| Abstrakt: |
IT'S the summer of 2010 in Afghanistan, and British soldiers are fighting bloody battles with the Taliban in Helmand. Captain Johnny Mercer of 29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery, is on his third tour in four years, his job to call in artillery or air strikes on enemy positions. Returning to base with a patrol of 20 men from 3rd Royal Horse Artillery, they are ambushed and in the chaos he finds himself stranded in an open field, a sitting target for two Taliban positions. The year has already seen an appalling British death toll, and Mercer can only lie in the dirt, convinced he is about to be next… [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER] |
