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Never Quit by Jimmy Settle and Don Rearden

Never Quit by Jimmy Settle and Don Rearden

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Never Quit tells the true story of Jimmy Settle, an Alaskan shoe store clerk who becomes a United States Air Force pararescue jumper. Working with Don Rearden, Settle recounts the demanding training, dangerous wilderness rescues, and combat missions that prepare him to save people in extreme conditions. His service takes him to Afghanistan, where his unit confronts enemy fire while trying to recover wounded teammates. During an operation in the Watapur Valley, Settle is shot in the head, but survives and returns to the fight. When a rescue helicopter is damaged and begins leaking fuel, he faces the devastating prospect of leaving members of his team behind. Determined to bring them home, he risks his life again. Alongside the action, the memoir explores friendship, sacrifice, perseverance, and the responsibility of rescuers who place others before themselves. It portrays a journey from ordinary civilian life to military service under extraordinary pressure. Read More

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About Never Quit by Jimmy Settle and Don Rearden: A True Story of Rescue, Courage, and the Will to Keep Going

What would you do if someone needed help and reaching them could put your own life in danger? Most of us hope we would be brave, but we may never face that choice. Jimmy Settle did. In Never Quit by Jimmy Settle and Don Rearden, he tells the story of how he went from working in an Alaskan shoe store to becoming a United States Air Force pararescue specialist. His job was to reach people in danger, care for the hurt, and help bring them home. The road to that job was hard. Doing the job was harder. This is a true military memoir about training, fear, friendship, and the people who depend on one another when everything goes wrong. It takes readers from the wild land of Alaska to the mountains of Afghanistan, where one rescue becomes a test that no training can fully prepare anyone for.

A Regular Job Was Not the End of His Story

Jimmy Settle did not begin this journey as the fearless figure on a book cover. He was a young man from Alaska, working in a shoe store and looking for a path that meant something to him. He wanted to use his strength and love of the outdoors to help people. Becoming a pararescue jumper, often called a PJ, gave him that goal. But wanting a place on the team and earning that place were two very different things. The training asked for much more than being fit. He had to learn how to stay calm under pressure, work with others, and keep moving when his body wanted to stop. That makes the first part of this book easy to connect with. You do not need to dream of joining the military to understand the feeling of starting with a goal that seems far away.

What Does a Pararescue Jumper Actually Do?

A PJ is a rescue specialist trained to find and help people in places that are hard to reach. The work can involve mountains, cold water, aircraft, and areas where fighting is taking place. These team members need medical skills as well as rescue skills because getting to an injured person is only the first step. In this book, Settle serves with Alaska's 212th Pararescue Unit. The team's mission is about saving lives, whether the call comes from someone lost in the Alaskan wild or from service members wounded during war. This is an important reason to read Never Quit: it shows a part of military work that many people know little about. Instead of focusing only on combat, it looks closely at the people who run toward danger because someone else needs to get out.


The Alaskan Wilderness Is a Tough Teacher

Alaska is more than a place on a map in Settle's story. Its cold, mountains, and remote land help shape the kind of rescuer he becomes. Imagine trying to reach a person who is hurt while the weather works against you and help is far away. There may be no easy road, no warm room, and no simple way to get home. Training for such places teaches a person to think clearly and trust a team, even when tired or afraid. The book brings that world into view through Settle's experiences and rescue work. Readers who love outdoor adventure will find plenty to hold their attention, but the danger has a purpose. Each difficult task points back to a person waiting to be found. The goal is not to look brave. The goal is to bring someone back alive.

Then the Mission Takes Him to Afghanistan

The move from Alaska to Afghanistan changes the stakes. Settle and his teammates are sent to help wounded people in a war zone. The land is harsh, the mountains are steep, and a rescue call can lead them into enemy fire. The work brings together everything he learned: medical care, fast decisions, physical strength, and trust in his team. Readers see how an ordinary day can change without warning when someone calls for help. The book's account includes operations during fighting against the Taliban and Al Qaeda, but its main human question is simple: what happens when you must reach a hurt person while danger surrounds you? This is not a made-up action story. Its tension comes from events Settle says he lived through, and from the fact that every person in a rescue has a life beyond the battlefield.

