The Watchman [electronic resource]
Ryan, Chris, 1961-2009
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A duel to death between an SAS soldier and the man who taught him everything he knows... This high-octane, adrenalin-fuelled thriller from multi-million copy bestseller Chris Ryan is perfect for fans of Andy McNab, Lee Child, Clive Cussler and Stephen Leather. 'First-rate action thriller' — Express 'Pure, unadulterated violence-all part of the myth and mystique of the SAS' — Mirror 'Fast-paced, sexy, violent' — Sunday Mercury 'A truly excellent work' — ***** Reader review 'Best I've read in a while and I'm a voracious reader' — ***** Reader review 'Fast paced, loads of action and I couldn't put it down' — ***** Reader review 'Difficult to put down once I started it' — ***** Reader review 'The usual Chris Ryan "edge of your seat" read' — ***** Reader review ***************************************************************** THE BODY COUNT IS RISING... SAS Captain Alex Temple is on an urgent mission. Someone has been murdering MI5 officers and it looks as if the killer is an insider, one of the Regiment's own. Alex's task is to track down and eliminate the killer, and to assist him he is assigned an MI5 liaison officer - the attractive but abrasive Dawn Harding. The body-count is mounting and a deadly and relentless manhunt begins. Soon Alex will learn the bitter truth: in the shadowy battlegrounds of the Intelligence wars there is no good and no evil - only winners and losers.
Main title:
The Watchman [electronic resource] / Chris Ryan
Author:
Ryan, Chris, 1961-, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Random House, 2009
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
System details:
Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
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.
ISBN:
9781409067672
Language:
English
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BRN:
2754726
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