Book description
Afghanistan, 2009. A Rifle section is halfway through their six-month
tour of duty in Helmand Province. Sixteen men from their Battalion
have already been killed. Forty-seven others have been wounded and
flown back home.
The last three months have been tough and it shows. Their kit
is in a bad way. They are in a bad way. Young men with tans, scruffy
beards, peeling noses and lips burnt raw by the Afghan sun. Despite
the hardships they are enjoying their time out here learning how to
fight the Taleban. The lads are on their way to becoming the best
soldiers in the Army.
Last Night Another Soldier... is the story of four of the
young men in this Rifle section, partly told from the point of view of
eighteen-year-old squaddie, David 'Briggsy' Briggs.
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 also the author of the bestselling
Nick Stone thrillers, several novels for children and a previous Quick
Read novel, The Grey Man.. 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
