Todd McLeod has 17 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 3 narrators. The most-rated is Honor and Dishonor.
Hawkins' Heroes: Hell's Highway
Summary
Eddie Hawkins is the cupola gunner on a Humvee based in Afghanistan. He has a reputation as a man who shoots first and shoots straight, until things start to unravel. Ordered to accompany a combat engineer to give covering fire while he clears a dangerous highway of IEDs, a brutal, bullying master sergeant gives him the wrong route. The result is a debacle, American lives are lost, and they blame Hawkins. Held in contempt by his crew, the next operation offers him a chance to put things right. Except the same master sergeant has command of his platoon. It's make or break time. Time for him to put the record straight. Or die in the attempt. Hawkins’ Heroes: Hell’s Highway is the second short novel in the Hawkins’ Heroes series. A collaboration between Todd McCleod and Eric Meyer, the best-selling author of more than 50 war novels.
©2019 Todd Mcleod, Eric Meyer (P)2020 Swordworks
Hawkins' Heroes: Inferno
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Pfc Eddie Hawkins has two passions in life. First-person shooters and his job as a cupola gunner in a Humvee in Afghanistan. His weapon is a Browning .50 calibre, and Eddie has acquired a reputation for his deadly skills with the heavy machine gun. It wasn’t always that way, but after a shaky start, he has learned how to handle the gun like an expert. There is no looking back. But Hawkins is about to face his biggest challenge yet. On patrol near the Afghan city of Ghazni, they run into a strong force of Taliban. A logistics Major wo is temporarily in command insists on retreating and leaving the city in enemy hands. The brass are unhappy at this retreat, and send them back to Ghazni in overwhelming force. The city is now bristling with hostile fighters, a place they have nicknamed the "Inferno". Yet the coming battle will throw them a big surprise. The only question is which bodies will be left on the battlefield after the last bullet is fired. Hawkins’ Heroes: Inferno is the fourth short novel in the Hawkins’ Heroes series. A collaboration between Todd McCleod and Eric Meyer, the best-selling author of more than 50 war novels.
©2019 Todd McLeod, Eric Meyer (P)2020 Swordworks
Stronghold
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B Company fifth Battalion seventh Cavalry Airmobile walks into a trap and falls back from an enemy ambush. Joe Walker and the rest of third Platoon fight back hard and pull the VC into a trap of their own making. They make it back to Da Nang, but the Hueys are laden with casualties. They have snatched victory from defeat, but it is a bloody and costly victory. The war is heating up, and they have no time for R&R before the Hueys take off and carry them to their next mission. A Vietcong fortified town in the Mekong Delta, a stronghold heavily defended by troops and heavy weapons. The Cav’s job is to go in, take the town and locate and destroy the enemy. To give the VC a hard, brutal lesson they will never forget. The VC has other ideas. They also have heavy machine gun and mortars, and they hold the high ground in a stone-built hilltop Buddhist monastery. An almost impregnable position with clear fields of fire down the hill, yet it must be taken. The Company Commander, Captain Edwin Lynch, gives the task to Third Platoon. Still reeling from the previous mission and led by a nervous rookie officer, the mission is tantamount to suicide. Heroes of Vietnam book five - Stronghold is the fifth short listen fiction set during the Vietnam War. The book is a collaboration between Todd McLeod and Eric Meyer, the best-selling author of more than 50 war novels.
©2020 Todd McLeod, Eric Meyer (P)2020 Swordworks
Missile Attack
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The war in Vietnam has taken a new and deadly turn. The Communists have acquired sophisticated surface-to-air missiles, courtesy of their Russian allies. American aircraft are going down, victim to missile batteries hidden deep in the jungles of South Vietnam, and they bring in an Air Force expert, Colonel Dan Carter, to analyze the defenses and devise a strategy to destroy them. Yet, the Vietcong gets wind of the colonel’s arrival, and plan to murder him. Joe Cooper, Air Cav, returns from an abortive mission to grab an important and high-ranking North Vietnamese. A mission gives MACV an idea to protect their expert. Colonel Dan Mitchell is about to fly in the back seat of a Phantom F-4 to reconnoiter the Communist air defenses. If the enemy discover he is flying the mission, they will put everything they have - MiGs and AA missiles - to bring down the colonel’s aircraft. MACV devises a plan to spoof the enemy and keep their man safe. To send a man who resembles the colonel in a different direction and draw the enemy fire. To a place he will not be safe. The man who most resembled Colonel Carter is Joe Cooper, and they are sending him to his death. Missile Attack, book six of Heroes of Vietnam, is a short fiction set during the Vietnam War. The book is a collaboration between Todd McLeod and Eric Meyer, the best-selling author of more than 50 war novels.
