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. has lived the virtual life he writes about - and that makes him the right kind of war novelist for this generation.

The books are masterpieces of social realism. You can find out more information on Facebook at You can also follow Chris on Twitter Review: Like playing Call of Duty, Battlefield, or Medal of Honour, Chris Ryan's writing will put you at the heart of the action. 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 childrens' books. For this he was awarded the Military Medal. It was the longest escape and evasion in the history of the SAS.

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. During his ten years there he was involved in overt and covert operations and was also sniper team commander of the anti-terrorist team. Born near Newcastle in 1961, Chris Ryan joined the SAS in 1984. His novels have gone on to inspire the Sky One series Strike Back. 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.

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