Book description
When Robert Maxwell is assassinated at sea by an unknown agency, it
can only be a matter of time before the dark secret at the heart of
the British Establishment is exposed to the light of day.
SAS soldier Neil Slater has left the Army but soon it seems he is to
be drawn back into the covert world. Bowing to the inevitable he
allows himself to be recruited by the Cadre, a group that applies 'the
rules of war' to those who threaten the internal and external security
of the State. Slater soon finds himself in a rising body count
situation and asking the question: who is the real enemy?
Hit List is another action-packed, explosive story from an
establisehd master of the military thriller.
Chris Ryan was born in 1961 in a village near Newcastle. In 1984 he
joined the SAS. During his ten years in the Regiment , he was involved
in overt and covert operations and was also Sniper team commander of the
anti-terrorist team. During the Gulf War, Chris was the only member of
an eight-man team to escape from Iraq, of which three colleagues were
killed and four captured. It was the longest escape and evasion in the
history of the SAS. For this he was awarded the Military Medal. During
Ryan's last two years in the Regiment he selected and trained potential
SAS recruits, he left the SAS in 1994 and is now the author of many
bestselling thrillers for adults, as well as the
Alpha Force
and
Code Red
series for younger readers.