©2020 Todd McLeod, Eric Meyer (P)2020 Swordworks
Behind Enemy Lines
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Rookie Joe Walker, 3rd Brigade, 7th Air Cavalry, was finding life in Vietnam tough. The war is building into a major conflict, yet despite his efforts, he feels like a square peg in a round hole. He can’t shoot straight, missed the bayonet course, and nothing ever goes right. He can throw a mean grenade, but the army made him a rifleman, and they’re determined to make sure he can shoot straight. Or else. Before they pitched him into the maelstrom of Vietnam, he’d planned to be a major league baseball pitcher. The chances of him surviving long enough to realize his dream are receding fast. When they hand his unit a mission to go north of the DMZ to rescue a downed aircrew member, he knows his dream is at an end. For, north of the demilitarized zone is a country known as North Vietnam. Along with millions of enemy soldiers just waiting for the chance to kill any American who sets foot on their sacred, communist soil. A job for the rangers or the Navy SEALs, the men in green faces. The army wants something different, a unit that won't be missed. Led by a newbie lieutenant who is as green as Joe, a helicopter drops them close to their target. North Vietnam is within spitting distance, and their orders are simple. Cross a flimsy bamboo bridge over a fast flowing river, grab the man they came for, and bring him back. Simple. Until they encounter the enemy, and all hell breaks loose. Behind Enemy Lines is the second book in Heroes of Vietnam - a fictional war story set during the Vietnam War. The book is a collaboration between Todd McLeod and Eric Meyer, the best-selling author of more than 50 war novels.
©2020 Todd McLeod, Eric Meyer (P)2020 Swordworks Books
Incoming
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Joe Walker’s call-up papers arrive on the doormat, and within weeks, he finds himself shipped overseas to South Vietnam. It is 1965, and America is putting more boots on the ground to fight the communists who have sent their powerful People’s Army of Vietnam, the PAVN, south. Their aim is to defeat the South Vietnamese Army, the ARVN, and impose the iron fist of communist rule on the democratic South. Walker knows nothing of politics or military strategy and tactics. A single obsession rules his life: to become a major league baseball pitcher. His unit is Air Cavalry, and a Huey lands them at LZ X-Ray. The region is Ia Drang. The North Vietnamese Army has two battalions of crack troops waiting for them, and Joe had yet to receive a single lesson in the use of the M-14. Under intense fire, surrounded and cut-off, his unit is faced with annihilation. Incoming, the first book in Heroes of Vietnam series, is a short, fictional war story set during the Vietnam War. The book is a collaboration between Todd McLeod and Eric Meyer, the best-selling author of more than 50 war novels.
©2020 Eric Meyer, Todd McLeod (P)2020 Swordworks
Tank Destroyer
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Private Joe Walker and Third Platoon run into an ambush, and this is no ordinary ambush. Waiting for them is a North Vietnamese armored unit. This is a place where no armor should exist for a long, long way. And Third Platoon has no way to engage enemy tanks. Yet they have a radio, and all it needs is a quick call to Da Nang to call in a squadron of fighter bombers. Until the radio is damaged, and the tanks are coming on fast. With no vehicles, no way of avoiding the armored thrust, their chances of survival are nonexistent. It would take a miracle, or something extraordinary to save them. Miracles are in short supply in Vietnam. Heroes are not so scarce. Heroes of Vietnam Book 3 – Tank Destroyer is the third short fictional war story set during the Vietnam War. The book is a collaboration between Todd McLeod and Eric Meyer, the best-selling author of more than 50 war novels.
©2020 Todd McLeod, Eric Meyer (P)2020 Swordworks
Baptism of Fire
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Eddie Hawkins is part of a four-man crew, the cupola gunner on a Humvee in Afghanistan. His job, firing the .50 caliber Browning. His mission, to protect his buddies and kill the enemy. He’s also the newest and youngest member of the team. The guy they won’t listen to, even when he’s saying something important. Why listen to the kid who can’t shoot straight? At least that’s what they keep telling him. Until the day he sees something so vital he forces them to listen and they have to take notice. Eddie saves countless Coalition lives, and nothing will ever be the same again. Hawkin’ Heroes: Baptism of Fire is the first short novel in the Hawkins’ Heroes series. Baptism of Fire is a collaboration between Todd McCleod and Eric Meyer, the best-selling author of more than 50 war novels.
