Blackmoon Rising is part of the continuing series of Books dealing with the development of the United States Army's Snipers and those who were part of creating the Legend of Captain Michael Patrick O'Neil.Charlie Joseph Blackmoon is a full-blooded Lakota Sioux Indian who had carried the knowledge and experiences of his people into the modern battlefield during the turbulent Vietnam era, where he became a legend in his own right. There were only two things he loves more than being a Warrior, that is his family and his horses. He was one of the first Snipers trained by Captain O'Neil at 8th Army's Advanced Marksmanship Unit in South Korea. That started his career as a Sniper and how it has brought him in full circle when O'Neil comes back for his help to stop the assassin who is trying to kill the Russian Leader Yuri Andropov.