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Danny Watts's grandfather, Fergus, was a traitor. One of the worst sort. An SAS explosives expert who betrayed his country and his regiment for money. Drug money. He was arrested and left to rot and die in a Columbian jail. At least, that's what seventeen year-old Danny is told when his hopes of becoming a soldier are destroyed for ever. But he knows something the army doesn't seem to know. Fergus Watts is alive and in the UK, living in secret under an assumed name - but where? Fergus is Danny's only living relative. Burning with fury and desire for revenge, Danny sets out to track down his grandfather and expose him. In doing so he sets in train an explosive sequence of events which throw Danny and Fergus together on the run from the people who want Fergus, and now Danny, dead. Packed with breathtaking action, SAS procedures, surveillance and survival techniques, this is a fast-moving, action-packed thriller for teenagers. There will be several books in the BOY SOLDIER sequence. TV rights have been sold to Zenith, makers of Inspector Morse, Hamish McBeth and Byker Grove.
From the Back Cover
SAS HERO TURNS TRAITOR
For Danny Watts, 17, whose life-time ambition is to be a soldier, this news story is the beginning of the end.
THE WORST SORT OF SCUM
The grandfather he's never met, SAS hero Fergus Watts, sold out to the Columbian drug cartels and was supposed to have died, rotting in jail.
SAS TRAITOR MASTERMINDS PRISON BREAKOUT
Danny is determined to track down the man who has ruined his life. But how can he find an expert in covert operations who is trained to avoid capture?
As Danny makes his first move, so does someone else. Someone who has been watching Danny. Someone for whom Fergus Watts is a loose end which needs tying. Permanently.
The first book in the Boy Soldier sequence is an explosive, fast-moving and thrilling adventure, packed with authentic detail from Andy McNab's SAS expertise.
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