Deadfall: Agent 21 (28 page)

• Joined the SAS in 1984, serving in military hot zones across the world.

• Expert in overt and covert operations in war zones, including Northern Ireland, Africa, the Middle East and other classified territories.

• Commander of the Sniper squad within the anti-terrorist team.

• Part of an 8-man patrol on the Bravo Two Zero Gulf War mission in Iraq.

• The mission was compromised. 3 fellow soldiers died, and 4 more were captured as POWs. Ryan was the only person to defy the enemy, evading capture and escaping to Syria on foot over a distance of 300 kilometres.

• His ordeal made history as the longest escape and evasion by an SAS trooper, for which he was awarded the Military Medal.

• His books are dedicated to the men and women who risk their lives fighting for the armed forces.

Available by Chris Ryan and published by Random House Children’s Publishers UK:

The One That Got Away

AGENT 21 series

Agent 21

Agent 21: Reloaded

Agent 21: Codebreaker

CODE RED series

Flash Flood

Wildfire

Outbreak

Vortex

Twister

Battleground

ALPHA FORCE series

Survival

Rat-Catcher

Desert Pursuit

Hostage

Red Centre

Hunted

Blood Money

Fault Line

Black Gold

Untouchable

Published by the Random House Group for adult readers:

NON-FICTION

The One That Got Away

Chris Ryan’s SAS Fitness Book

Chris Ryan’s Ultimate Survival Guide

Fight to Win: Deadly Skills of the Elite Forces

FICTION

Stand By, Stand By

Zero Option

The Kremlin Device

Tenth Man Down

Hit List

The Watchman

Land of Fire

Greed

The Increment

Blackout

Ultimate Weapon

Strike Back

Firefight

Who Dares Wins

One Good Turn (Adult Quick Read for World Book Day 2008)

‘Gripping from the off’
Sun

‘SAS hero Chris Ryan sets a cracking pace’
Lovereading

‘Fast-paced action thriller that hits all the right spots’
The Bookseller

‘Chris Ryan proves, once again, that he is a master of suspense’
Waterstones Books Quarterly

DEADFALL
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