This is a novel about war, and the people who

fight it.

Harold Coyle s first novel, Team Yankee, was a

New York Times best-seller--a book that Tom

Clancy described as "stunning and powerful," and

General Sir John Hackett (author of The Third

World War) called "a convincing picture of war at

the company level."

Sword Point begins with an army at peace, as

ordinary men and women--soldiers--go about

their daily lives, unaware that thousands of miles

away, the war they have been preparing for is about

to begin--for the Soviet Union is on the eve of

invading Iran to secure its borders against the

spread of Moslem fundamentalism and to seize the

Strait of Hormuz, together with the free world s

oil supply....

Coyle s ability to recreate the fury of battle is

equaled only by his gift for making both the grand

strategy and the minute-by-minute soldier s view

of war equally clear, compelling and fascinating.

But what makes Sword Point special is the human

element: each character in Coyle s huge cast is

unforgettable and sharply etched, from the young

American lieutenant thrust into combat for the

first time to a Soviet officer who is repelled by the

cold inhumanity of his KGB superior.

He takes us from the White House and the

Kremlin to the battlefield, as the life of each char-

acter is changed--or brutally ended--by the rap-

idly escalating war, while the stakes are raised,

with the Iranians reportedly on the verge of assem-

bling a nuclear device

No reader will ever forget the protagonists of

this desperate battle, among them:

~ Lt. Gen. Weir, the American Corps Com-

mander, who must fight and win a war on faraway,

hostile terrain, against superior numbers, or see

his army destroyed...