The Shot That Changes Everything

One of the book's hardest moments takes place during an operation in Afghanistan's Watapur Valley. Settle is shot in the head. He survives, but the injury does not end the danger around him. Other people still need help, and his teammates face another risky rescue. Later, when a helicopter is hit and begins leaking fuel, he faces an awful choice: leave members of his team behind for the moment or put more lives at risk. The story follows his effort to return and help bring them back. These events make the title feel real. Never quitting here does not mean pretending that pain or danger has gone away. It means facing the terrible limits of a situation and still caring deeply about the people who are counting on you. The scenes are intense, so readers should expect descriptions of injury and combat.

The People Beside Him Matter Just as Much

There is one man at the center of this memoir, but he cannot do the job alone. A rescue depends on people who know their roles, share what they see, and trust one another with their lives. Settle's account gives room to the friendships behind that trust. His teammates joke, train, worry, and work together before they face the worst days of their service. Those smaller moments matter because they turn a group of names into people you can care about. When a mission goes wrong, you understand why leaving a teammate behind is such a painful choice. The book asks readers to think about loyalty in a practical way. It is not simply saying that friendship is important. It shows how much one person may have to give when a friend cannot get home without help.

When Simple Motivation Is Not Enough

Some books tell you to be strong but give you little more than short advice. If those words feel too easy, a true story can offer something different. In Never Quit, you follow one person's long path toward a difficult job and see what happens when that job demands everything he has learned. It does not offer a magic trick for becoming brave. Instead, it gives examples of practice, hard choices, shared work, and the wish to protect others. You can take those ideas into everyday life without comparing your own problems to a battlefield. A tough exam, a new job, or a personal setback is not the same as a rescue mission. Still, reading about steady effort may help you think about your own goals in a fresh way.

What Will You Find Inside These Pages?

This book brings several kinds of true-life storytelling together, so there is more to explore than its most famous battle scene:

  • A personal journey from an ordinary job to a demanding rescue career.

  • An inside look at the training and work of Air Force pararescue specialists.

  • Dangerous rescue experiences in Alaska and combat missions in Afghanistan.

  • A close view of teamwork, injury, and difficult choices under pressure.

  • A story about service that keeps the people needing help at its center.

These are the reasons the memoir can appeal to readers who enjoy adventure, military history, survival stories, and biographies. The book is also a reminder that doing a hard thing well often takes many people, not just one person with a strong will.

Who Will Enjoy Reading Never Quit?

Pick up this book if you like stories about real people facing difficult moments. It is a natural choice for readers interested in military memoirs, rescue teams, survival, outdoor adventure, or the work of emergency responders. It can also suit readers who enjoy biographies about people who change direction and build a new life through effort. You do not have to be a soldier or a military expert. The story begins with a man who had an ordinary job and wanted to do something more. Keep in mind that this is the original adult memoir, not a children's adventure book. It deals with war, serious wounds, danger, and loss. A separate young adult adaptation also exists, so check the edition if you are buying for a younger reader.

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Meet the Writers Behind the Story

Jimmy Settle is a retired Air Force pararescue specialist whose work included rescue missions in Alaska and Afghanistan. His service brought him a Purple Heart and an Airman's Medal. The publisher credits him with saving 38 lives and helping save 28 more during combat operations. Those numbers tell you something about the work behind this memoir, although the book is about people rather than a score. Don Rearden helped write the story. He is also a novelist and professor with roots in Alaska. Their shared connection to the state gives this account a strong sense of place as it moves between the wilderness and the battlefield. If you want the story in Settle's own voice and life, this is the book to choose.

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Some books entertain you for a few hours. Others introduce you to experiences that you may remember for years. Never Quit by Jimmy Settle and Don Rearden gives readers a close look at the life of a man whose work involved reaching people in danger and bringing them home safely. From the difficult training grounds to the dangerous mountains of Afghanistan, every part of his journey reveals the importance of preparation, courage, and trust.

This is a book for readers who want more than a simple adventure. It explores what happens when someone must make difficult decisions, face serious injuries, and continue caring for the people who depend on him. Through Settle's experiences, you will discover the demanding work of Air Force pararescue specialists and the strong friendships that help them face extraordinary situations.

