Chris Ryan was born near Newcastle in 1961. He joined the SAS in 1984 and was a member for ten years. During the Gulf War, Chris was the only member of an eight-man team to escape from Iraq, of which three colleagues were killed and four captured. It was the longest escape and evasion in the history of the SAS. For his last two years he was selecting and training potential recruits for the SAS. 
 
He is a best selling author and lectures in business motivation and security.

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This all-action, high-octane thriller from Sunday Times bestselling author Chris Ryan is perfect for fans of Andy McNab, Lee Child, Clive Cussler and Stephen Leather. Guaranteed to keep you hooked and get your pulse-racing... 
 
'Former SAS man Ryan knows every inch of his former regiment and uses the knowledge to excellent effect - you're left feeling you know what it's like to wear the famous winged dagger cap badge' -- Daily Mail 
'Ryan puts his technical know-how to good use in this electrifying story' -- Daily Express 
'Kept me entertained all the way from beginning to the end of the book' -- ***** Reader review 
'Chris Ryan at his best' -- ***** Reader review 
'Just could not put it down' -- ***** Reader review 
'Gripping' -- ***** Reader review 
 
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ONE MISSION. A WHOLE WORLD OF TROUBLE. 
 
Sam and Jacob Redman. Two brothers, SAS through and through. They fight alongside each other; they watch each other's backs. They are ruthlessly professional in the field of war, fiercely loyal wherever they are. 
 
But when Jacob is booted from the Regiment for a moment of madness, he disappears. Not even his family knows where he is, or even if he's still alive. All that is about to change. 
 
On his return from a brutal mission in Afghanistan, Sam is ordered to conduct another dangerous operation into an inhospitable part of the world. He soon learns, though, that his unit is not being told everything by their government paymasters; and so he is forced to choose between his duty to the men around him and his loyalty to the brother that he loves. 
 
Is Jacob part of a plan that threatens world peace? As the body count rises, only Sam can stop these events from reaching their terrifying conclusion.

Who Dares Wins

a full-blooded,  explosive military thriller from the multi-bestselling Chris Ryan

The mysterious world of elite combat units blown wide open... 
 
Find out how elite teams prepare for Close Quarter Battle. 
 
Discover how they launch assaults against pirate boats. 
 
Learn the secrets to directing air attack against a key intelligence target. 
 
Read how units manage to enter hostile territory undetected, and carry out long-ranges reconnaissance mission deep behind enemy lines. 
 
In his new book, former SAS hero Chris Ryan delves into the secretive world of elite warfare, revealing the nuts and bolts of some of the toughest, sharpest and most legendary fighting units in existence around the world today. 
 
Drawing on his experience as a soldier in the Regiment for a decade, as well as his recent unique access to some of the world's hardest and most sophisticated special police units for his TV show Elite World Cops, Chris Ryan explores the secrets of the trade. From the HALO insertion technique to mounting ambushes and escape-and-evasion tips, Chris Ryan's Fight to Win is the ultimate guide to elite forces training and operations.

Fight to Win

Deadly Skills of the Elite Forces

Fans of Andy McNab, Lee Child, Clive Cussler and Stephen Leather will love this break-neck, adrenalin-fuelled rollercoaster of a thriller from multi-million copy bestseller Chris Ryan. 
 
'Hard as nails' -- Mirror 
'The SAS is to Chris Ryan what horse racing is to Dick Francis' -- Boys Toys 
'Slick, polished and gut-wrenching stuff' -- Irish Times 
'Action from start to finish' -- ***** Reader review 
'Gripping' -- ***** Reader review 
'End to end suspense, plenty of twists and turns, edged of the seat stuff' -- ***** Reader review 
'I found it nigh impossible to put the book down once I had started it' -- ***** Reader review 
'A compelling read' -- ***** Reader review 
 
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HAS THE SAS HIT SQUAD FINALLY MET ITS MATCH? 
 
It is a long, hot summer and the country is suffering an epidemic of road rage. 
 
