Baghdad. July. 2003
My name is Harry
Smith and I'm part of the UK Secret Intelligence Service. I've been sent to
Iraq as part of the hunt for Weapons of Mass Destruction - you know, the ones
we told the UN were there but weren't? That's them. The
weapons might not be here, but there are still plenty of scientists capable of
building these awful things.
My job is to find a
dozen of the best - or worst if you like - and offer them a way out that
doesn't include terrorism or the Axis of Evil.
Despite this being
what might be considered an important job, I'm alone and off the books,
without backup or support.
These eggheads
don't want to be found and, just to make it even harder, I'm barely one step
ahead of a CIA hit-squad intent on erasing them permanently. All this while
surrounded by unexploded ordnance, IEDs, insurgents, political mayhem, and
angry locals.
Easy.
Right?
About the Author :
Raised in the peaceful English countryside of
Gloucestershire by Scandinavian parents, Will Erikson has spent the last
thirty years living and working around the world. He joined the British Army
while still studying for his doctorate in History, after which he was recruited
into the security services.
The author spent the next decade combatting the
proliferation of large-scale weapon technology in Asia and the Middle East.
Since leaving the services, Will has been an independent and in-house corporate
investigator.
He says, “I have a great love of books and have been a
voracious reader throughout my life. My favourite and most influential authors
include Nelson DeMille, Colin Dexter, Dennis Lehane, Craig Thomas, Douglas
Adams, Stephen King, and the earlier Tom Clancy works. I hope to inspire others
the way these writers did me.
Will is based in France.
