Black Gold (16 page)

CHRIS RYAN joined the SAS in 1984 and has been involved in numerous operations with the Regiment. During the first Gulf War he was the only member of an eight-man team to escape from Iraq, three colleagues being 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. He wrote about his remarkable escape in the adult bestseller
The One Who Got Away
(1995), which was also adapted for screen.

He left the SAS in 1994 and is now the author of many bestselling thrillers for adults, as well as the
Alpha Force
series for younger readers. His work in security takes him around the world and he has also appeared in a number of television series, including
Hunting Chris Ryan,
in which his escape and evasion skills were demonstrated to the max, and
Pushed to the Limit,
in which Chris put ordinary British families through a series of challenges. On Sky TV he also appeared in
Terror Alert,
demonstrating his skills in a range of different scenarios.

Have you read them all . . . ?

SURVIVAL

The five members of Alpha Force meet for the first time when they survive a shipwreck and are marooned on a desert island.

RAT-CATCHER

Alpha Force fight to catch an evil drugs baron in South America.

DESERT PURSUIT

Alpha Force come face-to-face with a gang of child-slavers operating in the Sahara Desert.

HOSTAGE

When they are alerted to reports of illegal dumping of toxic waste, Alpha Force fly to Canada to investigate.

RED CENTRE

An Australian bushfire and a hunted terrorist test Alpha Force's skills to the limit.

HUNTED

Alpha Force find themselves in a desperate battle with a ruthless band of ivory poachers in Zambia.

BLOOD MONEY

While they are in southern India, Alpha Force learn of a growing trade in organ transplants from living donors and must locate a young girl before it's too late.

FAULT LINE

Disaster strikes when a massive earthquake devastates a built-up area in Belize.

BLACK GOLD

Alpha Force are diving in the Caribbean when an oil tanker runs aground and when an assassin strikes they need all their skills to survive.

UNTOUCHABLE

Alpha Force must unearth the truth about the mysterious activity on a laird's estate in the Scottish Highlands.