Book  Review Of  "Fearless"
  The individual efforts young men make to become Navy Seals is an inspiration for all. Adam Brown carried that story one step farther: Seals get injured and their attempts to stay in the most elite martial brotherhood in the world calls for heroism too. Adam Brown injured as a full-fledged Seal, and his struggle to stay in the hunt  is riveting.The author of the book "Fearless", Eric Blehm wrote so clearly and personally that I felt the characters, especially Adam, his wife, and two children were sitting in the room with me. I became a great admirer of Adam's wife Kelley. When do you find a beautiful woman who is nurturing to anyone but her own children?
Usually such a woman is narcissistic, but Kelley was not only beautiful, nurturing, but disciplining. Adam was unable to feel fear, and his only speed was wide open. He needed and thrived on his wife's attributes especially since he fallen at full speed into drug abuse. This eventually landed him in jail with eleven felony charges against him. At this point, he had a jailhouse conversion to Christianity and decided to become a Navy Seal. Nothing timid about that. As you meet his parents, his friends, and his wife, you realize that except for one troubled woman, Adam Brown was surrounded by the best of the best his entire life. In that, he was extremely fortunate.
While trying to qualify for the most elite Navy Seal team, Seal Team Six, Adam was blinded in one eye by a paint bullet carelessly shot at him after a training exercise was over. Then he had the fingers of one hand severed when his Humvee crashed. How can a man qualify for team six with one eye and re-attached fingers? It had never been done. Yet if he didn't, it was the common thought among Seals that if you couldn't get into Seal Six, you were not quallified to be a Seal. It was a major reason many Seals didn't even try.It could be a career breaker as only about twenty percent of those who tried, qualifed for Seal Six. The story of his "I've got it!" attitude was at times  hilarious - as when he sat on an ant hill for thirty seconds- amd at other times, heart-breaking - as when he made his fatal volunteer to blast a barricaded terrorist with a grenade.
  Get this book, strap yourself into your chair, and prepare for an intensely emotional and personal experience. Peter Nickerson 352-359-0850  peternickerson12@yahoo.com