Special Forces Cadets 4: Ruthless

From the bestselling author of STRIKE BACK, Chris Ryan returns with the fourth in this action-packed series.

Tough enough? Smart enough? Max will require all his skills just to stay alive as a Special Forces Cadet...

The ghettos of Brazil are crawling with street kids. Their life expectancies are short, not least because the Brazilian authorities allow paramilitaries to shoot them like rats.

But it's with the street kids of Rio de Janeiro that the cadets must become embedded.

The ghettos of Brazil are crawling with street kids. They have nothing, and are forced into lives of crime in order to get enough to eat. Their life expectancies are short, not least because the Brazilian authorities allow paramilitaries to shoot them like rats.

But it's with the street kids of Rio de Janeiro that the cadets must become embedded. Some of these kids have been recruited by the cartels. The cartels are causing untold misery, both in Brazil and on the streets of the UK. The cadets must befriend the cartel kids in the hope that they will lead them into the heart of the drug lords' empire.

But when you head into the lion's den, you must expect to be bitten. The cartel chiefs are the most ruthless people in the world, and they do not take kindly to the infiltration of their secret, violent world . . .