Haunted by Heroes is the powerful follow-up to The New York Times bestseller Fearless, honoring the fallen SEAL Team 6 operators whose voices first brought Adam Brown's story to life. Revealing a shocking untold chapter behind the Extortion 17 tragedy as well as unreported details from the Captain Phillips rescue, Haunted by Heroes is a diligently researched account of some of the greatest warriors this country has to offer.
In May 2011,¿just¿days before SEAL Team 6's daring raid into Pakistan that killed Osama bin Laden, New York Times¿bestselling author Eric Blehm was approached töwrite¿the story of an unknown Navy SEAL from the top-secret unit.¿His name¿was Adam Brown, and¿according to a teammate, he was ". . .¿the one SEAL from our command who deserves a book."
What began as¿the¿biography of an extraordinary life¿became¿an¿unexpected¿deep dive intöäbrotherhood of¿elite warriors. Guardedly,¿Adam's SEAL teammates led Blehm¿into their hidden world-not to tell their own stories but to honor their fallen brother and¿fulfill¿his final request: that his full story be told. Not¿his¿heroics but his¿addiction,¿his¿failures, and¿the¿long, hard road to redemption.
From remote training grounds in Alaska to the coastline of Virginia Beach, these¿men¿shared with Blehm the reality of their profession: maritime hostage rescues, knife fights with pirates,¿and high-risk missions targeting the world's most dangerous enemies.¿Above all,¿they¿shared¿what¿it means to be a protector, to confront evil with violence . . . then return¿home¿to ordinary life, mowing the lawn and lighting¿candles on a birthday cake in a room full of toddlers.
Seven weeks later,¿nearly all¿of the men¿from Adam's squadron¿who shared their memories¿with Blehm¿were¿called back into action. Without hesitation, they boarded äCH-47 Chinook helicopter-call sign¿Extortion 17-and rushed into battle to reinforce¿troops engaged with the enemy in the Tangi Valley of Afghanistan. Minutes later, a rocket-propelled grenade struck the aircraft.
All thirty-eight aboard were killed.
In the wake of that¿tragedy, Fearless was released and went on tötouch the hearts of¿millions¿of¿readers around the world.¿But for Blehm, the story did not end there.¿The¿men who had¿fought so hard to bring Adam home and to preserve¿his legacy had stories of their own-stories left untold. Unfinished.
¿A raw and gritty memorial¿wrapped inside a heartrending¿memoir, Haunted by Heroes¿returns to those men, honoring their lives,¿their¿sacrifice, and the brotherhood that bound them¿together,¿ensuring¿that their voices, like Adam's,¿will not be forgotten.
