David Gilman has enjoyed many careers, including paratrooper, firefighter, and photographer. An award-winning author and screenwriter, he is the author of the critically acclaimed Master of War series of historical novels, and was shortlisted for the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize for The Last Horseman. He was longlisted for the same prize for The Englishman, the first book featuring ex-French Foreign Legionnaire Dan Raglan. David lives in Devon. Follow David on @davidgilmanuk
'Hard to put down' * Daily Express * 'It's well plotted, believable, and Gilman's ace at bringing locations to life' * The Sun, 4 stars * 'A pleasingly old-style take on the action genre' * The Times * 'A vividly intense spy thriller overflowing with courage, resourceful smarts, and a whole host of furious combative encounters' * LoveReading * 'It's a masterfully crafted thriller that grips from the first page until the explosive last' * Sunday Express * 'A top-class action thriller that grabs your attention from the first page and doesn't let up for an instant' * Choice Magazine * 'The Devon-based author's hero is a veritable one-man army - think Lee Child's Jack Reacher, except English - combining a lethal resilience with a fiery determination to see justice served' * Newslanes * 'Packed with intrigue, shocks and bone-crunching fight scenes. It's a masterfully crafted thriller that grips from the first page' * Daily Record * 'The story is slower paced than its predecessor The Englishman, which gives more time to develop Raglan's persona and his relationships with others' * Financial Times * 'Old fashioned and accessible in the best possible sense' * i news *