Product Description

Paul Bruce was a tough, idealistic young trooper in the SAS when he was dispatched to Northern Ireland. His squad's top-secret mission, code sign "Nemesis" - to execute unarmed IRA suspects in cold blood. Bruce and his squad shot down one terrified victim after another, leaving their bodies buried in unmarked woodland graves. Slowly they grew bitter at the sordidness of their assignment, yet worse was to follow with new orders from British military leaders, to forment sectarian violence by shooting down young men on the streets of Roman Catholic areas. This is Bruce's story.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #95478 in Books
• Published on: 1996-08-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 290 pages

Customer Reviews

A heartbreaking work of staggering fiction
It is surprising that this poorly -written "memoir" hasn't been transferred to the "fiction" section. Since 1996, this book was discredited by the RUC and the author himself.This remains the only "SAS" book where the soldier did not have to undertake Selection in the normal manner, and basically operated in a "shoot to kill" scenario without trial. Readers should remember that even the Gibraltar shootings were dealt with in an inquest, along with many others (unlike this so-called "SAS" soldier). Pity there's no "no stars" section.

Warning - take with a huge helping of salt!
Superb read, absolutely unputdownable. Describes how a small unit of soldiers set about abducting and executing IRA men in the early days of the troubles. The dead men were buried in woods and conifers planted on top of them so - rather conveniently - the bodies could never be found again.

After the book was published, the author was interviewed by the RUC and he admitted the story was fiction.

There is absolutely no proof whatsoever to substantiate his claims - surely if people disappeared someone somewhere would want to know where they went and why they vanished.

This is definitely worth reading but do not believe it.

silly book that denegrades the work of brave men and women
I know according to Amazon's own rules I must criticise the book and not the author, in circumstances like this that isn't easy when the product itself is utter fiction masquerading as the truth. The author has been seriously discredited with regards to the claims he has made both about himself and the SAS in which he claimed to serve. Other reviewers have picked up on this so I needn't go into further details. It denegrades the work of the Security forces who never were as bad as the terrorists and had to obey rules, witness the inquests and high level police inquiries into allegations of collusion. Would the British have gaoled Lee Clegg for murder whilst at the same time allowing Bruce and his cohorts carte Blanche? I think not. As an idea for a fictional pice of work the plot would be sound, it's a pity the book is both poorly written and claims to be the truth when it isn't. The author is welcome to contact me to contest my claims but I won't hold my breath.