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The Rescue

The True Story of the SAS Mission to Save Hostages from the Taliban

Andy McNab author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Headline Publishing Group

Published:14th Sep '23

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A heart-pounding true story of covert scouting missions, dangerous parachute drops and fighting to survive in the face of impossible odds, this is Andy McNab like you've never read before.

The story of the SAS and Navy SEALs' attempts to save a group of NGO workers held hostage by the Taliban in 2012 in Northern Afghanistan. Andy McNab draws on classified sources and his own personal insight into the inner-workings of the special forces to tell the story of the rescue mission.

The thrilling retelling of a real-life hostage rescue mission, by SAS hero and million-selling author, Andy McNab.

It is 2012 and in Northern Afghanistan, an international crisis has erupted.

A group of aid workers have been kidnapped by local insurgents and are now hidden in a winding mountain region. After attempts to negotiate a deal with the bandits fail, and with the lives of the hostages hanging in the balance, there is only option...

SAS and Navy SEALs are sent in to find and free them.

The Rescue is the action-packed story of the special forces' attempts to save the hostages from almost certain death. Drawing on classified sources and using his own personal insight into the inner-workings of these units, Andy McNab gives a page-turning account of this incredible mission.

A heart-pounding true story of covert scouting missions, dangerous parachute jumps and fighting to survive in the face of impossible odds, this is the SAS like you've never read before.

ISBN: 9781802796858

Dimensions: 236mm x 160mm x 34mm

Weight: 560g

352 pages