This sharp contemporary thriller opens with civil war raging in Libya as the evil regime of Colonel Gaddafi collapses in the Arab Spring of 2011.
Into this maelstrom of confusion and violence arrive a covert team of MI6 officers and their minders, the veteran madmen from the ultra-secret E Squadron SAS.
They land by helicopter - infamously straight into the hands of the Libyan rebels in Benghazi and the very glare of world-wide press and media attention they did not want.
Only ex-Royal Marine and close-protection expert James Royce manages to extradite his intelligence chiefs from the mess to carry on their secret mission in Tripoli. It becomes his task to bodyguard feisty front-line journalist Jo Brampton who doesn't want his protection.
But MI6 has other ideas and another agenda. It becomes a match made in hell that might just help them survive this real-life hell on earth.
As they are drawn into a helter-skelter journey of action and unfolding international intrigue, the journalist stumbles across the greatest story of her liftime, the real misplaced birth of the horror machine and death cult that is to become known as Islamic State.
READER REVIEWS:
“The maestro strikes again. Right up there with Whisper Who Dares.” 5/5*
D. Buchanan, Close Protection Operative
"Word of War is bang up to date, taking as its starting point a real life mission into Libya by the British government's shadowy E Squadron it develops into a gripping page turner"
Mark Urban, Diplomatic Editor NEWSNIGHT BBC2
“I’ve just finished this book. Amazing read as ever from Terence Strong.”
Keith Swankie
Genre: Thriller
Into this maelstrom of confusion and violence arrive a covert team of MI6 officers and their minders, the veteran madmen from the ultra-secret E Squadron SAS.
They land by helicopter - infamously straight into the hands of the Libyan rebels in Benghazi and the very glare of world-wide press and media attention they did not want.
Only ex-Royal Marine and close-protection expert James Royce manages to extradite his intelligence chiefs from the mess to carry on their secret mission in Tripoli. It becomes his task to bodyguard feisty front-line journalist Jo Brampton who doesn't want his protection.
But MI6 has other ideas and another agenda. It becomes a match made in hell that might just help them survive this real-life hell on earth.
As they are drawn into a helter-skelter journey of action and unfolding international intrigue, the journalist stumbles across the greatest story of her liftime, the real misplaced birth of the horror machine and death cult that is to become known as Islamic State.
READER REVIEWS:
“The maestro strikes again. Right up there with Whisper Who Dares.” 5/5*
D. Buchanan, Close Protection Operative
"Word of War is bang up to date, taking as its starting point a real life mission into Libya by the British government's shadowy E Squadron it develops into a gripping page turner"
Mark Urban, Diplomatic Editor NEWSNIGHT BBC2
“I’ve just finished this book. Amazing read as ever from Terence Strong.”
Keith Swankie
Genre: Thriller
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