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Strikeback (Book 1)

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John Porter, hero of the original Strikeback novel and TV series returns in an exciting adventure, when old enemies attack the SAS.

1999. A bitterly cold morning in the Brecon Beacons, and the soldiers trying out for SAS Selection are preparing to face their toughest test yet. Overseeing the soldiers is John Porter: once a promising young Blade, now a broken man and a drunk, seeing out his days in the Regiment Training Wing.

But before the Fan Dance can begin, six masked gunmen carry out a devastating attack. Dozens of soldiers are killed. In the aftermath of the massacre, and with a government desperate for action, Porter and another surviving operator, John Bald, are taken to a secretive briefing in London. Their orders - to hunt down and kill those responsible for the attack.

What follows is a deadly game of kill or be killed as Bald and Porter lead a Strike Team across Europe on a blood-soaked mission of revenge. But as they draw closer to their ultimate target, the men discover that there is a greater threat - much closer to home...

(P) 2016 Hodder & Stoughton

Critics Review

Praise for Chris Ryan
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[Ryan] is reliably capable of depicting international crises and special forces operations in plausible and gripping detail.
Sunday Times
Chris Ryan has always been underrated as a novelist of ideas... a welter of treachery and mayhem.
Daily Telegraph
Ryan... became so expert as a modern thriller writer that it is easy to underestimate his talents...He chooses fiercely up-to-the-minute plots, and laces them with an exceptional eye for detail and insider knowledge...Fearsome and fast-moving...much more than a conventional thriller.
Daily Mail

User Reviews

Book 4.0
Narration 4.0
Author Chris Ryan
Narrator Barnaby Edwards
Series Strikeback
Duration 10 hours and 55 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781473631281
Format x-book®
Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
Genre Espionage and secret services, Espionage and spy thriller, Thriller / suspense fiction, War, combat and military adventure fiction
Collections The Art Of War
Availability AU, GB, IE
Rating
4.0 (3 reviews)
Narration
4.0 (3 reviews)

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