{"product_id":"sheepdogs","title":"Sheepdogs","description":"\u003csection aria-labelledby=\"book-overview\"\u003e\n  \u003ch2 id=\"book-overview\"\u003eAbout \u003cem\u003eSheepdogs\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSheepdogs\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is a globe-trotting thriller by Elliot Ackerman, published by Knopf in 2025, that moves through the underbelly of modern war, intelligence work, and off-the-books missions.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    Skwerl and Cheese are down on their luck. Skwerl, resourceful like a squirrel, once worked for Ground Branch, the CIA’s elite paramilitary wing, before a raid in Afghanistan went bad. Big Cheese Aziz, a legendary pilot and his country’s Maverick, has been grounded by the fall of Kabul and is now working the night shift at a gas station.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    When Skwerl recruits Cheese into an anonymous network of so-called sheepdogs, they enter a shadowy world between the sheep and the wolves, protecting prey from predator while earning a buck along the way.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    Their mission is to repossess a private jet stranded on a remote African airfield. Their fee is a commission on the jet’s $5 million value. But nothing about the job adds up: their contact has gone missing, their handler is mysterious, and the real source of the money remains unclear.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    Full of heart, humor, espionage, and moral ambiguity, \u003cem\u003eSheepdogs\u003c\/em\u003e is an adventure through modern conflict, corruption, loyalty, violence, and the blurred line between protection and predation.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\n\u003c!--\nSEO\/GEO context:\nSheepdogs by Elliot Ackerman is a 2025 Knopf thriller about espionage, CIA Ground Branch, Afghanistan, the fall of Kabul, modern war, intelligence operations, military contractors, dark humor, loyalty, corruption, violence, and moral ambiguity. The novel follows Skwerl and Big Cheese Aziz through a globe-trotting mission involving a private jet, shadow networks, and the underbelly of modern war and intelligence.\n--\u003e","brand":"Elliot Ackerman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47276201377954,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0717\/9200\/1186\/files\/Sheepdogs_Book_-_Elliot_Ackerman.jpg?v=1779243660","url":"https:\/\/elliotackerman.net\/products\/sheepdogs","provider":"Elliot Ackerman","version":"1.0","type":"link"}