck to help the heroes along, but the characters are engaging and the intense special-ops action keeps the pages turning. Fans of military action will love this one.

Tommy Scarred Wolf's niece is vacationing on a professor's yacht in the Straits of Malacca. She and several others are taken captive by pirates and white slavers. Tommy & brother Vince vow to get here back, Tommy's ex-special ops friends gather to help him out, and the tale is off & running. No need to spoil it with any more detail - you get the picture!
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Russell Kim
3.0 out of 5 stars Book can’t stand on own must be read in order ...
Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2018
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Book can’t stand on own must be read in order of books. Wasn’t enough background info on the characters. At the end just seemed to end.
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Viper
5.0 out of 5 stars The Return of The Retreads
Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2014
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I read the author's first work, Hell and Gone and was amazed by the author's strong, engaging prose and pacing.

Tier Zero capitalizes on the author's keen sense of pacing of Hell and Gone and the result is a story that naturally progresses in a meaningful way. The story switches main character focuses in favor of Tommy Scarred Wolf who has his work cut out for him when his family is thrown into the mix.

Mr. Brown also touches on real-world subjects and presents a grim reality about the goings-on in the world of Human Trafficking.

All in all, I do not expect there to be a sequel, as the author closed the story out on a note that did not sugar-coat the reality of the situation with a holly-wierd ending and just left it at that.

Tier Zero is a must-read for anyone who is a fan of the action-adventure/thriller paramilitary genre.
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Benjamin L. Scherling
4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable fiction!
Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2014
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The author's experience and insight helps deliver a story that is action packed, yet not so far fetched that it detracts from the story. I honestly felt as though the accuracy added to my immersion into the book and the material was right up my alley as a man who enjoys manly things like gun fights and controlled demolition. Tier Zero knows exactly what it is and delivers to a satisfying conclusion. Very fun and entertaining.

I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a good action packed fiction.
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Joseph Royal
5.0 out of 5 stars Good book
Reviewed in Canada on March 4, 2020
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Ken Chevis
2.0 out of 5 stars Too Much Military BS
Reviewed in Canada on February 17, 2020
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Reasonable story. However, when I read passages such as "can of whupass" and "swinging Richrds", I wonder what planet the author came from. Let's have a little less of the ultra-military bulls**t language. I served in the forces....we did not speak to each other in those terms...well maybe one-half of one percent did. Get real Brown.
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