What isn't making the news headlines, though, is that the SAS's secret assassination squad, the Increment, is killing ex-soldiers. 
 
These two strands of violence become ever more tightly intertwined as ex-SAS man Matt Browning is drawn into an adventure that takes him to Russia and ends explosively in the UK. 
 
Thing are about to get messy...

The Increment

(a Matt Browning novel): an explosive, all-action thriller from multi-bestselling author Chris Ryan

Eight members of the SAS set off on the mission. Only one evaded capture. 
This is his true story. 
 
The SAS mission conducted behind Iraqi lines is one of the most famous true stories of courage and survival in modern warfare. Late on the evening of 24 January 1991, the patrol was compromised deep behind enemy lines in Iraq. A fierce firefight left the eight men miraculously unscathed, but they were forced to run for their lives. 
 
Their aim was to reach the Syrian border, 120 kilometres to the north-west, but during the first night the patrol accidentally broke into two groups of five and three. Chris Ryan found himself left with two companions. Nothing had prepared them for the vicious cold of the desert winter, and after a blizzard and a desperate search for food, Chris Ryan found himself the last man standing. 
 
Left on his own, Ryan narrowly escaped an Iraqi attack and set out alone, trying to reach the border through some of the most lethal country in the world. This is the story of courage under fire, of skin-of-the-teeth escapes, of the best trained soldiers in the world fighting against adverse conditions, and of one man's courageous refusal to lie down and die.

The One That Got Away

The legendary true story of an SAS man alone behind enemy lines

A duel to death between an SAS soldier and the man who taught him everything he knows... This high-octane, adrenalin-fuelled thriller from multi-million copy bestseller Chris Ryan is perfect for fans of Andy McNab, Lee Child, Clive Cussler and Stephen Leather. 
 
'First-rate action thriller' -- Express 
'Pure, unadulterated violence-all part of the myth and mystique of the SAS' -- Mirror 
'Fast-paced, sexy, violent' -- Sunday Mercury 
'A truly excellent work' -- ***** Reader review 
'Best I've read in a while and I'm a voracious reader' -- ***** Reader review 
'Fast paced, loads of action and I couldn't put it down' -- ***** Reader review 
'Difficult to put down once I started it' -- ***** Reader review 
'The usual Chris Ryan "edge of your seat" read' -- ***** Reader review 
 
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THE BODY COUNT IS RISING... 
 
SAS Captain Alex Temple is on an urgent mission. Someone has been murdering MI5 officers and it looks as if the killer is an insider, one of the Regiment's own. Alex's task is to track down and eliminate the killer, and to assist him he is assigned an MI5 liaison officer - the attractive but abrasive Dawn Harding. 
 
The body-count is mounting and a deadly and relentless manhunt begins. Soon Alex will learn the bitter truth: in the shadowy battlegrounds of the Intelligence wars there is no good and no evil - only winners and losers.

The Watchman

an unstoppable action thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author Chris Ryan

This all-action, high-octane thriller from Sunday Times bestselling author Chris Ryan is perfect for fans of Andy McNab, Lee Child, Clive Cussler and Stephen Leather. Guaranteed to keep you hooked and get your pulse-racing... 
 
'Hard as nails' -- Mirror 
'Slick, polished and gut-wrenching stuff' -- Irish Times 
'Chris Ryan has done it again' -- ***** Reader review 
'A fantastic read' -- ***** Reader review 
'Couldn't put the book down' -- ***** Reader review 
'A real page-turner' -- ***** Reader review 
'Gripping' -- ***** Reader review 
 
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TWO MEN STORM THE FRONT LINE TO FACE THEIR ULTIMATE ENEMY 
 
Three people. Three stories. And a desperate race for survival in a country in the midst of war. 
 
Nick Scott fought in the SAS during the first Gulf War. Captured and tortured, he was left a broken man. His daughter Sarah Scott is a beautiful young scientist who has cracked one of the scientific secrets of the age. Now, she has vanished. 
 
