SAS Boat Troop Books

Most of this story is true; the rest of it could so easily have been. Boat Troop are sent up river into war-torn Sierra Leone on a mission to secure a vital ore mine. While the men battle their way up river past vicious hippos and poisonous snakes, political events are rapidly overtaking the city-based HQ. As the balance of power swings between government and rebels, HMG wavers in its intentions. Soon after Boat Troop arrive at the mine they discover they are out on their own... and with the extra burden of civilians to hamper their task.

A novel that tells the story the soldiers returning from the battlefields of the Falklands couldn't, about a mission that very nearly happened. Within 2 weeks of the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands, 4 men of boat troop, B Squadron, 22 SAS, are on the islands too.Operating without backup, it is the mission of these 4 men to gather vital intelligence, with Argentine patrols everywhere and in an impossible terrain. The rest of B Squadron are tasked with a suicide mission - an attack on the Argentine patrols everywhere and in an impossible terrain. The rest of B Squadron are tasked with a suicide mission - an attack on the Argentine airbase in the mainland. And in charge is a man unafraid ro risk the lives of his men in search of greater personal glory...