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Code Name Snowbird

by James H. Scott

566 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #04-0473; ISBN 1-4120-2645-8; US$39.50, C$46.51, EUR32.50, £23.00

To destroy a drug cartel, the hero travels across Europe, America and into Colombia where his ex-Special Forces team get embroiled in fierce ground and air warfare.

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About the Book Everyone has heard of the SAS and are probably aware that all major countries have their own highly trained Special Forces. Normally working in opposition to each other, these units have a common bond that transcends all national boundaries. That bond is born of the PRIDE the members have in their skills and the RESPECT they feel for each other. While remaining fiercely loyal to their own country, they have established an 'unofficial fraternity' that gives international cooperation whereby they help each other when in need. It is this cooperation that Ben Carson - ex SAS, calls on when he sets out on a trail of revenge following the drug related killing of his god daughter. Ex-Special Forces members across Europe and in the Americas team up with him to form a small group of 'specialist' volunteers. With their help, he lays his plans to wreak a bloody revenge and the destruction of the Colombian Cartel responsible for the import of drugs to the UK. Dodging cartel hit men, he crosses Europe and reaches North America where he comes under the eagle eye of the CIA. Finally moving into Panama and Colombia, the action moves swiftly onwards, with helicopters and ground forces working together to achieve that aim. Written by a security specialist, it is autobiographical in that it concerns the skills, weapons and contacts of the security trade.

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About the Author Born in 1939, the second son of an Army Captain and brought up in Bath where, along with my family I survived a very near miss on our house during the Blitz. I subsequently grew up to enjoy a very happy childhood, exploring every possible form of adventure, from rock climbing, caving, canoeing, horse riding, to skiing and swimming. Joining the Armed Forces on leaving school, I enlisted in the RAF Regiment on a Regular engagement and served in Northern Ireland and Cyprus with detachments to Aden, Singapore and Malaya. I was seconded to 'Special' duties and traveled to many different countries with a very Senior Officer. At the end of my term with promotion prospects being rare in this small but unique force, I did not renew my engagement and subsequently joined the Army. Over the next twelve years, I developed my skills at survival in Jungle, Desert and Arctic conditions working with units of the Special Forces all over the world and became a Specialist Instructor with the rank of Sergeant Major. As I was married with a growing family on approaching the end of my Service, I left the Forces and undertook advanced medical training to eventually become a fully qualified Ambulance Paramedic working for the County Ambulance Service. My previous life style of rough and tumbles eventually caught up with me after a few years when, while attending an accident my back gave out and I became a patient in my own Ambulance. The ensuing years have seen me employed by the MoD on Security duties then spending several years as a Company Secretary running a Private Housing Scheme. My hobbies have included being involved in teaching Outward Bound activities on Dartmoor and Exmoor or other such places to Youth Clubs and Cadet Units. Having owned my own motor cruiser and having a great fondness for the sea I have undertaken some 'expedition' style trips around the coast of England. I have been researching and writing our family history for several years, as well as being involved in local Council work and the past years have seen me heavily involved in writing this story. Now after numerous rewrites it is ready and I can say it has been a task which has given me immense pleasure.

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Narrative Overview

Ben Carson - ex Special Forces - Security advisor to the rich and famous, is incensed by the death of his Goddaughter through an overdose of drugs and starts on a campaign of revenge against the Paris based gang that imports drugs into the UK.

Masquerading as a Seaman, he is eventually employed as a courier and gathers information against them for Interpol, while saving the money he is paid to fund his future actions. He also learns that the supply comes from a Cartel in Colombia.

The trail leads him across France then by ship to Canada and down through America to Miami, where he gathers weapons and ordinance before departing for Panama City to join with Miguel Lopez and his wife Marguerite. This formidable couple owns a shipping and airline business and like Ben, they also seek revenge and are willing to help him recruit and train a small ex Special Forces group in the task of destroying the drug factory, while Ben plots the death of the Cartel leaders.

A 'bloody' air and ground action takes place in the rough mountains and steamy jungles of Colombia where the illegal factory is based.

Teamwork coupled with experience and special training prevails against ever mounting odds from both man and Mother Nature.

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Catalogue Information

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