Three Brothers

Marc Anderson and his two commando brothers are celebrated elite soldiers in the highly-secretive German Commando Special Forces, the KSK. Together with the American Navy Seals, they successfully rescue the crew of a downed American F-15 tactical fighter jet in the Hindu Kusch Mountains under a barrage of heavy fire against the Taliban.However, their next mission in Northern Iraq to save two German hostages taken captive by the Islamic State, also known as ISIS, ends in disaster for the three brothers in arms. The perfectly laid-out strategy of Operation Eagle is betrayed. Marc, Thomas, and Tim narrowly escape death. The German Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) begins its desperate attempt to uncover the double agent.The devoted commando brothers decide to leave the KSK and begin a new career together as security advisors with a large family-owned company based in Cologne. But the terrorist activities of ISIS continue to determine their fate. The brothers are faced with one of their greatest challenges when ISIS kidnaps company heir Johannes Ericson and his life companion Karina Marie and threatens the German government with extortion. It is a race against time to save the couple from assassination.Jörg H. Trauboth has written more than just an exhilarating novel. Three Brothers unites the current omnipresent threat of terrorism with the author's first-hand experience as a crisis manager and a military and terrorism expert. The result is an unrivaled political thriller. In this gripping novel, Trauboth foretells what the future holds in light of the rise of radical Islamic terrorism in our society.

THREE ELITE SOLDIERSAfghanistanBerlinHammelburgNorthern Iraq / BerlinBerlinTHREE CONSULTANTSRhineland: Bonn / Hangelar AirfieldBerlinPalma de Mallorca / RhinelandJIHADMosul / Eifel Region / CologneRhineland-Palatinate, Büchel Air BaseTactical Air Force Wing 33CologneWestern Mediterranean / Berlin / AlgeriaBerlin - Foreign OfficeThe Northern African MainlandOPERATION RESCUECologneThe Algerian DesertCologneThe Algerian DesertRaqqaCologneThe Algerian DesertRhineland / MediterraneanThe Algerian DesertMallorca / CologneCologneMallorcaThe Algerian DesertBerlinThe Algerian DesertThe Spanish Coast / Algeria, A Rocky BeachRaqqaCologneTHE FLIGHT OF THE CRANESRemagenCalwRhineland / BerlinEpilogueREGISTER OF PERSONSGLOSSARYAUTHOR'S NOTEACKNOWLEDGEMENTSMAPSFig. 1 – Operation EagleFig. 2 – Operation Rescue