Product Description

This title features three people, three stories, and a desperate race for survival in a country in the midst of war. Nick Scott fought in the SAS during the first Gulf War. Captured and tortured, he was left a broken man. His daughter Sarah Scott is a beautiful young scientist who has cracked one of the scientific secrets of the age. Now, she has vanished. Her lover Jed Bradley is one of the SAS's toughest young agents, dropped behind enemy lines in the build up to the Iraq War to find the truth about Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction. Caught up in a global power play, Nick and Jed must fight their way through a war-ravaged Iraq as the regime of Saddam Hussein collapses around them. It is a desperate race to find the woman they both love and to unlock the secret of the Ultimate Weapon.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #172061 in Books
• Published on: 2006-09-20
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 384 pages

From the Publisher
The new blockbuster from number one bestselling author, Chris Ryan.

From the Inside Flap
Three people. Three stories. And a desperate race for survival in a country in the midst of war.

Nick Scott fought in the SAS first Gulf War. Captured and tortured, he was left a broken man. His daughter Sarah Scott is a beautiful young scientist who has cracked one of the scientific secrets of the age. Now, she has vanished. Her lover Jed Bradley is one of th SAS's toughest young agents, dropped behind enemy lines in the build up to the Iraq War to find the truth about Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction.Caught up in a global power play, Nick and Jed must fight their way through a war-ravaged Iraq as the regime of Saddam Hussein collapses around them. It is a desperate race to find the woman they both love. And to unlock the secret of the Ultimate Weapon.

From the Back Cover
Three people. Three stories. And a desperate race for survival in a country in the midst of war.

Nick Scott fought in the SAS first Gulf War. Captured and tortured, he was left a broken man. His daughter Sarah Scott is a beautiful young scientist who has cracked one of the scientific secrets of the age. Now, she has vanished. Her lover Jed Bradley is one of th SAS's toughest young agents, dropped behind enemy lines in the build up to the Iraq War to find the truth about Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction.Caught up in a global power play, Nick and Jed must fight their way through a war-ravaged Iraq as the regime of Saddam Hussein collapses around them. It is a desperate race to find the woman they both love. And to unlock the secret of the Ultimate Weapon.

Praise for Chris Ryan:

'Hard as nails' Mirror

'Bone crunching action... tough and fast moving' Amazon

'Chock full of military fat to chew on... will keep you awake until dawn' FHM

'Packed with trademark technical detailing and gung-ho action' Mirror

Customer Reviews

Disappointed
Having just read McNab's Recoil, I was disappointed with this latest Chris Ryan novel, which I felt was significantly weaker than McNab's latest. Previous reviewers have mentioned the typos, which are indeed very frustrating. What I found even more frustrating in this latest book was military inaccuracy - when co-ordinating the attack in Baghdad there is much reference to cruise missiles and Paveways as interchangeable terms. This is not at all accurate. Tomahawk cruise missiles are self-propelling and would 'buzz' overhead. Paveways are laser-guided bombs, which are not self-propelled and merely use gravity to reach their target once dropped from aircraft. You could not 'launch' a Paveway from a ship or a submarine, for example. I simply do not believe that Ryan would make this mistake himself, so I am drawn to the conclusion that a ghost writer is being used. I find this disappointing - the attraction to these writers, for me, is that they are writing from memory almost, and have been there themselves. In some of the recent books this has been lacking.

Sadly lacking!!
Have now read a number of Chris Ryan's titles but found this one to be a severe disappointment. The story is far fetched, ill thought out and highly predictable. His previous titles were far slicker and the sort that are difficult to put down. You could give up on this one easily. Hope his form returns with his next title.

Typically Ryan
Another good read from Ryan. Although not his best, it's still a great story and worth reading.