Book description
2003. Invalided out of the SAS Chet Freeman makes his living in
high-end security, on a temporary contract for an American corporation
called the Grosvenor Group. He catches a young woman, a peace
campaigner, eavesdropping on a meeting the Group is holding with the
British Prime Minister. The Group's interests include arms manufacture,
and what Chet and the young woman overhear seems to imply that it is
bribing the Prime Minister to take his country into an illegal war.
Could this possibly be true?
Somebody believes that this is a secret that needs covering up,
because Chet and the girl are attacked. Hunted down, they go into
hiding, and a deadly game of cat and mouse begins.
Nearly ten years later tension is reaching breaking point in
Jerusalem. The now ex-Prime Minister is working as a Middle East peace
envoy. As the city descends into anarchy and rival armies are poised
to turn it into a battlefield, Chet's best buddy, Luke, is part of a
team tasked by the Regiment with extracting the ex-Prime Minister.
At the height of the battle Luke discovers a conspiracy far more
devastating than any arms deal.
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.
