Book description
Ever wondered what it is like to work in a war zone? 'We live more in
one year than most people do in a lifetime,' is Danny Lowenstein's
simple retort. Set in a world where life is cheap, vengeance is long and
betrayals can be deadly, “Sandstealers” is a masterly thriller - infused
with a deep knowledge of modern war and its witnesses.
Danny Lowenstein is a big shot war correspondent with the world at his
feet. But when an interview goes wrong and he's ambushed on a lonely
road in Iraq, questions are asked. Was it a set-up? And was he
deliberately sent to his death by one of his own - the tight-knit group
of adrenalin-addicted journalists who are supposed to be his best
friends? Rachel, Becky, Kaps and Edwin are 'The Junkies': together
they've been through thick and thin and seen the horrors of war. Yet
theirs is also a tangled web of intense relationships and dark
rivalries. Could one of them have become Danny's killer?
All's fair in love and war. Including the murder of a friend… 'Ben
Brown has written a powerful novel set against the brutal backdrop of
modern war. It is a gripping journey, both thriller and love story,
whose real theme is the struggle for tenderness in the face of cruelty.'
Fergal Keane
'Ben Brown has brought his years of experience as Britain's best
front-line correspondent to the writing of this novel, and it contains
all the excitement and speed and understanding of the world he knows so
well. He writes beautifully and convincingly and with great pace, and
his characters, some of them very disturbing, come alive as you read.
This is an excellent novel, and I recommend it highly.' John Simpson
'If his narrative rings so true and reads so vividly, it is because Ben
Brown writes as he lives - as someone who has witnessed events most of
us dare not even imagine'. Emily Maitlis Ben Brown is a BBC war
correspondent and presenter. For the last two decades, he's reported on
most of the world's major conflicts, including both Iraq wars, the civil
war in Chechnya and the break up of Yugoslavia. This is his first novel.
