- Published: 1 August 2008
- ISBN: 9780552155717
- Imprint: Corgi
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 528
- RRP: $45.00
Eight Lives Down

















- Published: 1 August 2008
- ISBN: 9780552155717
- Imprint: Corgi
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 528
- RRP: $45.00
Will do for Saddam Hussein and George W. Bush what McNab did for Saddam and George Senior
Evening Standard
You're left in awe and wondering if we're paying Our Boys enough for going through this kind of hell. And doubting it
Books Sport
This is a book that sets its sights high from the off - and boy does it deliver
London Lite
Packed with such powerful descriptions of coming under fire that at times you begin to imagine you have picked up the script for a Hollywood action movie
London Lite
Thoughtful, gripping and engaging... The emotion, the immediacy, the adrenalin rush of what it feels like to walk towards a device that may or may not blow at any minute taking you and everyone in the proximity with it packs an authentic punch
Kate Mosse, The Times
This gripping first-person account of how Hunter survived extreme conditions in hostile territory while carrying out the most dangerous job in the world will get your pulse racing
Daily Express
You might expect an account of disabling bombs to be repetitive or overly technical, but Hunter's is neither. Each incident is fascinatingly different and edge-of-the-seat dramatic, and Hunter recounts them with vividness and clarity
Daily Mail
This story of a tour of duty as a bomb disposal expert in Basra is both eye-opening and completely compulsive
Evening Standard
A ticking bomb of a book; breathtakingly tense, fast-paced and incredibly moving. The best war memoir I've read in years
Andy McNab
Chris Hunter is a very brave man. His work couldn't be more terrifying or necessary
Daily Mirror
Action-packed... A breathtaking story of courage and survival
News of the World
One of the best true stories you'll ever read - and better than fiction can ever hope to be. Don't start it tonight if you have to get up for work in the morning
Conn Iggulden