©2018 Todd Mcleod, Eric Meyer (P)2020 Swordworks
Field of Fire
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A routine patrol north of Da Nang, and they enter a village pronounced deserted. It isn’t deserted, and Charlie is home. The Vietcong and Joe Walker goes after them with his best pal Bo Buc, the West Virginian marksman. Joe runs into a hidden punji trap, and the poisoned stakes deal him a hammer blow. A dustoff back to Da Nang and a long stay in the hospital puts him out of action, and the only consolation is the pretty nurse who attends to his wounds. When he is released, his platoon is in the field, and they give him a temporary posting to another platoon about to fly out to the Laotian border to check out a rumored convoy of vital supplies, weapons, and ammo for the VC. The platoon is commanded by a gung-ho lieutenant who leads them into a trap where they all die. Except Joe, who makes it back with a critically important message. A message his boss chooses to ignore and puts him on his shit list. Yet Walker’s troubles have only just begun. Heroes of Vietnam Book 4 – Field of Fire is the fourth shortread fictional war story set during the Vietnam War. The book is a collaboration between Todd McLeod and Eric Meyer, the best-selling author of more than 50 war novels.
©2020 Todd McLeod, Eric Meyer (P)2020 Swordworks
SEAL Attack: Blood & Steel
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A nation in terror is under threat from a new enemy. Tossed out of Syria, the murderous Islamists are looking for new territory. ISIS has arrived on the border of Afghanistan. A battalion-strength ISIS force commanded by a former French Foreign Legionnaire, a convert to Islam, is massed just inside Pakistan. The plan is to enter the country by means of a bridge across a fast-flowing river. Their target: a nearby American base. SEAL Petty Officer Tony Chase and his compact fire team is assigned to blow the bridge and stop them entering Afghanistan. Except, ISIS has other ideas, and the men and weapons to back up those ideas. SEAL Attack: Blood & Steel is the fourth short novel in the SEAL Attack series. The book is a collaboration between Todd McLeod and Eric Meyer, the best-selling author of more than 50 war novels.
©2020 Todd McLeod, Eric Meyer (P)2020 Swordworks
Cauldron of Fire
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PFC Eddie Hawkins, a Browning .50 gunner based in Afghanistan, has a reputation as a man who shoots first and shoots straight. His Humvee is commanded by Sergeant Dan Jones, the platoon leader. Leading a training mission into a dummy Afghan village, things go disastrously wrong after a foul-up by an intelligence major. As if it couldn’t be worse, the officer intends to make amends for his mistake and leads them back into the heart of the enemy. Facing enemy machine guns and RPG rockets, they come close to destruction. Hawkins uses his formidable shooting skills to hold back the enemy onslaught. Yet, when everything looks lost, he falls back on his renowned skill as a top gamer to stave off certain defeat. Cauldron of Fire is the third short novel in the Hawkins’ Heroes series. A collaboration between Todd McCleod and Eric Meyer, the best-selling author of more than 50 war novels.
©2018 Todd McLeod, Eric Meyer (P)2020 Swordworks
To Be a Hero
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Abu Habibi left the Afghan National Army to make his fortune. His scheme: to pillage the nation’s museums of valuable artefacts, killing any who stand in his way. The plunder is put on sale to eager overseas buyers. Habibi’s murderous rampage has attracted the scum and villainy of the nation, eager to participate in the robberies for a share of the loot. In a nation where many of the Islamic warlords are little more than cutthroats and butchers, Habibi is known as a coming man. SEAL Petty Officer Rod Cooper’s fireteam has an assignment to locate Habibi and put a stop to his bloodthirsty campaign of robbery and death. They track him to the stronghold of another infamous murderer, who daily washed his hands in the blood of his victims. Tora Bora. Habibi has taken over the caves as his headquarters and has reinforced his band with more men than Cooper’s four SEALs can handle. Enter Captain Carter Harvey. An army career officer, a man who had fought his entire career from behind his desk. Now, he wants promotion, glory, medals. To be a hero. No matter how many of his men he has to throw away in pursuit of his lifetime ambition. SEAL Attack: To Be a Hero is the sixth short novel in the SEAL Attack series. The book is a collaboration between Todd McLeod and Eric Meyer, the best-selling author of more than 50 war novels.
©2020 Todd McLeod, Eric Meyer (P)2021 Swordworks
Night Assault
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A new warlord, Malik Khan, has appeared inside Afghanistan. A common bandit and a thief, but clever enough to cloak his rampage of murder and pillage under the mantel of Islam. He takes a hospital in a remote area as his base of operations, a former stone built military post perched on a hilltop and said to be impregnable. Safe behind his walls and with the medical staff held hostage, he is free to continue his campaign of robbery and murder unmolested. The SEAL fireteam led by Petty Officer Rod Cooper has other ideas, and they HALO jump from high flying C-130 to conduct a night assault on Malik’s base. An assault that runs intro trouble from the start, and what should have been a routine mission becomes their worst nightmare. SEAL Attack: Night Assault is the fifth short-listen novel in the SEAL Attack series. The book is a collaboration between Todd McLeod and Eric Meyer, the best-selling author of more than 50 war novels.