Her lover Jed Bradley is one of the SAS's toughest young agents, dropped behind enemy lines in the build up to the Iraq War to find the truth about Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction. 
Caught up in a global power play, Nick and Jed must fight their way through a war-ravaged Iraq as the regime of Saddam Hussein collapses around them. 
 
It is a desperate race to find the woman they both love. And to unlock the secret of the Ultimate Weapon.

Ultimate Weapon

a race against time blockbuster from number one bestselling author, Chris Ryan

Greed is an explosive story of what happens when terrorism, money, love and jealously combust - an explosively violent tale from the established master of the military thriller, multi-million copy bestseller Chris Ryan. Fans of Andy McNab, Lee Child, Clive Cussler and Stephen Leather will not be disappointed. 
 
'Hard as nails' -- Mirror 
'The SAS is to Chris Ryan what horse racing is to Dick Francis' -- Boys Toys 
'Slick, polished and gut-wrenching stuff' -- Irish Times 
'An action packed yarn from start to finish' -- ***** Reader review 
'Fantastic book: exciting, gripping, never a dull moment it it from start to finish' -- ***** Reader review 
'Keeps you on your toes' -- ***** Reader review 
'Absolutely enthralling' -- ***** Reader review 
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FIVE MEN. ONE ROBBERY. A DEADLY GAME OF GREED. 
 
Fresh out of the SAS, Matt Browning is down on his luck. He owes $500,000. If he doesn't get the money soon, he dies. 
 
From nowhere, he is offered a lifeline. A hit on al-Queda, sanctioned and helped by MI5. 
 
Matt gathers a small team of former SAS men to steal $10 million in gold and diamonds from the world's most deadly terrorist organisation. MI5 will give them all the equipment and information they need. No charges will ever be pressed. 
 
Matt thinks it's the perfect crime. Safe, quick, and patriotic. But after the money is stolen, the killing starts... Someone is taking down the members of the team one by one. 
 
A silent, expert assassin is stalking the team, gruesomely murdering both them and their families. And Matt knows that he's next.

Greed

(a Matt Browning novel): a deadly, adrenalin-fuelled thriller from multi-bestselling author Chris Ryan

This all-action, high-octane thriller from Sunday Times bestselling author Chris Ryan is perfect for fans of Andy McNab, Lee Child, Clive Cussler and Stephen Leather. Guaranteed to keep you hooked and get your pulse-racing... 
 
'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 Telegraph 
'The author has become an institution in the all-action genre. Full of his trademark violence and emotion. Great stuff' -- Soldier Magazine 
'Another amazing book that kept the pages turning - couldn't put it down. Excellent from start to finish' -- ***** Reader review 
'Superb' -- ***** Reader review 
'Outstanding' -- ***** Reader review 
'A most compelling read with enough twists in the plot to keep on reading well into the wee hours' -- ***** Reader review 
 
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A TERRORIST ATTACK. A FINAL DEADLY MISSION. 
 
Former SAS Captain Will Jackson is a man with nothing to lose. A veteran of the most dangerous missions the Regiment could throw at him, his life was torn apart the day a terrorist attack killed his family. Now he leads a life of grief-stricken obscurity. 
 
 People higher up the chain of command have other plans, however. They're in a mess of their own making, and unless they sort it out, thousands of innocent people will pay the price. And so they make Jackson an offer he can't refuse: an offer that will take him straight back into a brutal theatre of war. 
 
 Only one person can help prevent the disaster that is waiting to happen, and that person is being held by the Taliban insurgency in the depths of Afghanistan. As Will reluctantly prepares to undertake this final mission, he does so in the knowledge that it will stop a devastating terrorist attack. 
 
 But in the murky world of international terrorism, things are very seldom what they seem. And as events begin to unfold, Will starts to learn that someone, somewhere is playing a game with him; that nobody can be trusted; and that sometimes, you just have to fight fire with fire...

Firefight

The exciting thriller from bestselling author Chris Ryan

The Kremlin Device is an unremitting police-racing thriller from start to finish, by Sunday Times top ten bestselling ex-SAS novelist Chris Ryan. Perfect for fans of Andy McNab, Lee Child, Clive Cussler and Stephen Leather. 
 
