Book description
As far as Colin Berry's family were concerned, he'd gone to
Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban to market low-cost housing.
But in fact, Berry, a former soldier, had been recruited by British
intelligence to secretly buy back weapons systems that had been
delivered to the Mujahideen during their struggle against the Soviets.
It was a gruelling and dangerous mission during which he saw
first-hand the ravaging effects of decades of warfare on a country and
its people. It ended in a hotel-room shoot-out that left two Afghans
dead and Berry himself seriously wounded.
In The Deniable Agent, Colin Berry gives a riveting insight
into the covert world of intelligence. He also finally reveals the
truth about what happened in the Intercontinental Hotel that night and
how he spent nearly a year in a stinking Afghan jail.
Colin Berry spent several years in the British Army before leaving to
follow a civilian career. He now works as a project manager for a major
civil engineering company and lives with his family in Essex.
