by Fred Burton
First published 2013
On September 11, 2012, Ambassador Christopher Stevens works late at the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya. The city has become a dangerous maze of terrorist cells and intelligence operatives since Qaddafi's fall. As night falls on the anniversary of 9/11, heavily armed Islamic militants launch a coordinated assault on the diplomatic mission. Stevens and Information Officer Sean Smith find themselves trapped as gunfire erupts around them. Their Diplomatic Security team fights desperately to protect them while CIA operatives at a nearby outpost prepare a rescue mission. The battle stretches through twelve horrifying hours as former Navy SEALs Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty race to help their fellow Americans. Burton draws on eyewitness accounts and classified sources to recreate each moment of the firefight that claimed four American lives in one of the most hostile corners of the world.
Genres: historical-fiction, military-fiction, adventure, action, espionage, american-history
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: based-on-true-events, race-against-time, underdog
Setting: Benghazi, Libya
Period: 2012, 9/11
320 pages · Hardcover · St. Martin's Press
Content warnings: death, graphic-violence, war