He wrote about his experiences in the bestseller The One That Got Away, which was adapted for screen, and since then has written three other works of non-fiction, fou. For this he was awarded the Military Medal. It was the longest escape and evasion in the history of the SAS.

During the Gulf War, Chris Ryan was the only member of an eight-man unit to escape from Iraq, where three colleagues were killed and four captured. During his ten years there he was involved in overt and covert operations and was also sniper team commander of the anti-terrorist team. His novels have gone on to inspire the Sky One series Strike Back.īorn near Newcastle in 1961, Chris Ryan joined the SAS in 1984. The team must stop the terrorists and identify the Caliph before the deadly disease threatens those much closer to home.įormer SAS corporal and the only man to escape death or capture during the Bravo Two Zero operation in the 1991 Gulf War, Chris Ryan turned to writing thrillers to tell the stories the Official Secrets Act stops him putting in his non-fiction. The team find devastation in Nigeria, and when they discover prisoners infected with the plague they realise they have uncovered a combined Boko Haram/IS plot to unleash a bio-terror attack upon the world. A four-person SAS team, including Regiment hero Danny Black, is deployed to find him. In Nigeria the British High Commisioner and his young aide are kidnapped. This mysterious person is treated with a mixture of respect and terror. The dive into the various personalities and main protagonists are exceptionally well incorporated into the storyline.

The executioner is a young British extremist. Chris Ryan dedicates a lot of time to research and his first hand operator experience keeps the audience on the edge of their seats. On the Syria/Iraq border a British hostage is beheaded by IS terrorists.

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