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By Andy McNab

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About the author

About the author

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From the day he was found in a shopping bag on the steps of Guy's Hospital in London, Andy McNab has led an extraordinary life. As a teenage delinquent, McNab railed against society. As a young soldier he waged war against the IRA. As a member of 22 SAS he was at the center of covert operations for nine years—on five continents.

During the Gulf War he commanded Bravo Two Zero, a patrol that infiltrated Iraq in 1991 and was forced to escape and evade on foot to Syria. One of the four men taken prisoner, McNab survived relentless torture, but returned to active service after six months of medical treatment. Today he is a consultant to security and intelligence agencies in both the UK and USA, working with the Ministry of Defence, the FBI, SEAL teams and Delta Force.

Drawing on his insider knowledge and experience, McNab is the bestselling author of 50 books, which have sold over 33 million copies. He also acts as an advisor for films, working on Hollywood blockbusters such as Heat and Black Hawk Down.

Fortress

Fortress

Camp Bastion: SAS trooper Tom Buckingham finds himself in deep trouble for taking down a renegade Afghan soldier. Instead of being proclaimed a hero, he's made a scapegoat for the incident and drummed out of the regiment.

On his return to Britain, disillusioned and embittered, Tom's unique services are quickly snapped up by charismatic entrepreneur, Vernon Rolt: a powerful billionaire with political ambitions, very few scruples, and a questionable agenda. With riots on the country's streets, a government in disarray, and a visit from the American president imminent, there has never been a better time to make a play for power.

But, as Tom will soon discover, in the affairs of the state, hidden forces are always at work and he is quickly drawn back into the covert world of intelligence and special forces which he knows so well. He will have to decide where his loyalties lie and who his real friends are if he is to intervene in a spiraling sequence of events which involve terrorism, insurgency, and ultimately, assassination.

One man is willing the world into chaos. One man has the power to stop him and change the fate of nations.

Fortress is Andy McNab's most topical, hard-hitting, and viscerally exciting novel to date.

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Walthamstow, East London

28 June