After a controversial Colombian Air Force raid against a narco-terrorist FARC guerilla leader in March 2008, unpredictable Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez sends ten armored battalions to the border, initiating a bold regional confrontation that would last for two weeks. Special Forces officer Dirk Sheppard is ordered to slip into Venezuela in a covert reconnaissance mission to gain first-hand, inside information about the leftist Chávez regime. This daring endeavor, known as Operation Tequila Moon, quickly transitions to a direct-action commando raid when Iranian long-range ballistic missiles are discovered, and a planned replay of the famed Cuban Missile Crisis must be thwarted at all costs. Aided by a dissident Venezuelan general, Dirk's team embarks on a series of wild adventures in the Andes and near a major naval base, culminating in a lightning-speed battle at a tropical island. Tequila Moon is a vividly detailed and intensely realistic account of espionage, betrayal, and heart-pounding military action.
After a controversial Colombian Air Force raid against a narco-terrorist FARC guerilla leader in March 2008, unpredictable Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez sends ten armored battalions to the border, initiating a bold regional confrontation that would last for two weeks. Special Forces officer Dirk Sheppard is ordered to slip into Venezuela in a covert reconnaissance mission to gain first-hand, inside information about the leftist Chávez regime. This daring endeavor, known as Operation Tequila Moon, quickly transitions to a direct-action commando raid when Iranian long-range ballistic missiles are discovered, and a planned replay of the famed Cuban Missile Crisis must be thwarted at all costs. Aided by a dissident Venezuelan general, Dirk's team embarks on a series of wild adventures in the Andes and near a major naval base, culminating in a lightning-speed battle at a tropical island. Tequila Moon is a vividly detailed and intensely realistic account of espionage, betrayal, and heart-pounding military action.