If you enjoy true stories about survival, military service, teamwork, and personal determination, this memoir offers an engaging reading experience. It is also a thoughtful gift for someone who appreciates real-life stories about people who dedicate themselves to helping others.

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Primary Specification
AuthorJimmy Settle with Don Rearden
NarratorChris Abell
GenreMilitary Memoir, Biography, Military History, Adventure
ISBN-13/ISSN 978-1250130297
ISBN-101250130298
PublisherSt. Martin's Griffin
Publishing DateJune 5, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Reading Age12+
FormatPrinted Book
Physical Specification & Quality
Paper QualityPremium eye-soothing cream paper
Binding QualityHigh quality stitched and glue binding (for longevity)
Print QualityCrystal-clear print
Pages336 pages
CountryUSA
Logistics Information
Weight356 gm
Length8.5 inches
Width5.6 inches
Height0.85 inch
What is Never Quit by Jimmy Settle and Don Rearden about?

Never Quit: From Alaskan Wilderness Rescues to Afghanistan Firefights as an Elite Special Ops PJ is a true military memoir about Jimmy Settle’s journey to becoming a United States Air Force pararescueman, commonly known as a PJ. Settle grows up in Alaska, faces personal and medical setbacks, and eventually commits himself to the demanding training required for one of the military’s most specialized rescue roles. The book follows him through physical conditioning, parachuting, diving, medical training, Alaskan wilderness rescues, and deployment to Afghanistan. During a dangerous combat rescue operation in the Watapur Valley, he is wounded in the head but survives and later returns to rescue work. The memoir focuses strongly on perseverance, teamwork, sacrifice, survival, and the responsibility PJs accept under the motto “That Others May Live.”

How many books are in the Never Quit series by Jimmy Settle and Don Rearden, and what are they?

There are no books in a series for Never Quit by Jimmy Settle and Don Rearden. It is a standalone historical fiction novel

What is an Air Force Pararescue Jumper, or PJ, and what does Never Quit teach about the job?

A United States Air Force pararescueman, commonly called a PJ, is specially trained to reach, medically treat, and recover injured or isolated people in extremely dangerous environments. Never Quit shows that the role involves much more than parachuting from aircraft. Settle describes training in swimming, diving, parachuting, wilderness survival, emergency medicine, physical conditioning, and combat rescue. The memoir gives readers a practical sense of why PJs need both medical expertise and the ability to operate under intense physical and psychological pressure. Many reader reviews particularly praise the sections explaining the training pipeline because they reveal how many different skills must be mastered before someone earns the maroon beret. Readers interested in military rescue careers may therefore find the training chapters just as interesting as the later combat scenes.

How difficult was Jimmy Settle’s training to become a PJ in Never Quit?

Settle describes the path to becoming a PJ as physically exhausting and mentally demanding. Before even beginning the full training pipeline, he spent significant time preparing his body to meet the required fitness standards. The book then covers intense water-confidence exercises, swimming, parachute training, diving, survival work, medical instruction, and other specialized courses. One of the most discussed parts among readers is the pool training, where candidates are pushed to remain calm while exhausted and under severe stress underwater. The purpose is not simply to test strength but to determine whether someone can continue thinking and functioning when panic would be a natural response. Settle’s experience also shows how persistence mattered because his route into military service included setbacks that could easily have ended his goal before he reached pararescue.

Why did Jimmy Settle almost lose his military career before becoming a pararescueman?

Before becoming a PJ, Settle attended the United States Naval Academy and originally hoped to pursue a demanding military career there. During that period, he experienced a serious medical problem involving his heart, which disrupted his plans and eventually led him away from the Naval Academy. Rather than ending his ambitions entirely, the setback forced him to reconsider how he could continue serving. He returned to Alaska and at one point worked in a shoe store before committing himself to the difficult process of becoming a pararescueman. This part of the memoir is important because the title Never Quit refers to more than surviving combat. Settle repeatedly encounters circumstances that appear to close off his chosen future, yet he finds another route forward instead of treating one failure or medical setback as the end of his story.

What happened when Jimmy Settle was shot in the head in Afghanistan?