'Remarkable...gripping' -- Express 
'Slick, polished and gut-wrenching stuff' -- Irish Times 
'Real strength in detailing the nitty-gritty of operations' -- Sunday Express 
'There's a frightening ring of authenticity' -- Mirror 
'Edge of your seat action' -- ***** Reader review 
'Difficult to put down' -- ***** Reader review 
'Thrilling' -- ***** Reader review 
'Exciting from start to finish' -- ***** Reader review 
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ONE MAN AGAINST THE RUSSIAN MAFIA 
 
Geordie Sharp is asked to undertake an SAS operation so outrageous that his conscience will barely allow him to carry it out. 
 
The ostensible aim of Operation Nimrod is to train a new Spetznaz unit to combat the threat of the Russian Mafia, but Sharp's orders contain a sinister hidden agenda... 
 
When two SAS men are lifted by Mafia agents, the British authorities' secret weapon is turned against London and only Geordie Sharp can save the day.

The Kremlin Device

an explosive and dynamic thriller from bestselling author Chris Ryan

Fans of Andy McNab, Lee Child, Clive Cussler and Stephen Leather will love this action-packed, all-guns-blazing, non-stop story from multi-million copy bestseller Chris Ryan, the established master of the military thriller. 
 
'Heart-in-mouth action' -- Mirror 
'A covert-double-crossing-twist-in-the-tale plot...intelligent and entertaining' -- Maxim 
'A helter-skelter adrenaline rush...a gripping read' -- Irish Independent 
'Plenty of insider knowledge on SAS covert procedures' -- Yorkshire Evening Post 
'Brilliant full of suspense and action' -- ***** Reader review 
'Kept me on the edge of my seat' -- ***** Reader review 
'Twists and turns to keep you hanging on for every page' -- ***** Reader review 
'Gripping to the end' -- ***** Reader review 
 
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WHO SURVIVES, WINS 
 
When Robert Maxwell is assassinated at sea by an unknown agency, it can only be a matter of time before the dark secret at the heart of the British Establishment is exposed to the light of day. 
 
SAS soldier Neil Slater has left the Army but soon it seems he is to be drawn back into the covert world. Bowing to the inevitable, he allows himself to be recruited by the Cadre, a group that applies 'the rules of war' to those who threaten the internal and external security of the State. 
 
Slater soon finds himself in a rising body count situation and asking the question: who is the real enemy?

Hit List

an explosive thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author Chris Ryan

Relentlessly pulse-pounding and completely unputdownable, multi-million copy bestseller Chris Ryan's Stand By, Stand By is as exciting as the military thriller can be. Fans of Andy McNab, Lee Child, Clive Cussler and Stephen Leather will not be disappointed... 
 
'Hard as nails' -- Mirror 
'Tough, high-testosterone stuff, gripping' -- Glasgow Herald 
'Great story telling, the book grips you on the first page and doesn't let you go' - ***** Reader review 
'Amazing from start to finish' - ***** Reader review 
'Action packed, full of twists and turns and authenticity' - ***** Reader review 
'Fabulous enthralling read, which kept me on edge, I couldn't put it down' - ***** Reader review 
 
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A MAN AT WAR WITH THE ENEMY - AND HIS OWN DEMONS... 
 
 Geordie Sharp, a sergeant in the SAS, is struggling to pick up the threads of his army career. 
 
Wounded in the Gulf War, he returns to Hereford to find his home life in tatters. As he trains with Northern Ireland Troop, a murder in his family fires him up with personal hatred of the IRA. 
 
Posted to Belfast, he discovers that his adversary is Declan Farrell, a leading player in the Provisional IRA. Sharp sets out to stalk and kill his man. 
 
 
Never has there been a more graphic account of the SAS in action, never a thriller so authentically grounded in the twists and turns of undercover warfare.

