Roberts Ridge cover art

Roberts Ridge

A True Story of Courage and Sacrifice on Takur Ghar Mountain, Afghanistan

 Preview

Audible Standard 30-day free trial

Try Standard free
Select 1 audiobook a month from our entire collection.
Listen to your selected audiobooks as long as you're a member.
Get unlimited access to bingeable podcasts.
Standard auto renews for £5.99 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Roberts Ridge

By: Malcolm MacPherson
Narrated by: Joe Barrett
Try Standard free

£5.99 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for £14.20

Buy Now for £14.20

About this listen

 For the U.S. Navy's elite team of SEALs, the mission seemed straightforward enough: to take control of a towering, 10,240-foot mountain peak called Takur Ghar, a key post in their plan to smash Taliban al Qaeda in eastern Afghanistan. But the enemy was waiting, and when the Special Forces chopper was shredded by enemy fire, a red-haired SEAL named Neil Roberts was thrown from the aircraft. Roberts's fellow SEALs were determined to bring him out - no matter what the cost.

This harrowing true account based on stunning eyewitness testimony and painstaking research captures in dramatic detail the 17-hour battle fought by a few dozen warriors against near impossible odds to save one of their own.

©2005 Malcolm MacPherson (P)2008 Blackstone Audio, Inc. 21st Century Americas Military Modern War Air Force Afghanistan History

Critic reviews

"Well told and frightening as well as true, this is a book that bridges the breach between the increasingly professional American military and a civilian culture possessing little knowledge or experience of the military." ( Booklist)
All stars
Most relevant
A compelling tale telling the story from a view often not seen. A lot of details and I hope there where lessons learnt from this event

a very detail recount

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
This is a brilliant and moving audio book. A comment and not a criticism is in the after word I thought the fact that John Chapman received a Medal of honour for his courage and self sacrifice would have been a fuller conclusion. But a great book.

Well informed and we'll performed

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I liked everything about the book except the narrator using accents that sound more appropriate for a Mark Twain novel. I don't think the use of accents in necessary.

Great story

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Very detailed and giving some personal background of the characters involved makes a nice change. Courage abound.

Not bad at all

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
'Robert's Ridge' is an absolutely gripping read. The structure of the book is broken down into sections within chapters with each section describing the same events as seen through the eyes of each member of the rescue teams during events covered in the chapter. This is not confusing and instead has the effect of brilliantly describing the often fast paced events during combat that make this book a real nail-biter which you won't want to put down.

'Robert's Ridge' offers some of the best writing I've seen and suits the subject matter perfectly. If this wasn't a true story, you'd think you were reading a Tom Clancy novel! The writing also offers depth in telling the reader something of the personal histories of many of the more major characters with often touching and sometimes poignant stories about who they are. Thus, the reader is introduced to the essence of many of the people involved which serves to strengthen the powerful narrative.

Suffice to say that this title will leave you amazed at its vivid depiction of fast-paced life and death events that occurred atop this distant mountain peak in Afghanistan.

Top listen, get it!

Riveting Read

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
See more reviews