Zusammenfassung Tells the story of a teenager with no hopes who joined the army at sixteen and went on to become one of the most successful counter-terrorism operators in the world. Informationen zum Autor Chris Hunter joined the British Army in 1989 at sixteen. He was commissioned from Sandhurst at twenty-one and later qualified as a counter terrorist bomb disposal operator.He served with a number of specialist counter terrorism units and during his career deployed to numerous operational theatres. For his actions during his Iraq tour he was awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal by HM Queen Elizabeth II. Klappentext Tells the story of a teenager with no hopes who joined the army at sixteen and went on to become one of the most successful counter-terrorism operators in the world.

Vorwort
The heart-stopping account of a life spent fighting the bombmakers by the bestselling author of Eight Lives Down

Autorentext

Chris Hunter spent 34 years in enforcement, the last 28 years of which were in covert enforcement as a surveillance operative, and also as a surveillance instructor delivering training at the highest level. Additionally, Chris worked with elements of the security services and special forces in a training role.

Klappentext

BOSNIA...NORTHERN IRELAND...IRAQ...AFGHANISTAN... For the past twenty years some of the most dangerous places on earth. And for Major Chris Hunter just some of the places where he has defused bombs in his ceaseless battle against terrorism and the bombmakers. This is the story of a teenager with no hopes who joined the army at sixteen and went on to become one of the most successful counter-terrorism operators in the world. This is the story of survival when all the odds are stacked against you when every second feels like a lifetime when the sound of your heart beating is as deafening as a ticking bomb. This is what it's like day in day out to take your life and the lives of others in your own hands and make a difference. And this is what it costs to live that life...