Book description
After nearly 20 years of SAS operations, including a never before
published role in the infamous Bravo Two Zero patrol, Bob retired from
the military to work as an advisor on the international commercial
security circuit. Certain his most dangerous days were behind him, Bob
settled into a sedate life looking after VIPs. Then 9/11 happened. Bob
found himself back in war zones on assignments far more perilous than
anything he had encountered in the SAS: from ferrying journalists across
firing lines in The West Bank and Gaza to travelling to the heart of
Osama bin Laden's Afghan lair. As part of a two-man team, Bob searched
for ITN Correspondent Terry Lloyd's missing crew in Basra, Iraq, while
in Afghanistan, he was forced to spend the night as the only Westerner
in Khost - with a ,000 bounty on his head. As the War on Terror
escalated, Bob contended with increasingly sophisticated insurgents. But
the most disturbing development he witnessed was much closer to home;
namely The Circuit's rise from a niche business staffed by top veterans
into an unregulated, billion dollar industry that too often places
profits above lives. This is an important, pulse-racing and at times
shocking testament to what is really happening, on the ground, in the
major trouble spots of the world, culminating in an explosive
conclusion: The Circuit is undermining the War on Terror.
Bob Shepherd served in the SAS for almost twenty years,
participating in the Iranian Embassy siege in London, the Falklands
War, the First Gulf War and Bosnia. He retired in 1994 as a Warrant
Officer Class One and began a new career as an international security
advisor. In other words, he joined The Circuit.