During a combat rescue mission in Afghanistan’s Watapur Valley in 2010, Settle was aboard a helicopter approaching wounded personnel when enemy fire struck the aircraft. One round fragmented after passing through the helicopter, and pieces struck Settle in the forehead. He initially believed he had been blinded because blood covered his eyes, but he remained conscious and began assessing his own injury using his medical training. After receiving treatment, he returned to operational duties remarkably quickly and continued supporting rescue missions during the battle. The episode is one of the memoir’s most intense sections because Settle moves almost instantly from being a rescuer to becoming a casualty himself. It also demonstrates the unusual demands placed on pararescuemen, who must remain functional even when their own lives are in immediate danger.

Does Never Quit focus only on combat, or does it also include Alaskan wilderness rescue missions?
The memoir covers much more than Afghanistan combat. A substantial part of Never Quit describes Settle’s experiences training and serving with Alaska’s 212th Pararescue Squadron, where rescuers operate in extreme cold, mountains, open water, and remote terrain. These chapters show how dangerous rescue work can be even outside a war zone. Settle describes situations in which weather, freezing water, aircraft limitations, distance, and difficult terrain can turn a rescue or training exercise into a life-threatening event. One memorable incident involves Settle and another PJ becoming stranded in freezing Alaskan water during training and needing rescue themselves. These sections help readers understand that PJs are not trained only for combat missions; their skills are also used to save civilians and military personnel in environments where conventional emergency services may be unable to reach them.
Is Never Quit mainly a military action book, or does it also focus on motivation and resilience?
Although Never Quit contains intense military training and combat scenes, resilience is one of its strongest themes. Settle’s story repeatedly involves obstacles that could have ended his ambitions, including medical problems, demanding selection standards, physical exhaustion, dangerous rescue operations, combat injuries, and eventually the long-term consequences of being wounded. The memoir shows persistence through specific experiences rather than simply offering motivational slogans. Readers see Settle fail, recover, prepare again, and continue working toward difficult goals. This is why the book often appeals even to people who do not normally read military history. At the same time, customers should not expect a conventional self-help book with exercises or step-by-step advice. Its motivational value comes mainly from witnessing Settle’s real experiences and the decisions he makes when quitting would have been easier.
What reading age and content warnings should readers know before reading Never Quit?

The full adult edition of Never Quit is most suitable for older teenagers and adults, approximately 16+ as a practical recommendation rather than an official age rating. The memoir contains descriptions of military combat, gunfire, serious injuries, death, blood, battlefield trauma, extreme training, medical emergencies, and dangerous wilderness situations. It also discusses family hardship and the psychological consequences of military service. Readers sensitive to detailed combat injuries or traumatic events should approach some Afghanistan chapters carefully. A separate young adult adaptation exists for younger readers; Macmillan lists that version for ages 12–16. Customers should therefore check which edition they are purchasing. The original adult memoir is generally the better choice for readers who want the fuller account of Settle’s training, rescue work, combat deployment, and military career.

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Yes. Bookish Wonderland offers Never Quit in a premium reader-friendly physical format for customers interested in military memoirs, survival stories, special operations, rescue work, and motivational nonfiction. The edition features premium eye-soothing cream paper, giving readers a comfortable background for the detailed training chapters and fast-moving combat scenes. Crystal-clear printing keeps the text sharp and easy to follow, including sections that describe technical training, rescue missions, and Settle’s personal experiences. A physical copy is useful for readers who want to highlight passages about perseverance, mark memorable rescue stories, or revisit sections about PJ training. Its premium format makes it suitable for personal reading, gifting, and adding to a military-history or biography collection.

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The Bookish Wonderland edition of Never Quit uses high-quality stitched and glue binding to provide firm page support and improve longevity during regular handling. Premium cream paper creates a comfortable reading surface, while crystal-clear printing keeps the memoir’s narrative easy to read during longer sessions. Because the book contains many memorable sections involving training, rescue operations, Afghanistan, and personal resilience, readers may return to particular chapters after completing the memoir. Strong binding helps support repeated page-turning, bookmarking, and careful annotation. The physical format is also suitable for students or military-history readers who prefer making notes while reading nonfiction. With normal storage away from moisture, excessive heat, and direct sunlight, the combination of sturdy binding, quality paper, and clear printing helps the book remain useful for long-term collection.

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