©2020 Todd McLeod, Eric Meyer (P)2020 Swordworks
Hawkins' Heroes: The Enemy Within
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Browning M2 .50 caliber gunner Eddie Hawkins enjoys his work, and he is good at it. His other passion is first-person shooters. Stationed in Afghanistan, Eddie has a reputation for his deadly skills with the heavy machine gun, after an initial shaky start. Life is good for Pfc Hawkins, until the night the Taliban arrive at Bagram. Eddie recognized a hostile when he sees one, and he does not hesitate to open fire on a vehicle inside the Bagram perimeter fence. Yet the vehicle escapes, and the Afghan’s stationed at Bagram insist he shot at one of theirs. His punishment is seven nights sentry duty, and he begins on a bitter night, with snow lying thick on the ground. His biggest enemy is the cold, until he sees an Afghan military convoy approaching the gates. Could this be another enemy? If he shoots, Bagram will become engulfed in gunfire and flames, and if he is wrong, innocent men will die. He has a decision to make, and the result is...explosive. The start of a long, hard fight against an enemy wearing the uniforms of American allies and carrying bitter hatred inside their black hearts. Hawkins’ Heroes: The Enemy Within is the fifth short novel in the Hawkins’ Heroes series. A collaboration between Todd McCleod and Eric Meyer, the best-selling author of more than 50 war novels.
©2019 Todd Mcleod, Eric Meyer (P)2020 Swordworks
SEAL Attack
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Six rookie army officers lose their way during a training exercise inside Iraq and cross the border into Iran. They are pursued by a fanatic and vengeful squad of Iran’s notorious paramilitaries – Hezbollah. Rod Cooper’s small fireteam, returning from a successful mission to cripple Iran’s nuclear capacity, get the mission to locate them and get them home. Another group of Hezbollah is in hot pursuit, determined to exact revenge and eliminate Cooper’s SEALs as payback for the destruction of their nuclear ambitions. Cooper’s SEALs find the rookies but encounter a new problem. The newly minted officers claim they are non-combatants and refuse to fight, happier to surrender to Hezbollah who they mistakenly believe will treat them honorably. The climax comes at a secretive Iranian base for helicopter gunships. And a final showdown ensues. Massively outgunned and outnumbered, the rookies have two choices, to fight, or to die. If they make the wrong choice, the SEALs will also die trying to protect them. SEAL Attack: Locate and Eliminate is the third short novel in the SEAL Attack series. The book is a collaboration between Todd McLeod and Eric Meyer, the best-selling author of more than 50 war novels.
©2019 Todd McLeod, Eric Meyer (P)2020 Swordworks
Assault & Destroy
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The Revolutionary Guards, Iran’s army of powerful and vengeful fanatics, have bought a large consignment of uranium ore. The man behind the project, Colonel Ali Hatami, harbors an ambition to restart the country’s stalled nuclear program. His avowed intent, to turn the soil of his country’s enemies into flaming, smoking pyres. SEAL Petty Officer Rod Cooper’s fire team is handed a tough assignment, to assault the vessel carrying the uranium and destroy the shipment. Yet nothing goes to plan. Ambushed by the Revolutionary Guards who arrive in overwhelming force, they must make a fast exit, leaving the ship sinking but the job only half completed. The Iranians will soon recover ore to restart the refining process. They have two choices. The first is to allow the Revolutionary Guard to possess nuclear weapons. The second choice is to return to renew the assault and destroy the ore, despite the formidable forces ranged against them. A one-way ticket, sure, but they are SEALs. There never was a choice. SEAL Attack: Assault & Destroy is the second novel in the SEAL Attack series. The book is a collaboration between Todd McLeod and Eric Meyer, the best-selling author of more than 50 war novels.
©2020 Todd McLeod, Eric Meyer (P)2020 Swordworks
Honor and Dishonor
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SEAL Petty Officer Rod Cooper is the youngest son of a retired Navy hero, Master Chief Larry Cooper. His brother Daniel is a scholar and an academic, and to the horror and dismay of his family, he converts to Islam. To make things worse, he travels to Afghanistan to teach in a madrassah, the religious schools that are a production line for Taliban terrorists. The new mission handed to Rod Cooper’s Team is tough. A better word to describe it would be "suicide". Their brief, to go behind enemy lines and locate and pinpoint a new and powerful Taliban combined arms warband. A threatened escalation to the brutal war waged by the Islamic insurgents. Outnumbered, outgunned, and faced by an enemy intent on their slaughter, they battle against an enemy determined to spill their blood on the soil of Afghanistan. Yet they are determined to acquit themselves with honor, no matter what the cost. When everything seems lost, Rod is faced with simple questions. Honor. Or dishonor. Decisions of life or death. And how to handle a brother who is a traitor. SEAL Attack: Honor and Dishonor is the first short-listen novel in the SEAL Attack series. The book is a collaboration between Todd McLeod and Eric Meyer, the best-selling author of more than 50 war novels.
©2020 Todd McLeod, Eric Meyer (P)2020 Swordworks