Author Elliot Ackerman Newest Thriller 'Sheepdogs'

Elliot Ackerman is a best-selling author who served as a US Marine Corps Raider, being awarded the Silver Star among other commendations. His latest, "Sheepdogs", is a fun and thoroughly enjoyable thriller novel that's quite different from most other thrillers in ways I won't describe here. It has some of the best character nicknames/call signs ever.

Amazon.com: Sheepdogs: A Novel

Elliot Ackerman - Wikipedia

Quite an article: Tufts Magazine / Spring 2007

Part of the plot seems to relate to a particular event in Elliot's military experience: U.S. military, security company failures lead to tragedy in Afghanistan