Osama

Chris Ryan wurde 1961 in Newcastle, England, geboren. Zehn Jahre lang war er für die SAS, die britische Eliteteinsatztruppe, tätig. Er war an verschiedenen militärischen und verdeckten Operationen beteiligt und Leiter eines Anti-Terror-Teams. Im Golfkrieg war er das einzige Mitglied eines achtköpfigen Teams, dem die Flucht aus dem Irak gelang, und erhielt dafür eine Ehrenmedallie. In den letzten Jahren verfasste er mehrere Actionthriller, die sofort Einzug in die Bestsellerlisten hielten.

Nobody takes you to the action better than Ryan, because he's the real deal, and this muscle-and-bone thriller will have fans' blood pumping -- Evening Standard Chris Ryan is as hard as nails -- Mirror 'The books are masterpieces of social realism. [Chris Ryan] has lived the virtual life he writes about - and that makes him the right kind of war novelist for this generation. These storylines are dependent on a bustle of verbs that lead in every instance to blood and explosions, desperate screams and increasing levels of difficulty: it is never long before we find things and people being zapped, fried, crunched, toasted and skewered, as the bad deeds of the world are comprehensively avenged' -- London Review of Books 'Relentless pace and gritty brutal realism... accurate descriptions of modern warfare... this is a book that could only have been there by someone who has been there, done that and got the T-shirt.' -- Soldier 'Chris Ryan has always been underrated as a novelist of ideas... a welter of treachery and mayhem.' -- Daily Telegraph 'A shockingly authentic tale to keep your adrenaline pumping as fast as the blood on the pages.' -- The Sun 'Bone-crunching action races to a denouement that Frederick Forsyth would be proud of. Ryan's Boy's Own bravado is tempered with sharp political insight and a neat line in treachery.' -- Daily Mail A blistering read -- Daily Express