Craig DiLouie’s QRF Releases November 17, 2023
Craig DiLouie’s QRFReleases November 17, 2023
October 25, 2023 … Coming soonfrom bestselling military thriller author Craig DiLouie, QRF is a thriller aboutthe Iraq War and obligations it created among the people who fought there. Whenan old comrade doing humanitarian work is captured by the Islamic State duringthe Iraqi civil war in 2016, four war veterans leave their civilian lives toattempt a daring rescue in the most dangerous place on Earth.
QRF:military term meaning quick reaction force. When a unit in trouble hears, Thecavalry is coming, they’re talking about these guys.
Eleven yearsafter coming home from Iraq, Jim Cooper lives a quiet civilian life ofwandering. When he hears his old squad leader has been captured by ISIS whiledoing humanitarian work in an embattled Mosul, he reconnects with comrades fromhis old unit to reflect and mourn the execution they know is coming.
Reminiscingdeep into the night, an unlikely, wild plan to rescue Sergeant Ramos takesshape. The war-torn Iraq to which Coop and his comrades plan to return,however, is a very different place than where they’d fought back in ’04. In2016, Mosul is now controlled by the ruthless Islamic State and under attack bythe Iraqi Army in the largest and bloodiest urban battle since World War Two.
Rescuing Ramosappears impossible. Coop’s comrades have gone soft in the years since they leftthe service. They’re not the same men they were when they wore the uniform. Butthey swore an oath to each other as sacred as the one they gave their country, andit is never ending.
Published by ZING Communications, Inc., QRF releases November 17in eBook and trade paperback exclusively through Amazon. Read by GarrettMichael Brown, the audiobook releases the same date.
About theAuthor
Craig DiLouie is a bestselling American-Canadian writer of militaryand speculative fiction, with self-published books as well as other workspublished by major publishers and small presses. His works have been nominatedfor major literary awards, translated into multiple languages, and optioned forscreen adaptation. He is a member of Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers ofAmerica, International Thriller Writers, and the Horror Writers Association. Learnmore at www.CraigDiLouie.com.
