Product 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 wounded 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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #14910 in Books
• Published on: 2007-03-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

From the Publisher
A gripping account of life in ‘liberated’ Afghanistan by a former soldier working undercover for British intelligence

About the Author
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.

Customer Reviews

Top Class of this genre.
Subtitled 'Undercover in Afghanistan', this amazing true story reads like Andy McNab's two non-fiction titles: Immediate Action meets Bravo Two Zero. Mr. Berry was a soldier in the British Army for 12 years. He is a little vague about what he did in the latter years though he says he wasn't in the SAS, his dad was. After leaving the army he did various things but somehow maintained contact with the security services, being given a number of deniable operator tasks leading up to this final one. It is superbly written with the usual soldierly humour and various anecdotes. One is left with the notion that he wrote the book as a sort of revenge against MI6, CIA, et al, who deserted him at his time of greatest need. If you enjoy McNab and his fellow Special Forces authors you will thoroughly enjoy this.

Good Read
An interesting insight into Afghanistan and the work undertaken by certain government agencies to clear up the mess they created when arming rebels during the Soviet invasion. It highlights the lawless state of the country and the hell the author went through while trying to do his work. Allegedly stitched up and left out to dry, the author ends up in an Afghan jail where he is constantly beaten and tortured. A good read, not as fast paced as the likes of Jihad but definitely worth a read.

Perfect bloke book
Colin Berry's account of what happened to him while serving as an undercover agent in Afghanistan - and the life that led him there via the SAS - is utterly compelling. For page-turning brilliance this is right up there with the best thrillers you'll ever read and while you're whizzing through it you have to keep reminding yourself that what you're taking in here isn't fiction but fact. Ideal if you want to know more about the underhand nature of modern espionage, the incredibly murky world of middle-eastern politics or, in fact, if you just fancy a cracking read. The perfect bloke book for summer holidays or the daily commute.