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 bestselling author of more than fifty war novels.