“A must read for anyone who wants to understand the new American way of war.” — General Michael V. Hayden, former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency  “A uniquely detailed account of how special forces operatives and the technology behind them have changed warfare in the twenty-first century.” — Bruce Hoffman, director of Georgetown University’s Center for Security Studies “Drone Warrior reads like a great episode of Homeland, a gripping firsthand account of what it’s like inside the United States’ most secretive military operations.” — Isha Sesay, CNN anchor, author of the forthcoming The Long Road Back “War is deeply personal. Drone Warrior takes us into the lives of those whose fight we often see only from the sky.” — Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, New York Times bestselling author of Ashley’s War and The Dressmaker of Khair Khana “Brett Velicovich and Christopher S. Stewart offer an unparalleled look into the ubiquitous use of drones on today’s battlefield. Their story is as pulsating as it is sobering...I couldn’t put Drone Warrior down. You won’t be able to either.” — Seth G. Jones, political scientist at the RAND Corporation, author of Counterterrorism and Counterinsurgency in Somalia “A captivating portrayal of an American warrior at the very cutting-edge of the War on Terror [and] a must read for anyone looking to better understand our modern warriors.”   — New York Journal of Books

“A must read for anyone who wants to understand the new American way of war.” — General Michael V. Hayden, former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency  “A uniquely detailed account of how special forces operatives and the technology behind them have changed warfare in the twenty-first century.” — Bruce Hoffman, director of Georgetown University’s Center for Security Studies “Drone Warrior reads like a great episode of Homeland, a gripping firsthand account of what it’s like inside the United States’ most secretive military operations.” — Isha Sesay, CNN anchor, author of the forthcoming The Long Road Back “War is deeply personal. Drone Warrior takes us into the lives of those whose fight we often see only from the sky.” — Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, New York Times bestselling author of Ashley’s War and The Dressmaker of Khair Khana “Brett Velicovich and Christopher S. Stewart offer an unparalleled look into the ubiquitous use of drones on today’s battlefield. Their story is as pulsating as it is sobering...I couldn’t put Drone Warrior down. You won’t be able to either.” — Seth G. Jones, political scientist at the RAND Corporation, author of Counterterrorism and Counterinsurgency in Somalia “A captivating portrayal of an American warrior at the very cutting-edge of the War on Terror [and] a must read for anyone looking to better understand our modern warriors.”   — New York Journal of Books

Brett Velicovich has over ten years of experience conducting counterterrorism and intelligence operations globally. As an intelligence analyst within the U.S. military’s elite, his work was directly responsible for countless missions leading to the successful capture and kill of terrorist leaders. Serving five combat tours to Iraq and Afghanistan, he also worked in Somalia and received numerous combat medals for his service, including the Bronze Star and Combat Action Badge. Regarded as a world-renowned drone expert, he left the service and earned an MBA from Duke University and helped start an initiative that looks to employ unmanned aerial vehicles in support of wildlife conservation in East Africa. He lives in Virginia. Christopher S. Stewart is an investigative reporter at the Wall Street Journal, where he shared a 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting. His work has appeared in GQ, Harper’s, New York Times Magazine, New York, The Paris Review, Wired, and other publications, and he also served as deputy editor at the New York Observer and is a former contributing editor at Condé Nast Portfolio. Stewart is the author of Hunting the Tiger and Jungleland. He lives with his family in New York.