A former British SAS hero returns to service for a deadly mission in Syria in this cold War military thriller. Charlie Swale of Britain’s elite Special Air Service had been a hero in his day. Then he hit the bottle. And then he hit hard times. As low as he got, he would never dream of betraying his country. But he never would have imagined that the Soviets would be able to dupe him, either. Now Charlie will do anything to redeem himself. Given the chance on a top-secret Special Boat Service mission to Syria, he knows he has to pull it off. Fueled by a renew sense of purpose, Charlie travels to the arid unforgiving desert plains, where he stumbles into a political minefield. Almost before he knows it, Charlie finds himself on the point of blowing international relations sky-high . . .
