Manhunter: The explosive new thriller from the No.1 bestselling SAS hero

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"Manhunter" is the first book in a new series by Chris Ryan, featuring Josh Bowman, a soldier hand-picked to join a shadowy unit within the SAS. The Cell is a unit dedicated to fighting global organized crime, and Bowman is seeking revenge for his family's murder. When the Cell uncovers a plot against a British-backed tyrant in Africa, they are drawn into a deadly race against time, fighting a terrifying enemy in a brutal fight to the death.

Format: Hardback
Length: 320 pages
Publication date: 27 May 2021
Publisher: Bonnier Zaffre

From no.1 bestselling SAS hero Chris Ryan,comes MANHUNTER: the first book in an explosive new series featuring Josh Bowman, a battle-worn Regiment soldier hand-picked to join a shadowy unit within the SAS. When foreign governments act like gangsters, a new kind of SAS is needed. In London, assassins carry out a deadly chemical weapons attack at the royal wedding. All the signs point to a Kremlin-sanctioned hit. Their victim: a notorious mobster. The Cell is a shadowy unit within the SAS, dedicated to fighting global organized crime. In a world where the Russian government is the real mob, it's the job of the Cell to defend British interests at home and abroad. Only the elite are selected; only the very best will survive. For SAS staff sergeant Josh Bowman, whose young family was brutally murdered by an Albanian crime gang, it's a chance for revenge - and to bury his secret opioid addiction. But the Russians have only just begun. When the Cell uncovers a sinister plot against a British-backed tyrant in Africa, they are quickly drawn into a deadly race against time. Soon they find themselves fighting a terrifying enemy in a brutal fight to the death. Outnumbered, outgunned, and with no military support, Bowman and his comrades are all that stand between Moscow and ultimate victory. Praise for SAS legend Chris Ryan: Ryan writes with the authority

When foreign governments act like gangsters, a new kind of SAS is needed.

In London, assassins carry out a deadly chemical weapons attack at the royal wedding. All the signs point to a Kremlin-sanctioned hit. Their victim: a notorious mobster.

The Cell is a shadowy unit within the SAS, dedicated to fighting global organized crime.

In a world where the Russian government is the real mob, it's the job of the Cell to defend British interests at home and abroad. Only the elite are selected; only the very best will survive.

For SAS staff sergeant Josh Bowman, whose young family was brutally murdered by an Albanian crime gang, it's a chance for revenge - and to bury his secret opioid addiction.

But the Russians have only just begun.

When the Cell uncovers a sinister plot against a British-backed tyrant in Africa, they are quickly drawn into a deadly race against time.

Soon they find themselves fighting a terrifying enemy in a brutal fight to the death.

Outnumbered, outgunned, and with no military support, Bowman and his comrades are all that stand between Moscow and ultimate victory.

Praise for SAS legend Chris Ryan:

Ryan writes with the authority of a man familiar with every nuance of the regiment's tactics, training, weapons, and equipment -

SUNDAY TIMES

Nobody takes you to the action better than Ryan -

EVENING STANDARD

Intelligent and enthralling -

FINANCIAL TIMES

The action comes bullet-fast -

THE SUN

Fearsome and fast-moving -

DAILY MAIL.

Weight: 618g
Dimension: 164 x 241 x 39 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781838775209