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Relentlessly pulse-pounding and completely unputdownable, multi-million copy bestseller Chris Ryan 's Stand By, Stand By is as exciting as the military thriller can be. Fans of Andy McNab, Lee Child, Clive Cussler and Stephen Leather will not be disappointed... 'Hard as nails' — Mirror 'Tough, high-testosterone stuff, gripping' — Glasgow Herald 'Great story telling, the book grips you on the first page and doesn't let you go' - ***** Reader review 'Amazing from start to finish' - ***** Reader review 'Action packed, full of twists and turns and authenticity' - ***** Reader review 'Fabulous enthralling read, which kept me on edge, I couldn't put it down' - ***** Reader review **************************************************************** A MAN AT WAR WITH THE ENEMY - AND HIS OWN DEMONS... Geordie Sharp, a sergeant in the SAS, is struggling to pick up the threads of his army career. Wounded in the Gulf War, he returns to Hereford to find his home life in tatters. As he trains with Northern Ireland Troop, a murder in his family fires him up with personal hatred of the IRA. Posted to Belfast, he discovers that his adversary is Declan Farrell, a leading player in the Provisional IRA. Sharp sets out to stalk and kill his man. Never has there been a more graphic account of the SAS in action, never a thriller so authentically grounded in the twists and turns of undercover warfare.
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Chris Ryan was born in 1961 in a village near Newcastle. In 1984 he joined the SAS. During his ten years in the Regiment, he was involved in overt and covert operations and was also Sniper team commander of the anti-terrorist team. During the Gulf War, Chris was the only member of an eight-man team to escape from Iraq, of which three colleagues 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. During Ryan's last two years in the Regiment he selected and trained potential SAS recruits, he left the SAS in 1994. His work in security takes him around the world. He has also appeared in a number of TV programmes, including HUNTING CHRIS RYAN, PUSHED TO THE LIMIT (Toughest Families) and TERROR ALERT (Sky TV, 2004).
