内容简介
The"enthrallingpage-turner"(LibraryJournal)nowamajormotionpicturestarringJasonStatham,CliveOwen,andRobertDeNiroHereisagrippingnovel,inspiredbyreal-lifeevents,aboutaprivateteamofBritishvigilantesthatsetsouttoeliminateagangofcold-bloodedcontractkillers.From1977to1990,fourformerBritishsoldiersdie,onebyone,supposedlyduetoaccidentorillness.Butsoonalinkisestablishedbetweenthevictims:asharedmissioninthedesertkingdomofOman,wheretheyfoughtforasultanagainstinsurgentsandruinedthelifeofarivalsheikh,whointurnhassentabandofassassinstomethodicallyslaythesoldiersandsalvagehispride.NowthesecleverassassinsareontherunfromanundergroundgroupofSASvetswithnothingtolose,notimetowaste,andadesiretodispensetheirownformofjustice—nomatterthecost.
作者简介
RanulphFienneshastraveledtothemostdangerousandinaccessibleplacesonearth.Intheprocesshelostnearlyhalfhisfingerstofrostbite,nearlydiedonseveraloccasions,andraisedmillionsforcharity.HediscoveredthelostcityofUbarinOman,wasthefirstmantoreachbothpolesbysurfacetravel,andwasalsothefirsttocrosstheAntarcticcontinentunsupported.In1993,QueenElizabethIIawardedhimtheOrderoftheBritishEmpirefor“humanendeavorandcharitableservices.”Anelitesoldier,athlete,mountaineer,andrenownedexplorer,Fiennesisalsotheauthorofnineteenbooksofbothfictionandnonfiction.