No Hero, Mark Owen
No Hero, Mark Owen
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No Hero
The Evolution of a Navy SEAL

Author: Mark Owen, Kevin Maurer

Narrator: Paul Michael

Unabridged: 6 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 11/10/2014

Synopsis

The companion volume to the multimillion-copy bestseller No Easy Day by former Navy SEAL Mark Owen reveals the evolution of a SEAL Team Six operator.

Mark Owen’s instant #1 New York Times bestseller, No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission that Killed Osama bin Laden, focused on the high-profile targets and headline-grabbing chapters of the author’s thirteen years as a Navy SEAL. His follow-up, No Hero, is an account of Owen’s most personally meaningful missions, missions that never made headlines, including the moments in which he learned the most about himself and his teammates in both success and failure.

Featuring stories from the training ground to the battlefield, No Hero offers readers a never-before-seen close-up view of the experiences and values that make Mark Owen and the SEALs he served with capable of executing the missions that make history.

About The Author

MARK OWEN, author of No Easy Day and No Hero, is a former member of the U.S. Naval Special Warfare Development Group, commonly known as SEAL Team Six. In his many years as a Navy SEAL, he has participated in hundreds of missions around the globe, including the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips in the Indian Ocean in 2009. Owen was a team leader on Operation Neptune Spear in Abbottabad, Pakistan, on May 1, 2011, which resulted in the death of Osama bin Laden. Owen was one of the first men through the door on the third floor of the terrorist mastermind's hideout, where he witnessed Bin Laden's death. KEVIN MAURER has covered special operations forces for nine years. He has been embedded with the Special Forces in Afghanistan six times, spent a month in 2006 with special operations units in east Africa, and has embedded with U.S. forces in Iraq and Haiti. He is the author of four books, including several about special operations.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Claudia on February 07, 2016

The writing is terrible, even with the ghost writer, who I presume wanted to preserve Owen's down-home style, or pretend he had one. The content is sociologically interesting. I mean if you want to know what goes on in the mind of one Navy SEAL, especially one who protesteth far too much, here you g......more

Goodreads review by L.A. on May 16, 2016

This book is a follow-on to No Easy Day. I recommend it especially for the Orion and the Action and Adventure reading groups. Mark Owen makes clear the physical and mental effort, constant practice, teamwork, and honest follow-up that go into successful SEAL missions. The difficulty of BUD/S qualifica......more

Goodreads review by Shane on November 30, 2014

I think this book is different in a lot of ways- he allows us to see the human element with its failures and how he overcame each of them to press forward. I loved to see what motivated him and also changed him. It was his training that made him great. Money well spent. Stay in your "3-feet"!......more

Goodreads review by Deacon Tom on October 06, 2021

The Story of a Hero Even though the title is, “No Hero: “this truly is the story of an American hero. It takes us along with Mark Owen through Afghanistan and other parts of the Middle East in the midst of combat. It shows that a hero is made up of guts and humility. It’s truly a fantastic book that w......more

Goodreads review by Peter on June 12, 2024

I'm not sure how to feel about this book, mainly in terms of the content as it is well written and easy to follow. Having never had any military experience it is quite confronting to read the descriptions of missions and the "ease" associated with taking a life. I'm by no means a pacifist and unders......more

Quotes

“Owen emphasizes the selflessness and service of his fellow SEALs, along with the lessons he learned, in a book that is sure to appeal to the many fans of in-the-trenches special forces memoirs.”—Publishers Weekly

“Simple, well-told stories that will interest general readers and certainly anyone contemplating a career in special operations.”—Kirkus Reviews

“Owen's writing is genuine and insightful....No Hero may have been intended for the next generation of SEALs, but the book's lessons can also be useful to civilians.”—Associated Press

Praise for No Easy Day

“This harrowing, minute-by-minute account by one of the highly trained members of Navy SEAL Team Six is narrative nonfiction at its most gripping....No Easy Day puts you right there for every tense moment.”—Entertainment Weekly 

“Gripping....There is no better illustration in No Easy Day that SEALs are ruthless pragmatists. They think fast. They adapt to whatever faces them. They do what they have to do.”—The New York Times

“[Mark Owen] has given us a brave retelling of one of the most important events in U.S. military history.”—People

“Make no mistake: No Easy Day is an important historic document.”—Los Angeles Times

“A remarkably intimate glimpse into what motivates men striving to join an elite fighting force like the SEALS—and what keeps them there.”—Associated Press

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