The Honoured Dead
(2027)(The ninth book in the DI Marc Fagan Welsh detective thriller series)
A novel by Jason Chapman
When Army recruit Nadine Williams is found dead on the slopes of Pen y Fan on the Brecon Beacons after a punishing SAS selection exercise, the official explanation is simple: a tragic accident in brutal conditions.
But DI Marc Fagan has seen too many convenient explanations.
Sent in under the authority of the MOD and Home Office, Fagan and DI Steph Rorke enter a world built on discipline, endurance, and silence. The soldiers who survived the exercise give polished statements. The instructors insist every decision has been justified. The chain of command wants the matter handled quickly and quietly. This is the SAS. No one should dare question their methods.
But the post-mortem raises questions the Army failed to answer.
Nadine was injured before she ever reached the mountain. The weather had already been judged too dangerous. And somewhere inside the system, a complaint was made — then buried.
As Fagan digs deeper, he uncovers a culture where weakness is punished, loyalty is demanded, and reputations are defended at any cost. Captain Lance Scheurer says Nadine was pushed no harder than anyone else. Brigadier General Philip Keech insists the Regiment protects its own for a reason. But beneath the discipline and the medals, old grudges still linger — and one recruit may have paid the price for them.
On the Brecon Beacons, the dead do not always stay silent.
Genre: Mystery
But DI Marc Fagan has seen too many convenient explanations.
Sent in under the authority of the MOD and Home Office, Fagan and DI Steph Rorke enter a world built on discipline, endurance, and silence. The soldiers who survived the exercise give polished statements. The instructors insist every decision has been justified. The chain of command wants the matter handled quickly and quietly. This is the SAS. No one should dare question their methods.
But the post-mortem raises questions the Army failed to answer.
Nadine was injured before she ever reached the mountain. The weather had already been judged too dangerous. And somewhere inside the system, a complaint was made — then buried.
As Fagan digs deeper, he uncovers a culture where weakness is punished, loyalty is demanded, and reputations are defended at any cost. Captain Lance Scheurer says Nadine was pushed no harder than anyone else. Brigadier General Philip Keech insists the Regiment protects its own for a reason. But beneath the discipline and the medals, old grudges still linger — and one recruit may have paid the price for them.
On the Brecon Beacons, the dead do not always stay silent.
Genre: Mystery