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Strike back: pb

John Porter was involved in a hostage raid in Lebanon in 1989. The raid went disastrously wrong and John hits the bottle. Colonel Peregrine Collinson was involved in the same raid. But was awarded a Military Cross. Now a hostage crisis in the Middle East draws the two soldiers back together. Who will be the hero this time?

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  • "Two soldiers: Britain's most celebrated military hero and a broken veteran living in the gutters of London. Their paths last crossed nearly twenty years ago. Now, amidst a hostage crisis in the Middle East, their lives are about to collide again. And the STRIKE BACK is about to begin. John Porter was involved in a hostage raid in Lebanon in 1989. The raid went disastrously wrong, several Regiment men died, John spared the life of a Lebanese fighter and blames himself for the deaths. Struggling to come to terms with the past, John has hit the bottle and is sleeping rough. Colonel Peregrine Collinson was involved in the same raid. He was awarded a Military Cross and is heralded as a military hero. After the disastrous raid, their lives couldn't have been further apart. Until now. A hostage crisis in the Middle East draws the enemies back together for the first time. Who will be the hero this time?"
  • "John Porter was involved in a hostage raid in Lebanon in 1989. The raid went disastrously wrong and John hits the bottle. Colonel Peregrine Collinson was involved in the same raid. But was awarded a Military Cross. Now a hostage crisis in the Middle East draws the two soldiers back together. Who will be the hero this time?"@en
  • "Two soldiers: Britain's most celebrated military hero & a broken veteran living in the gutters of London. Their paths last crossed nearly 20 years ago. Now, amidst a hostage crisis in the Middle East, their lives are about to collide again."@en
  • "Three men dead, one life destroyed - the strike back begins."
  • "In Beirut a brilliant young TV reporter is captured by Hezbollah terrorists. They threaten to execute her on live television unless British troops are withdrawn from Iraq."
  • "Een gewezen SAS-militair meldt zich aan om een Britse journalist te bevrijden die in Libanon door Hezbollah is gekidnapt."
  • "Two soldiers: Britain's most celebrated military hero and a broken veteran living in the gutters of London. Their paths last crossed nearly twenty years ago. Now, amidst a hostage crisis in the Middle East, their lives are about to collide again. And the Strike Back is about to begin."
  • "Two Soldiers. Sir Peregrine Collinson, Britain's most decorated military hero. And John Porter - once one of the SAS's most promising young soldiers, now a broken man living rough on the streets of London. In Beirut, TV reporter Katie Dartmouth has been captured by a gang of terrorists. She is to be executed unless British troops are withdrawn from Iraq. A nation holds its breath and the Government is on the edge of collapse. Both men believe they can save her. But only one of them can reach her."

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  • "Thriller"@en
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Talking books"
  • "Adventure fiction"
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  • "War fiction"
  • "English fiction"
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  • "Suspense fiction"
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  • "Large type books"
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  • "Anglické romány"

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  • "Gegenschlag"
  • "Strike Back"
  • "Strike back: pb"@en
  • "Pomsta"
  • "Hævnens time"@da
  • "Tegenaanval"
  • "Strikeback"
  • "Strike back"
  • "Strike back"@en
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  • "Strike back: cd"@en

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