Book description
When an SAS team is sent to train government troops in Karmanga, a
poverty-stricken and war-torn republic in the dark heart of southern
Africa, Geordie Sharp is caught up un the most dangerous and difficult
assignment of his military career.
When the SAS men see that the rebels are boosted by ex-US Navy SEAL
mercenaries, they begin to sense a hidden agenda, and they know that
things are going to get messy.
From the author of more than a dozen Sunday Times top ten
bestselling thrillers, Tenth Man Down is a pulse-pounding story
that sinks its teeth in and doesn't let go.
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.
