Book description
As bullets whiz by, walls crumble, and explosions throw you to the
ground, the battlefield feels more alive and interactive than ever
before. In Battlefield 3, players step into the role of the elite U. S.
Marines where they will experience heart-pounding missions across
diverse locations including Paris, Tehran and New York ... Since 2002,
EA's series of Battlefield games have set the standard for realism and
ambition. And in Autumn 2011, with the global release of the hotly
anticipated Battlefield 3, they're raising the bar even higher.
Battlefield 3 will the most authentic, vivid, all-action first person
shooter ever. To be published alongside the game, Battlefield 3: The
Russian is also best in class - the first time that a games publisher
has worked so closely with an internationally bestselling author. Never
before has a tie-in book benefitted from this level of collaboration
from the creative team behind the game itself. Nor has it been written
by a thriller writer with such a strong track record and reputation.
Displaying all of McNab's trademark grit, authenticity and insight,
Battlefield 3: The Russian is a scorching top-of-the-line military
thriller and a heart-stopping race against time Prepare to be blown away
... ANDY MCNAB joined the infantry as a boy soldier. In 1984 he was
'badged' as a member of 22 SAS Regiment and was involved in both covert
and overt special operations worldwide. During the Gulf War he commanded
Bravo Two Zero, a patrol that, in the words of his commanding officer,
'will remain in regimental history for ever'. Awarded both the
Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) and Military Medal (MM) during his
military career, McNab was the British Army's most highly decorated
serving soldier when he finally left the SAS in February 1993. He wrote
about his experiences in three books: the phenomenal bestseller Bravo
Two Zero, Immediate Action and Seven Troop. He is the author of the
bestselling Nick Stone thrillers. Besides his writing work, he lectures
to security and intelligence agencies in both the USA and UK. He is a
patron of the Help for Heroes campaign. www. andymcnab. co. uk After
joining the BBC in 1980, Peter Grimsdale became editor of Crimewatch and
produced documentaries on a range of subjects including the Tamil
uprising in Sri Lanka. In 1994 he became Channel 4's Commissioning
Editor for Features and Religion, winning Royal Television Society
Awards in both genres, before returning to the BBC in 1999 as Head of
the Independent Commissionin Group, responsible for all of the BBC's
independent programming. In 2000, he was back commissioning at Channel 4
where, among other things, he took charge of Big Brother. In 2004 he
moved to the internet as Editorial Director for Yahoo Europe, where he
overhauled all that portal's content operations, and then returned to
television a year later as Controller for Science for Channel Five. He
is married to writer and broadcaster Stephanie Calman.
