Showing results by author "Chris Ryan" in Political

A year after his older brother made the ultimate sacrifice, Sergeant Major Luke Carter, decorated hero of 22 SAS, is sent to Perth on a recruiting job. His orders: select two candidates from the SASR for a highly sensitive mission on foreign soil. But when a sudden crisis threatens to derail the plan, Carter and his new colleagues find themselves forced into action on a high-stakes operation. One that has the potential to change the course of the war in Ukraine. So begins a deadly game of predator and prey, moving from the streets of Minsk to the cliffs above the Black Sea.

Three years ago, Julian Norwood was the rising star of the political universe. As the co-founder of a wildly successful London-based political consultancy, Norwood and his colleagues used controversial tactics to help win the election for the American President and played a decisive role propping up odious governments around the world. But after a scandal broke, the company's reputation was shredded. All of a sudden, Norwood was toxic. People stopped returning his calls. Nobody wanted to work with him. In desperation, he fled to the Seychelles to escape the media spotlight.

When the SAS takes on the Narcos, there can be only one winner. Set in 2011 in Mexico and London, Warlord is based on real events. Series hero Danny Black leads an SAS squad on loan to the CIA and sent to the Mexican border. The old Colombian drug gangs are being driven out by New Mexican gangs and their crack killing teams, called the Zitas. This is leading to a new, unprecedented flood of heroin engulfing Southern American states.

When foreign governments act like gangsters, a new kind of SAS is needed.... In London, assassins carry out a deadly chemical weapons attack at the royal wedding. All the signs point to a Kremlin-sanctioned hit. Their victim: a notorious mobster. 'The Cell' is a shadowy unit within the SAS, dedicated to fighting global organised crime. In a world where the Russian government is the real mob, it's the job of the Cell to defend British interests at home and abroad. Only the elite are selected; only the very best will survive.

Helmand Province, Afghanistan. The Taliban are on the rise. A top-secret SAS kill team is assassinating high-value targets. It is bloody, violent, relentless work, suitable only for the Regiment's most skilled and ruthless head hunters. Like Danny Black. But when Danny joins the kill team, he learns that Taliban militants are not his only problem. There are elements within the British Army who want to bring the SAS to book. And there are elements within the SAS who have their crosshairs on Danny himself.

Stand by, stand by är en nervkittlande politisk thriller av en mästare inom genren och första delen i serien om militären Geordie Sharp. Chris Ryan är själv före detta militär och tidigare medlem i SAS. Geordie Sharp har länge varit sergeant i det brittiska specialförbandet SAS. Efter att ha skadats under Gulfkriget tvingas han återvända till hemlandet, men får svårt att finna sig till ro där. Han ansluter sig till de brittiska trupperna i Nordirland, något som slutar med katastrof då en i hans familj blir mördad.

Inget val är en gastkramande thriller om en man som är beredd att göra vad som helst för sin familj, sina vänner och sitt fosterland. Det är andra delen i serien om militären Geordie Sharp. Författaren Chris Ryan är själv före detta militär och tidigare medlem i det brittiska specialförbandet SAS. När Geordie Sharp, sergeant i den brittiska kommandostyrkan SAS, återvänder hem från ett uppdrag i Sydamerika får han ett chockande besked: hans sambo och lille son har blivit kidnappade!