Desert Claw - Softcover

Lewis, Damien

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099493535 ISBN 13: 9780099493532

Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd, 2006

Synopsis

Iraq: the present day. A country torn apart by war and anarchy. Thieves roam the streets. People are being killed in broad daylight. Security is non-existent. And now, terrorists have seized a Van Gogh painting worth GBP25 million from one of Saddam's palaces. They are offering it to the highest bidder. The painting's original owner, a Kuwaiti prince, from whom it was seized during Iraq's occupation of Kuwait in the First Gulf War, has asked for HMG's help in retrieving it. The British Government owes him a favour for backing them during the Iraq War, so they agree to help. But, rather than agreeing to pay the terrorists' ransom - which they fear will be pumped into funding terrorist operations across the world - HMG decides to send in a team of hardened ex-Special Forces, led by ex-SAS hero Mat Kilbride and his sidekick Jimmy Cameron. Sent undercover in a deniable operation called Black Wolf, their brief is simple: retrieve the painting, and eliminate the terrorists at the earliest possible opportunity. The mission sounds simple enough. But, as Mat and his team are drawn into a dark and violent world, things are not always as they seem. And, in the final climactic scene, a horrible and shocking truth awaits for the men.

About this title

About the Author

Damien Lewis is a journalist and documentary film maker and has spent twenty years reporting from conflict zones. He has worked for the Telegraph, the Guardian and the BBC. Slave and Operation Certain Death have both been Sunday Times bestsellers. He lives in London.

From the Back Cover

[AUTHOR PHOTO] DAMIEN LEWIS

In present day Iraq thieves roam the streets. People are being killed in broad daylight. Security is non-existent. And now, terrorists have seized a Van Gogh painting worth £25 million from one of Saddam s palaces. They are offering it to the highest bidder . . .

Mick Kilbride and his buddy East End Eddie are ex-SAS soldiers. The British Government doesn t want to pay the ransom money to the terrorists. Instead, it hires Mick and his team of ex-Special Forces to get the painting back and leave no man alive. Their mission takes them into a dark and violent world where all is not as it seems. And if Mick and Eddie are going to stay alive, they re going to have to stay one step ahead of the enemy . . . and their betrayers.

Edition details

• Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0099493535
• ISBN 13: 9780099493532
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112