Author:Matt Croucher GC
Dan Coldrain is a former elite Royal Marine Commando haunted by the death of his best mate Reese, killed in action by enemy forces. Coldrain used to believe in honour, service, and the call of duty, but haunted by Reese's death, he drops out of service and instead seeks the lucrative pay cheques on the private military contractor's circuit.
Soon the Sandman, a shadowy figure with connections to the political underworld, lurks into view, with a proposal for Coldrain: find a man called Dogan - a terrorist responsible for a slew of lethal IED attacks in both Iraq and Afghanistan - detain him and hand him over to the Sandman. For this simple task Coldrain will be granted a four-man team, access to high-grade weapons and explosives and vehicles, and a cool £1 million per head once the mission is completed.
And so the hunt begins, with the contractors dragged through hell and back in search of their deadly suspect. Will Coldrain and his team complete their mission successfully? And, most importantly, will Coldrain battle the demons which so haunt him over his friend's death?
McNab and Chris Ryan had better watch out ... His blistering new novel ... grips from the first page ... A page-turner in the finest tradition of British thrillers
—— 5 star review, News of the WorldTicking like a time-bomb brimming with terror and threat, Andy McNab's latest Nick Stone adventure is a high-voltage story of corruption and cover-up
—— Yorkshire Evening Post[Nick] Stone is a deceptively complex action hero who does as good a job as many a newspaper columnist in guiding us through the new global politics
—— Mail on SundayAll the brute force and kinetic action we want from him
—— Good Book GuideNick Stone is emerging as one of the great all-action characters of recent times. Like his creator, the ex-SAS soldier turned uber agent is unstoppable
—— Daily MirrorTicking like a time-bomb, Andy McNab's latest Nick Stone adventure is full of suspense
—— Express & Star WolverhamptonIt's a blast
—— Peterborough Evening TelegraphSubtle, persuasive and unsettling. A brilliantly troubling and heartening novel
—— Sunday TimesMany passages in The Plot Against America echo feelings voiced today by vulnerable Americans – immigrants and minorities as alarmed by Trump’s election as the Jews of Newark are frightened by Lindbergh’s
—— New YorkerDazzling. The most exciting novelist writing today
The novel is full of his usual furious cackling; tragedy tipping into comedy and comedy into tragedy within the space of a few sentences. The prose is beautiful
—— Mail on SundayA sensation
A polemical classic
—— EsquireBrilliant
One of the best writers of dialogue in the history of inverted commas
—— The TimesA reverberating celebration of family, community and humanity
—— Sunday Times