by Alex Shaw
Attacked by an unknown adversary, Framed for two high profile assassinations and Hunted by the Ukrainian Security Service, Snow is torn from the life he has worked so hard to build and must once again rely on his SAS training in an attempt to clear his name.
Discovering a mercenary brigade made up of former Soviet Spetsnaz soldiers Snow trusts only himself to stop them and save those he cares about.
Snow is left one step ahead of the authorities with no one to watch his back.
In a Fire Fight, Pray for SNOW....
COLD BLACK – Hetman 2
Abduction
Veteran SAS trooper, Paddy Fox has lost his job, his wife and his temper. Whilst bitterly job hunting, Fox witnesses a car crash and finds himself rescuing a kidnapped Saudi Royal. Persuaded by MI6 to accept a job as security adviser in Saudi Arabia, Fox travels to Riyadh.
Assassination
In Kyiv, a director of the Belorussian KGB is gunned down whilst trying to pass shocking intelligence to his counterpart in the Ukrainian SBU. Intelligence, which if verified, sets out plans to commit international acts of terror.
Al-Qaeda
In Saudi Arabia, an entire British Trade mission is taken hostage by a new, highly funded, group aligned to Al-Qaeda. But who is funding this new insurgency and why?
An International Conspiracy
Former SAS Trooper turned MI6 operative, Aidan Snow is caught in a maelstrom involving East, West and Middle East which endangers the world’s supply of oil.
HETMAN: Donetsk Calling – an Aidan Snow short story
Former SAS Trooper turned MI6 Operative Aidan Snow returns in a short story preceding the release of the third Aidan Snow thriller.
As an ex-pat Brian Webb has a great life, a sexy wife and a perfect daughter. But all this is put in jeopardy when on his way home from a night of heavy drinking he is chased by a group of armed assailants. Who are his pursuers, what do they want from him and why are they shooting? Webb would rather not hang around to find out. Crashing a stolen car in an attempt to escape Webb is blooded, cornered and out of options…left with no other choice he calls the only person who would never let him down. He calls Aidan Snow.
Arriving in Kyiv, Snow takes the law into his own hands in an attempt to find and rescue one of his oldest friends. With the ghosts of the past on his shoulders Snow must again rely on his SAS training and will not stop until he discovers the truth.
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About the Author
ALEX SHAW B.A. (Hons), P.G.C.E. was head of Drama at Pechersk School International, Kyiv, Ukraine, in the late 1990's before leaving to start his own Kyiv based 'consultancy' dealing specifically with the markets of the former USSR. He was subsequently head hunted for a division of Siemens where he was tasked with business development in the former USSR, the Middle East and Africa. Hetman was Alex's first novel and took twelve years to complete. Published in 2009 it gained critical acclaim in the 2010 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award (ABNA) and later became a #1 UK Kindle bestseller. Cold Black was published a year later. It followed the success of Hetman, gaining critical acclaim in ABNA 2011 and rose to #6 in the Kindle UK bestseller list. Both books have also now become top 10 Kindle Bestsellers in the USA. In July 2012 Cold Black became a #1 German Kindle bestseller; Hetman reached #4 in April. The third Aidan Snow thriller will be released later this year.
When not writing Alex works as a freelance consultant (clients include the UN), dividing his time between his two homes in Kyiv, Ukraine and West Sussex, England. He is married to his beautiful wife Galia and has two fantastic sons, Alexander and Jonathan.
Alex welcomes feedback and comments from readers and can be contacted via his website http://www.alexwshaw.com/ or his Facebook fan page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/AlexShaw/383476491724127 you can also follow Alex on twitter: https://twitter.com/@alexshawhetman
Delta Force Vampire: Insurgency is dedicated to:
My wife Galia, my sons Alexander and Jonathan and my family in England and Ukraine.
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Copyright
Digitally published with consent from Hetman Publishing. Date of first UK publication November 2012. This edition published November 2012. Copyright © Alexander William Shaw 2012
The right of ‘Alex Shaw’ to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988. This is a work of fiction. All names, characters, places and incidents, other than those which are public domain, are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. All rights reserved. This ebook is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, be lent, resold, hired out, or otherwise circulated or transmitted without the author’s prior consent in any format other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition, including this condition, being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.
DELTA FORCE VAMPIRE: INSURGENCY
ONE: Deh Rawod District, Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan
TWO: Fire Base Python, Pasaband District, Ghowr Province, Afghanistan
THREE: Pasaband District, Ghowr Province, Afghanistan
FOUR: Camp Bastion, Helmand Province, Afghanistan
FIVE: Unknown location, Afghanistan
SIX: Camp Leatherneck, Helmand Province, Afghanistan
SEVEN: Camp Leatherneck, Helmand Province, Afghanistan
A Message from Alex Shaw
Praise for Alex Shaw
Also by Alex Shaw
COLD BLACK – Hetman 2
HETMAN: Donetsk Calling – an Aidan Snow short story
About the Author
Delta Force Vampire: Insurgency is dedicated to
Follow Alex on Twitter:
Copyright
Table of Contents
DELTA FORCE VAMPIRE: INSURGENCY. 1
ONE: Deh Rawod District, Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. 1
TWO: Fire Base Python, Pasaband District, Ghowr Province, Afghanistan. 25
THREE: Pasaband District, Ghowr Province, Afghanistan. 42
FOUR: Camp Bastion, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. 60
FIVE: Unknown location, Afghanistan. 99
SIX: Camp Leatherneck, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. 118
SEVEN: Camp Leatherneck, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. 133
A Message from Alex Shaw.. 151
Praise for Alex Shaw.. 152
Also by Alex Shaw.. 153
COLD BLACK – Hetman 2. 153
HETMAN: Donetsk Calling – an Aidan Snow short story. 154
About the Author. 155
Delta Force Vampire: Insurgency is dedicated to. 155
Follow Alex on Twitter: 155
Copyright. 156