Strike Back

Ryan, Chris

ISBN 10 : 1844135470 ISBN 13 : 9781844135479

Editeur : Century, 2007

Synopsis

RO60111083. STRIKE BACK. 2007. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos plié, Intérieur acceptable. 314 pages. Tranche légèrement passée.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture :

Two Soldiers. Sir Peregrine Collinson. Britain's most decorated military hero. A best-selling author. And the Prime Minister's personal envoy. And John Porter - seventeen years ago, he was one of the SAS's most promising young soldiers. Now he's a broken man: a drunken tramp living rough on the streets of London.

In Beirut, a brilliant young Sky TV reporter Katie Dartmouth has been captured by a ruthless gang of Hezbollah terrorists. She is to be executed live on television unless British troops are withdrawn from Iraq. A nation holds its breath and the Government is tottering on the edge of collapse. Both men believe they can save her. But only one of them can reach her.

Their paths last crossed seventeen years earlier. Now they are about to face each other again. And the strike back is about to begin.

Dan Stevens is best known for his critically acclaimed performance in the BBC's adaptation of The Line of Beauty. Other television credits include Maxwell, Dracula and the 2007 adaptation of Sense and Sensibility. On stage, he has played in Hay Fever, Romans in Britain, Much Ado About Nothing and As You Like It.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Two soldiers: one a celebrated military hero and the other a broken veteran living in the gutters of London. Their paths last crossed nearly twenty years ago. Now, amidst a hostage crisis in the Middle East, their lives are about to collide again. And the Strike Back is about to begin.

John Porter was involved in a hostage raid in Lebanon in 1989. The raid went disastrously wrong; several Regiment men died. John spared the life of a Lebanese fighter and blames himself for the deaths. Struggling to come to terms with the past, John has hit the bottle and is sleeping rough.

Colonel Peregrine Collinson was involved in the same raid. Unbeknownst to his colleagues, it was Peregrine’s fault that the mission went wrong. He was awarded a Military Cross and is heralded as a military hero for something he didn’t do.

After the disastrous raid, the lives of the two men couldn’t have been further apart. Until now. A hostage crisis in the Middle East draws the enemies back together again. Who will be the hero this time?

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Century
• Date d'édition: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1844135470
• ISBN 13: 9781844135479
• Reliure: Livre broché
• Nombre de pages: 384