Desert Claw by Damien Lewis
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.
Damien Lewis is a journalist and documentary film maker. He has worked for the Telegraph, the Guardian and the BBC. His previous books, Operation Certain Death and Slave, have both been bestsellers.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099493532 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099493535 |
| Title | Desert Claw |
| Author | Damien Lewis |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cornerstone |
| Year published | 2006-05-18 |
| Number of pages | 112 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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