Book description
Despatches from the secret world behind the headlines. Former SAS
legend Chris Ryan brings you his seventeenth novel, filled with his
trademark action, thrills and inside knowledge.
Osama Bin Laden is dead.
The President of the United States knows it. The world knows it. And
SAS hero Joe Mansfield knows it. He was on the ground in Pakistan when
it happened. He saw Seal Team 6 go in, and he saw them extract with
their grisly cargo. He was in the right place at the right time.
Or maybe, the wrong place at the wrong time.
Because now, somebody wants Joe dead, and they're willing to do
anything to make it happen. His world is violently dismantled. His
family is targeted, his reputation destroyed. And as a mysterious and
ruthless enemy plans a devastating terror attack on both sides of the
Atlantic, Joe knows this: his only chance of survival is to find out
what happened in Bin Laden's compound the night the Americans went in.
But an unseen, menacing power has footprints it needs to cover. And
it will stop at nothing to prevent him uncovering the sinister truth...
'Bone-crunching action races to a denouement that Frederick
Forsyth would be proud of. Ryan's Boy's Own bravado is tempered with
sharp political insight and a neat line in treachery.'
Chris Ryan was born near Newcastle in 1961. He joined the SAS in
1984. During his ten years there he was involved in overt and covert
operations and was also sniper team commander of the anti-terrorist
team. During the Gulf War, Chris Ryan was the only member of an
eight-man unit to escape from Iraq, where 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. For his last two
years he was selecting and training potential recruits for the SAS. He
wrote about his experiences in the bestseller The One That Got Away,
which was adapted for screen, and since then has written three other
works of non-fiction, fourteen bestselling novels and a series of
childrens' books. He lectures in business motivation and security, and
is a consultant for a security organisation. You can find out more
information on Facebook at www. facebook. com/ChrisRyanBooks. You can
also follow Chris on Twitter @exSASChrisRyan