Stand By Stand By

(a Geordie Sharp novel): a nerve-shredding action-thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author Chris Ryan

Fans of Andy McNab, Lee Child, Clive Cussler and Stephen Leather will love this gripping, no-holds-barred, all-action thriller from the Sunday Times top ten bestselling ex-SAS novelist Chris Ryan. A story of bravery, hardship and comradeship... 
 
'Hard as nails' - Mirror 
'Well worth 5 stars, I couldn't put it down' -- ***** Reader review 
'Brilliantly written' -- ***** Reader review 
'Exiting from start to finish' -- ***** Reader review 
'Hard to put down. Had you fighting with them' -- ***** Reader review 
 
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CAN THEY ESCAPE IN TIME? 
 
1982: The Falklands War. 
 
Young SAS trooper, Mark Black, risks his life to capture a female Argentine spy. To knock out enemy bombers, a daring mission is planned against a fortified airbase on Tierra del Fuego, the remote tip of the South American mainland. Black and his fellow SAS are sent in ahead to reconnoitre. Detected by the enemy, they must fight their way out... 
 
Twenty years later. The Argentinians invade again. 
 
Now a senior NCO, Black is back in the South Atlantic, haunted by memories he thought he had buried. British air defences have been knocked out in a sneak attack. Once again Argentine forces are being secretly readied for an assault on the Islands. A team from the crack SAS Mountain Troop is inserted by submarine. 
 
But has the mission been compromised from the start? When fate throws Black together with a girl from his past, he is faced with a conflict of loyalties. Can he trust her now? And can they escape in time to destroy the enemy bombers and prevent all-out war?

Land Of Fire

a non-stop, palm-pounding thriller from bestselling author Chris Ryan

A relentless, edge-of-your-seat action novel full of twists and turns from multi-million copy bestseller Chris Ryan. Fans of Andy McNab, Lee Child, Clive Cussler and Stephen Leather will not be disappointed. 
 
'Hard as nails' -- Mirror 
'Slick, polished and gut-wrenching stuff' -- Irish Times 
'Great story which keeps you on your toes throughout' -- ***** Reader review 
'Hard to put down' -- ***** Reader review 
'A real page-turner' -- ***** Reader review 
'Gripping stuff' -- ***** Reader review 
 
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IS THIS THE GREATEST TERRORIST CATASTROPHE SINCE 9/11? 
 
Three cities all lose power. No-one claims responsibility. Fears of a terrorist strike are imminent. 
 
Josh Harding is a tough SAS soldier. Yet his disregard for authority has landed him a secondment to MI6's anti-terrorism unit. In the wake of the mysterious 'Three Cities' attacks, Josh finds himself on the way to the USA, on the trail of a pair of intrepid young hackers who are out to try and make themselves a fortune, and who are in grave danger from those who would kill for the secrets they have managed to uncover: how to control the power of the Western world. 
 
But soon Josh finds himself waking up in a ditch, bloody and wounded, and with no memory of who he is, how he got there, or how he got hurt. Yet one thing is for certain - Josh is in danger. 
 
Stranded in the Wild West, Josh must rely on his instincts as a soldier and on the kindness of a beautiful stranger in order to escape those who appear intent on tracking him down and killing him - all for a secret he can't remember. 
 
His determination to discover who he is, and what he was doing there leads him into an explosive web of corporate blackmail, deceit and greed - where the stakes are high and where no-one can be trusted.

Blackout

tough, fast-moving military action from bestselling author Chris Ryan

Tenth Man Down is packed with Ryan's trademark gung-ho style, graphic imagery and technical detail that can only come from first-hand experience. Fans of Andy McNab, Lee Child, Clive Cussler and Stephen Leather will not be disappointed. 
 
'Slick, polished and gut-wrenching stuff' -- Irish Times 
'Arguably the father of the SAS thriller genre' Good Book Guide 
'Real strength in detailing the nitty-gritty of operations' -- Sunday Times 
'A spellbinding read' -- ***** Reader review 
'A real page-turner' -- ***** Reader review 
'The story rolls along at a fast pace and carries the reader along' -- ***** Reader review 
'Chris Ryan does it again' -- ***** Reader review 
'Good, fast moving read - the action makes you feel you're in the thick of it' -- ***** Reader review 
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WHO WINS, THE SAS OR THE NAVY SEALS? 
 
