Tom Young has logged nearly 4,000 hours as a flight engineer for the Air National Guard in Afghanistan, Iraq, Bosnia, Kosovo, and elsewhere, including Latin America, the Horn of Africa, and the Far East. Military honors include two Air Medals, three Aerial Achievement Medals, and the Air Force Combat Action Medal. He continues to serve with the Air National Guard as a Senior Master Sergeant.
He holds degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and studied writing there and at the Sewanee Writers' Conference, among other places. He is also the author of the oral history The Speed of Heat: An Airlift Wing at War in Iraq and Afghanistan, and contributed to the anthology Operation Homecoming, edited by Andrew Carroll. Young lives in Alexandria, Virginia.
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-W. E. B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV
"Courage and honor in the face of the enemy have not been so
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-Jack Higgins
"The Mullah's Storm tears along with the terror and immediacy of a
nightmare. Thomas Young takes us on the trip every soldier dreads:
alone, injured, and being chased through enemy territory. I
couldn't put it down."
-Nathaniel Fick, CEO, Center for a New American Security, and
author of One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
"The Mullah's Storm is a riveting, gale-force tale, impossible to
put down. Thomas Young air-drops the reader into the Hindu Kush,
surrounded by razor-sharp ridges and miles of unbroken silence,
always blurring the line between hunter or hunted. Combining a
sniper's precision with a poet's economy of language, Young's debut
makes you grateful to be reading safely indoors, but just a little
nervous about who might be watching you."
-Craig Mullaney, Department of Defense, Principal Director for
Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia, and author of The
Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier's Education
"The Mullah's Storm digs in its hooks from the first chapter and
never lets go. There are writers, and there are fighters - readers
are lucky that Thomas Young is both."
-Alex Berenson, Author of The Faithful Spy and The Midnight
House
"Thomas W. Young is an airman, and a natural-born novelist. If you
want to know and to feel what it's like to serve in Afghanistan,
this novel is for you. If you are a fan of Patrick O'Brian or C. S.
Forester, this novel is for you."
-John Casey, National Book Award-winning author of Spartina
"Thomas Young has written an exciting, creative, and heart-pounding
story set in the complex war zone of Afghanistan that he knows
well. The polished style and surprising plot turns rivet you to
each page. This is a great read for anyone who loves a great
survival story superbly told."
-General Anthony C. Zinni, USMC (Ret.) Former Commander in Chief,
U.S. Central Command
"I found The Mullah's Storm captivating. Like Tom Clancy, Young has
an eye for detail about military equipment, operations, and
thinking that will ring true with any veteran-something that is not
often achieved by other authors-and his portrayal of Afghanistan is
not only accurate but most relevant to current events and worth the
read alone. Most of all, the story's suspense holds the reader in
its grip. The extreme chase from hope to despair and back makes it
impossible to put down."
-General Chuck Horner, USAF (Ret.)Former Commander, U.S. Central
Command Air Forces
"At last, an Air Force action hero! A C-130 navigator struggles to
survive in winter in the Hindu Kush. The plot and the action move
with the speed and power of a B-1 bomber."
-Bing West, Author of No True Glory and The Strongest Tribe
"Thomas W. Young writes with the authority of a man who has lived
to tell the tale, and he tells it at breakneck pace. He has written
a page-turner that might've been torn from today's headlines. The
prose crackles with grit and gunfire. The Mullah's Storm is an
engrossing, enlightening, and extremely entertaining debut."
-Doug Stanton, Author of Horse Soldiers and In Harm's Way
"The Mullah's Storm is the most realistic and compelling novel that
I have ever read. It is suspenseful and electrifying from beginning
to end, and as close to reality as it could possibly be. The
knowledge, experience, and insights of the author and his ability
in writing this book is amazing. It is a 'must read' - and once you
start, you will not want to put it down. The Mullah's Storm will
surely be a best seller."
-General Carl Stiner, U.S. Army (Ret.) Former Commander in Chief,
U.S. Special Operations Command
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