Holding the Zero — Gerald Seymour

Gus Peake should have stayed at home, but an old family debt draws him to the remote wastes of Northern Iraq and to a forgotten war between Kurdish guerillas and Saddam Hussein's military strength.He must quickly learn to deal out random death at long distance, and help the guerillas to reach their goal, the city of kirkuk, the old capital of the Kurdish people. From Baghdad, Iraq sends Major Karim Aziz, the most dedicated sniper in Saddam's army. For both men, their duel, from which only one can walk away, becomes an obsession. And it will take only one shot to settle the score. . . .