The Empty Quarter, David L. Robbins
The Empty Quarter, David L. Robbins
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The Empty Quarter

Author: David L. Robbins

Narrator: David L. Robbins

Unabridged: 10 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook (DRM Protected)

Published: 08/01/2014

Synopsis

Every member of the Special Ops US Air Force pararescue jumpers, the PJs, swears by the motto “That Others May Live.” A top-secret mission to save a kidnapped Saudi princess will put that oath to the ultimate test.With a force of armed men, a former mujahideen chases across the desert of Yemen to recover his Saudi wife, kidnapped by her powerful father, a prince of the Kingdom. The kidnapping turns violent, she is badly wounded, and the PJs are dropped into the vast sere badlands to rescue the princess and a young American diplomat swept up in the plot. The mission becomes a minute-by-minute race between the pursuing husband’s band of tribal allies and the PJs rushing to the rescue, as the princess’s life seeps away.The Empty Quarter is a pulse-quickening tour de force featuring the tactics and men of modern combat search-and-rescue and the complex politics of today’s Arabian peninsula. It’s a moving tale of desperate love and sacrifice set in the wastes of the Rub’ al Khali, the world’s largest and harshest sand desert.

About David L. Robbins

David L. Robbins currently teaches advanced creative writing at VCU Honors College. He is the author of eleven action-packed novels, including War of the Rats, Broken Jewel, The Betrayal Game, The Assassins Gallery, and Scorched Earth. An award-winning essayist, playwright, and screenwriter, Robbins founded the James River Writers, an organization dedicated to supporting professional and aspiring writers. He also co-founded the Podium Foundation, which encourages artistic expression in Richmond’s high schools. Robbins extends his creative scope beyond fiction as an accomplished guitarist and student of jazz, pop, and Latin classical music. When he’s not writing, he’s often sailing, shooting, weightlifting, and traveling the world. He lives in his hometown of Richmond, Virginia.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Affad on May 05, 2015

This was an Amazon Kindle First monthly pick for me. After seeing (and passing) many a novel about romances involving women pining away for their ideal man, I was excited to see something else. Initially I was going to pass on this particular months read because none actually stood out to me, not ev......more

Goodreads review by Melodie on September 30, 2017

This is not a long book but it took me a while to get through it. I don't read a lot of military based fiction. But his one piqued my interest. There was a lot of detail related to equipment and procedure that initially made it a bit of a slog. Once I acclimated to that, it became a military thrill......more

Goodreads review by Gary on September 09, 2014

Some might call this a story about the U.S. Military and terrorism, but I'm going to call it a love story. It is about the love between men... no, not that kind - the brotherly bond of men in a fighting unit; it is about the love between a husband and a wife - and how far they'll go for one another;......more

Goodreads review by AJourneyWithoutMap on July 08, 2014

The Empty Quarter by David L. Robbins is a riveting military suspense thriller which is way beyond my expectations. When I started out on the book, I knew it was something that I wanted to read but was not aware that I’d be totally absorbed. If you love military suspense, espionage, war or political......more

Goodreads review by Tom on July 29, 2014

I guess you'd call this one "Military Thriller"? A para-rescue jump (PJ) team is deployed to a dodgy mission in the "Empty Quarter" desert of Yemen/Saudi Arabia. A Saudi princess is being transported across the border, pursued by her husband - a mujahideen connected ex-Saudi named Afif. A diplomat,......more

Quotes

“David Robbins is a master and The Empty Quarter is proof. Nobody writes a better action book...nobody.” —Brian Haig, New York Times bestselling author of The Capitol Game“A military thriller, a love story and a geopolitical tale...Robbins uses his superior knowledge of military and global affairs in concocting a page-turner of a plot, one in which the line between heroes and villains is blurred, the art of betrayal is practiced with dexterity, and the complex relationship between the CIA and the Saudi government is examined with a keen eye.” —Richmond Times-Dispatch

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