Fans of Andy McNab, Lee Child, Clive Cussler and Stephen Leather will love this pulse-pounding action thriller from multi-million copy bestseller Chris Ryan. Guaranteed to keep you awake until the early hours!

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THREE MEN DEAD. ONE LIFE DESTROYED - THE STRIKE BACK BEGINS...

John Porter was involved in a disastrous hostage extraction in Lebanon in 1989. Torn by guilt over the deaths, and struggling to come to terms with the past, John is an alcoholic rough sleeper.

Colonel Peregrine Collinson was involved in the same raid. He was awarded a Military Cross and is heralded as a hero.

After the raid, their lives couldn''t have been further apart. Until now.

A hostage crisis in the Middle East draws them back together for the first time in decades, but both men have secrets they''ve kept all this time - which might be dragged into the light...