When an SAS team is sent to train government troops in Karmanga, a poverty-stricken and war-torn republic in the dark heart of southern Africa, Geordie Sharp is caught up in the most dangerous and difficult assignment of his military career. 
 
When the SAS men see that the rebels are boosted by ex-US Navy SEAL mercenaries, they begin to sense a hidden agenda, and they know that things are going to get messy... 
 
Tenth Man Down is a pulse-pounding story that sinks its teeth in and doesn't let go.

Tenth Man Down

a non-stop, action-packed Geordie Sharp novel, from the multi-bestselling master of the military thriller

Another non-stop, pulse-pounding thriller from the established master of the military fiction genre, multi-million copy bestseller Chris Ryan. Fans of Andy McNab, Lee Child, Clive Cussler and Stephen Leather will not be disappointed... 
 
'Slick, polished and gut-wrenching stuff' -- Irish Times 
'Real strength in detailing the nitty-gritty of operations' -- Sunday Times 
'Remarkable ... gripping' -- The Daily Express 
'Both thumbs up!' -- ***** Reader review 
'Has you hooked from the first to the last page' -- ***** Reader review 
'Once you start you won't want to put down ...' -- ***** Reader review 
'Best covert / military thriller I've read for years' -- ***** Reader review 
'Unmissable' -- ***** Reader review 
 
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ASSASSINATE THE PRIME MINISTER...OR YOUR SON DIES 
 
SAS Sergeant Geordie Sharp is required to undertake two top-secret missions, in the full knowledge that, if things go wrong, the authorities will deny all involvement. 
 
In the first mission he is to serve as a commander of a hit team on a Black, or an 100% non-attributable operation assigned to the SAW, the Regiment's ultra-secret Subversive Action Wing. His target is an Iraqi who defected to Libya after the Gulf War. The aim is to kill him and leave no clue to the identity or origin of the assassins. 
 
Returning to base, Sharp finds he must also carry out a high-level political assassination on mainland Britain. If he fails, his four-year-old son will die at the hands of the IRA. 
 
Trapped between opposing forces in a fight to the death, he twists and turns through a maze of nightmare options, desperately seeking some way of averting tragedy. 
 
Who will be hit the hardest - Geordie Sharp or the British government?

Zero Option

a relentless, race-against-time action thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author Chris Ryan

1917, Western Front, Ypres 
 
A soldier wakes up in a damp, dark basement. He can't get out. He is covered in mud.His skin is badly burned. And he can't remember anything. But his nightmare doesn't end there. 
 
He is tried and found guilty of cowardice, impersonating a fellow soldier and theft. He can barely speak, let alone defend himself. As the verdict is passed and he learns that the death sentence awaits him, he remembers two things: that he took something from a dead man in the trenches, and that the name his accusers have been calling him is not his. 
 
With time slipping away, Chris Ransom must try to remember the events that have led him to this moment, so that he can clear his name and save himself.

One Good Turn

Two soldiers: Britain's most celebrated military hero and a broken veteran living in the gutters of London. Their paths last crossed nearly twenty years ago. Now, amidst a hostage crisis in the Middle East, their lives are about to collide again. And the Strike Back is about to begin. 
 
John Porter was involved in a hostage raid in Lebanon in 1989. The raid went disastrously wrong, several regiment men died, John spared the life of a Lebanese fighter and blames himself for the deaths. Struggling to come to terms with the past, John has hit the bottle and is sleeping rough. 
 
Colonel Peregrine Collinson was involved in the same raid. He was awarded a Military Cross and is heralded as a military hero. 
 
After the disastrous raid, their lives couldn't have been further apart. Until now. A hostage crisis in the Middle East draws the enemies back together for the first time. Who will be the hero this time?

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