Tenth Man Down

Ryan, Chris

ISBN 10: 009928068X / ISBN 13: 9780099280682

Published by Arrow Books, London, 2000

About this Item

Light reading creases and edge wear, light foxing to endpapers and edges of reading block. ; First printing of Arrow mass market edition, 2000. Nice tight copy, no names inside. ; The Geordie Sharp Series; 448 pages; An SAS team is sent to a poor war-torn Southern African republic to train government forces. It will be one of the toughest assignments in Geordie Sharp's military career. And when the SAS men see that the rebels are boosted by ex US Navy SEAL mercenaries they begin to suspect a hidden agenda. Mass Market PB.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Tenth Man Down
• Publisher: Arrow Books, London
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 009928068X
• ISBN 13: 9780099280682
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: Reprint; First Printing.
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

When an SAS team is sent to train government troops in Kamanga, a poverty-stricken and war-torn republic in the dark heart of southern Africa, Geordie Sharp is caught up in the most dangerous and difficult assignment of his career. At the outset of the mission a juju, or witch doctor, predicts that ten whites are going to die, and as the prediction starts to come true one by one down they go. In the south of Kamanga rebel forces have seized the diamond mines which produce the bulk of the country's wealth. The aim of the crack government unit is to recover these lucrative assets, with Geordie Sharp and his squad providing much-needed back-up. When the SAS men see that the rebels are boosted by ex-US Navy SEALs mercenaries, they begin to sense a hidden agenda. Before they can discover what it is, Sharp and two others fall into rebel hands. His comrade Whinger dies a hideous death, but Sharp manages to escape. At last Sharp stumbles onto the secret which is drawing such strong international interest - only to realise that he himself may have been exposed to a lethal dose of radiation in the process. Is he the tenth and last of the juju's victims?

About the Author

Chris Ryan was born near Newcastle in 1961 and joined the SAS in 1984. During the Gulf War, Chris was the only member of an eight man team to escape from Iraq, three of whom were killed and four captured. It was the longest escape and evasion in the history of the SAS. For this he was awarded the Military Medal.