Desert claw
Lewis, Damien2006
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Iraq: the present day. Terrorists have seized a Van Gogh painting worth £25 million from one of Saddam's palaces. They are offering it to the highest bidder. The painting's original owner, a Kuwaiti prince, has asked for HMG's help in retrieving it. The British Government owes him a favour for backing them during the Iraq War, so they agree to help. But rather than agreeing to pay the terrorists' ransom -- which they fear will be pumped into funding terrorist operations across the world -- HMG decides to send in a team of hardened ex-Special Forces, led by ex-SAS hero Mick Kilbride and his sidekick 'East End' Eddie. Sent undercover in a deniable operation called Desert Claw, their brief is simple: retrieve the painting, and eliminate the terrorists at the earliest possible opportunity. The mission sounds simple enough. But as Mick and his team are drawn into a dark and violent world, things are not always as they seem.
Main title:
Desert claw / Damien Lewis.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Arrow, 2006.
Collation:
128 p.
ISBN:
9780099493532 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.92FICTION356.167FIC
Local class:
QUICK READ
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
47366