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  • Published: 4 January 2011
  • ISBN: 9781409046721
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 336

The One That Got Away - Junior edition




The heroic, real-life personal account of Chris Ryan's most famous mission, The One That Got Away, is now reworked for a new generation. Some authors just write about it. Chris Ryan has been there, done it - and here is the gripping real-life tale . . .

The heroic, real-life personal account of Chris Ryan's most famous mission, The One That Got Away, is now reworked for a new generation. Some authors just write about it. Chris Ryan has been there, done it - and here is the gripping real-life tale . . .

During the Gulf War in 1991, Chris Ryan became separated from the other members of the SAS patrol, Bravo Two Zero. Alone, he beat off an Iraqi attack and set out for Syria. Over the next seven days he walked almost 200 miles, his life constantly in danger.

Of the eight SAS members involved in this famous mission, only one escaped capture. This is his story . . .

  • Published: 4 January 2011
  • ISBN: 9781409046721
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 336

About the author

Chris Ryan

Chris Ryan was born near Newcastle in 1961. He joined the SAS in 1984 and was a member for ten years. During the Gulf War, Chris was the only member of an eight-man team to escape from Iraq, of which three colleagues were killed and four captured. It was the longest escape and evasion in the history of the SAS. For his last two years he was selecting and training potential recruits for the SAS.

He is a best selling author and lectures in business motivation and security.

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Praise for The One That Got Away - Junior edition

Definitely worth reading, provocative, vivid and conspicuously well written.

Chichester Observer