No Man's Land

Eric L. Haney wrote the book that the TV show, The Unit was based on...Inside Delta Force. It is a biography of his life as one of the founding members of the Army elite team, Delta Force. He admits that he was not one of the first members, but he was brought on just as the team gained operating strength and began the process of becoming Delta. Much of what Delta became, shaped the man and the man shaped Delta. He retired as a Command Sargent Major and trust me, this is a man you want on your side in a firefight!

So I was totally shocked when I had the chance to meet Mr. Haney a few years ago. You can read about that experience here.
He is a very quiet and reserved man, but not much gets past him, even now. At the time we met, he mentioned that he had many irons on the fire, in regard to his future plans and one of them was his Tanner books.
When I read that the first Tanner book, No Man's Land was about to release, I immediately ordered it. I did not do it because someone made me buy it, I did it because I knew for a fact that Eric L. Haney has that unique talent of spinning a good yarn. How a man of war is able to do this and do it so well, is amazing to me. I mentioned that very thing to him, in regard to Inside Delta Force and he said that he cast a very wide net, in regard to the writing of that book. He made it interesting to the widest possible audience and in his first Tanner book, I see much of the same attention to getting the story across, but also explaining what is going on. Going to the effort of making the story interesting to me, a non military romance reader. Not exactly his core demographic. :-)

On to the book itself. I don't really want to get into specifics too much, but the lead character is based on much of what Mr. Haney has experienced in his life. This is the same way that Inside Delta Force, was handled. He writes what he knows, with maybe just a little bit of embellishing, but that's a writer's privilege. I am sure in the real world, things don't tidy up quite so nice at the end, but that's just fine, too. The character is likable and has honesty and loyalty as his base. That is something that permeates everything that Eric touches, from his life, to his fictional characters. He has that at his core and it always shines through.
I truly believe he is one of the good guys and that makes your reading experience so much more interesting, because you believe in the man you are reading about. His character is open to other cultures and works with people in other lands and treating them with respect, always. No ugly American here and I thank God for that.

No Man's Land is an incredible adventure and a good read. Enjoy.