Masters of War, Chris Ryan
Masters of War, Chris Ryan
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Masters of War
Danny Black Thriller 1

Author: Chris Ryan

Narrator: Jamie Parker

Unabridged: 13 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/29/2013

Synopsis

In Paris, an elderly man is assassinated as he takes his morning walk. In the war-torn cities of Syria, government forces wage a bloody war against their own people. The Russians are propping up the government, the French are backing one rebel fraction and the British are backing another. And in north Africa, young SAS trooper Danny Black is coming to the end of a gruelling tour of duty, or so he thinks. Danny has a new mission. An MI6 agent needs to make contact with Syrian rebel forces, and also with the private military contractors who are - unofficially - training this rebel faction as it struggles to bring down their government and establish a new regime that will be favourable to British business interests. As they travel deep into rebel heartland, Danny will learn who the masters of war, the men who call the shots, really are. As Danny finds himself sucked into the murky orbit of the private military, he discovers a world where death is dispensed by the highest bidder and individuals will betray anybody if the price is right. And where a secret lurks that will change the course of Danny's own life, however long that might last...

(P)2013 Hodder & Stoughton

About Chris Ryan

Former SAS corporal and the only man to escape death or capture during the Bravo Two Zero operation in the 1991 Gulf War, Chris Ryan turned to writing thrillers to tell the stories the Official Secrets Act stops him putting in his non-fiction. His novels have gone on to inspire the Sky One series Strike Back. Born near Newcastle in 1961, Chris Ryan joined the SAS in 1984. During his ten years there he was involved in overt and covert operations and was also sniper team commander of the anti-terrorist team. During the Gulf War, Chris Ryan was the only member of an eight-man unit to escape from Iraq, where three colleagues were killed and four captured. It was the longest escape and evasion in the history of the SAS. For this he was awarded the Military Medal. He wrote about his experiences in the bestseller The One That Got Away, which was adapted for screen, and since then has written three other works of non-fiction, over twenty bestselling novels and a series of children's books.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jill on May 18, 2014

Chris Ryan books are an odd choice for me if you look at the rest of the books that I read but I absolutely love them - they grip you right from the first page and I can never put them down - read this one in just over 24 hours not bad considering I was working for at least 8 of these hours. Danny B......more

Goodreads review by Ross on November 18, 2018

One of the better Chris Ryan novels. A fast paced, somewhat crude book filled with extensive descriptions of graphic violence, as well as ample foul language, many scummy duplicitous characters who are just out for themselves, and a plethora of authentic military and weapons details. All centered ar......more

Goodreads review by Niall on March 07, 2019

Thoroughly enjoyed this book, to the point I want to read more books of a similar nature. Gruesome in parts and shocking at times, but it goes on 😟. Danny Black was a legend.......more

Goodreads review by Tammy on January 05, 2022

4.2 stars The Maters of War is a real military thriller that not only packed with gun fired, and grenades but also greed and betrayal. It's a story of warfare and people who are caught in the middle and some that exploit such conflict to their best interest. I like the subterfuge plot and the depicti......more

Goodreads review by Chris on November 19, 2013

There is a brutalness (if that's not a word, it is now) to this book that may not be for everyone, but it certainly worked for me. If you're a fan of Chris Ryan then this is more solid action for you to inhale. If you haven't read him and you like military action, then get into it. The plot is current......more

Quotes

This Newcastle-born former SAS sergeant is firmly established as one of our most popular action authors. Daily Mail

Chris Ryan is as hard as nails. Mirror

Relentless pace and gritty brutal realism... accurate descriptions of modern warfare... this is a book that could only have been there by someone who has been there, done that and got the T-shirt. Soldier

Praise for Chris Ryan :

'This Newcastle-born former SAS sergeant is firmly established as one of our most popular action authors. It is not difficult to see why in this bleak story centred on SAS man Joe Mansfield, who happens to be in the compound in Pakistan when the Americans descend from their Black Hawks and kill Osama bin Laden... This is a far darker, more complex tale than Ryan's more familiar tales of derring-do, for Mansfield is plunged into a world of treachery. The pace never flags for a moment, and Ryan's insider knowledge is to the fore, but even the SAS's skills are no longer quite enough. New, less honourable talents are required. Bravery is not the only solution.' Daily Mail

Praise for Chris Ryan: various

Nobody takes you to the action better than Ryan, because he's the real deal, and this muscle-and-bone thriller will have fans' blood pumping Evening Standard

'The books are masterpieces of social realism. [Chris Ryan] has lived the virtual life he writes about - and that makes him the right kind of war novelist for this generation. These storylines are dependent on a bustle of verbs that lead in every instance to blood and explosions, desperate screams and increasing levels of difficulty: it is never long before we find things and people being zapped, fried, crunched, toasted and skewered, as the bad deeds of the world are comprehensively avenged' London Review of Books

'Relentless pace and gritty brutal realism... accurate descriptions of modern warfare... this is a book that could only have been there by someone who has been there, done that and got the T-shirt.' Soldier

'Chris Ryan has always been underrated as a novelist of ideas... a welter of treachery and mayhem.' Daily Telegraph

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