L'écriture d'Andy McNab est profondément informée par sa vaste expérience en tant que membre de l'élite SAS, participant à des opérations secrètes et ouvertes à l'échelle mondiale. Son œuvre est réputée pour son authenticité captivante, offrant aux lecteurs un aperçu brut et intense du monde des forces spéciales. Les thrillers de McNab entrelacent habilement ses connaissances spécialisées en matière de contre-terrorisme et d'opérations de renseignement, créant des récits à la fois pleins d'action et de suspense. À travers sa production littéraire, il offre une perspective unique sur la mentalité et les tactiques des soldats d'élite, un point de vue rarement trouvé ailleurs.
Two tours of Iraq under his belt, Sergeant Dave Henley has seen something of how modern battles are fought. But nothing can prepare him for the posting to Forward Operating Base Senzhiri, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. This is a warzone like even he's never seen before.
"Bodyguarding a TV crew on the streets of war-torn Basra, ex-deniable operator Nick Stone seems certain to die when insurgent gunmen attack. Only the reporter's swift action saves his life. When the reporter vanishes within hours, presumed kidnapped, Stone is asked by the Intelligence Service to find him. The trail leads from Iraq to London, Dublin, and ultimately Kabul--the dark and brutal city where governments, terrorism and big business collide. Caught in the crossfire, Stone's nightmare is only just beginning--for the hunter has suddenly become the hunted ..."--Page 4 of cover
The pulsating new Nick Stone thriller from the bestselling author of Bravo Two Zero. A terrorist group is on the brink of obtaining a code that will jam every item of military hardware from Washington to Kabul. Jets and helicopters will fall from the sky. Communications and weapons systems will fail. The West will be brought to its knees. Only one man can find and stop the perpetrator -- but for the first time in his life Nick Stone doesn't want to play ball.
December 2001. A Zodiac inflatable slips away from a submarine off the Algerian coast. If he hadn't needed American citizenship so badly, Nick Stone wouldn't have agreed to do this one last job, but the CIA's offer of a new life in the United States is one he cannot refuse. The job seems simple enough for a man of his particular skills: kill a money-laundering local businessman and bring back his severed head to the West. But Stone has not been told the full story - in realtiy the job has only just begun. Operating in the dangerous underworld of the South of France, he is in at the deep end of a very dirty war. And in the most daunting mission he has yet undertaken, as one bloody twist leads to another, Stone ultimately finds himself confronted by the most desperate dilemma a man could ever face.