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Cover of Traitor, nice one:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/
detail/-/0399244646/ref=pd_rhf_p_1/
002-5179815-7161636?v=glance&s=
books&no=*

But eerrr... it says it's the FIRST book of series and the synopsis
is similar to Boy Soldier. So.... another title
but same book? Different market?

"All his life Danny Watts has dreamed of becoming a soldier.
But there’s a problem: The grandfather he's never met, army
hero Fergus Watts, was a notorious traitor, and now family
history is keeping Danny out of Officer's Training school. Danny
is determined to track Fergus down. But how can he find a man
trained to avoid capture, an expert at surveillance and covert
operations?

And there are further complications. As Danny makes his first
move, so does someone else—someone who has been
watching Danny. Someone for whom Fergus Watts is a problem
that needs to be solved permanently. In no time, Danny is on the
run himself has his search for Fergus made him a "problem,"
too?

Packed with authentic details from Andy McNab’s experience in
British Special Ops, Traitor is the first book of an explosive, fast-
paced YA series, perfect for fans of the Alex Rider Adventures."

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Cover of Aggressor

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/
obidos/ASIN/0593050312/qid=
1117377855/sr=2-2/ref=sr_2_11_2/
026-8252688-1567631

>>By Lynn (Sunday, 29 May 2005 16:52)

Oh hahaha, thanx to the adds next to this column you don't even need to go to the link, just scroll down.. there there (at least) Traitor is!!

>>By Lynn (Sunday, 29 May 2005 16:55)

Woohoo, Lynn! Yepper, looks like Traitor is gonna be the US title of Boy Soldier.

Woohoo too (or two) -- Dark Winter is also scheduled for release in the US this September -- time to start some serious lobbying for some stateside book signings... :oD

>>By am-i-binned (Sunday, 29 May 2005 17:23)

Found this in the audio book bit

Aggressor Synopsis
The stunning new bestseller from the author of Deep Black. Ex-deniable operator Nick Stone seems to be living his dream, not a care in the world as he steers his camper van round the surfing and parachuting centres of Australia, a board on the roof, freefall rig behind him, and a beautiful young backpacker at his side. But when he witnesses on TV the massacre of children in a terrorist siege the other side of the world, long-suppressed memories are triggered and Nick finds himself catapulted once more into working for the American secret services - only this time, of his own free will. As events unfold in the bleak, medieval villages of Azerbajhan and teeming streets of modern Istanbul, it isn't long before Nick discovers the true objective of the mission on which he has embarked. His talents are being misused by those who stalk the corridors of power...and he is determined to make a stand. Hurtled at breakneck pace through a deadly landscape of greed, violence and ever-shifting allegiances, the reader will be left in no doubt that McNab is the master of the genre - and AGGRESSOR is McNab at his searing, blockbusting best.

>>By Psicosis (Sunday, 29 May 2005 18:00)

Yes, sounds good right Psicosis?!

For anyone interested, been reading this article on Abu Ghraib prison

CRIES IN THE DARK
The Ghosts of Abu Ghraib Prison

Snippet:
"In February 2005, the Design Management Section was tasked with developing plans for a military detention facility that would eventually replace the one at Abu Ghraib. To accurately assess the requirements for a new confinement center, it was imperative that we know what currently “worked” and what “did not work” from a technical design standpoint at Abu Ghraib. To find the answers to these questions, myself and 7 other members of the Design Management Section were sent on a one day fact finding tour of Abu Ghraib. Our mission was simple, conduct an onsite reconnaissance; little did I know what laid in wait for us there!"

Even if you forget about the 'ghosts' it's still an interesting (read horrifying) read.

http://www.militaryghosts.com/prison.html

>>By Lynn (Monday, 30 May 2005 09:25)

I'm glad you posted that. Those ghosts, you see, hate freedom. Just because the UN inspectors didn't find evidence of the spirits of the damned, doesn't mean they ain't there. I think we're just gonna have to curtail civil liberties a bit more here in the US and institute a draft so that we can take pre-emptive measures against spectral threats.
I hate that I have to say this, but I was being sarcastic. Good post Lynn.

>>By Just Jon (Wednesday, 1 Jun 2005 09:28)

Sure you were, Jon... ;oP

Signed,
Oda Mae Brown

>>By am-i-binned (Wednesday, 1 Jun 2005 14:46)

* Oda Mae was the spiritual medium (Whoopie Goldberg) in Ghost

>>By am-i-binned (Wednesday, 1 Jun 2005 15:50)

URGENT and ON TOPIC! :oD

Hardback copies of Boy Soldier -- signed by both AM and RR -- are available thru my favourite bookstore friend in the UK! Time is tight tho...

I'll post a bit more detail on the bulletin board at Chatzy, Grey Man's Land, and AMFT. Flork if you need the urls.

>>By am-i-binned (Wednesday, 1 Jun 2005 15:59)

Another McNab interview for the collectors, Jeremy Vine, BBC Radio 2, today's date. It's about recent research that says soldiers who return from a war zone are generally happier and more content than the general population, PTSD only affects a minority they say.

>>By camban (Wednesday, 1 Jun 2005 16:26)

So no Team SAS ?

PRESS RELEASE: Kuju Gets McNabbed
31st May 2005.

Kuju Wireless Publishing today announced the acquisition of a licence to create and publish games with best-selling author and ex-SAS soldier Andy McNab.

The 5-year, worldwide agreement with McNab allows Kuju to create and publish mobile products incorporating the name of Andy McNab. McNab will provide the company's game designers with his wealth of knowledge of covert operations.

(..)
Andy McNab said, 'I'm very excited to be working with Kuju. We are going to make some great games together.'

Full article:
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/
press_release.php?aid=9223

>>By Lynn (Wednesday, 1 Jun 2005 19:01)

See this site as well ;-)

http://pc.boomtown.net/en_uk/
articles/art.view.php?id=5948

>>By Lynn (Wednesday, 1 Jun 2005 19:23)

A curiosity question: Are there different types/colours of parachutes for covert infiltrations?

In Crisis Four (ch. 1), they're HAHO infiltrating at night, so would they be using some sort of dark-coloured parachutes?

In B20, AM talks about the effect of ambient light: "In our desert camouflage, against an almost European background of plantations and lush arable land, we glowed like ghosts in the moonlight."

Wouldn't the same exposure happen with light- or white-coloured chutes against a dark sky (and also after landing on the ground) if there were moonlight or any reflected ground light?

>>By am-i-binned (Friday, 3 Jun 2005 09:00)

They use black 'chutes designed to be aerodynamically silent.

>>By camban (Friday, 3 Jun 2005 11:39)

Cool, Cam, fanx! Leave it to you to know about the aerodynamics bit... :o)

>>By am-i-binned (Friday, 3 Jun 2005 15:59)

"[...]The 5-year, worldwide agreement with McNab allows Kuju to create and publish MOBILE products incorporating the name of Andy McNab.[...]"

... games for cell-phoniness???...
I wonder if anyone in the Regiment while in mission might use his games for some hints!

Heh, perhaps there'll be one called Sam Fisher Vs Andy McNab! (if someone doesn't know who's this fishy character, let's say he's the US version of Mr Andy, just a little more muscular and more carefull in going into trouble like what our favourite writer normally does. He ain't not Coyote in The Road Runner series, right Mr McNab?)
^_^

Beep beep!

>>By Deusrexmachina (Saturday, 4 Jun 2005 17:43)

"Kuju Wireless Publishing Limited is a leading publisher of high quality games for mobile phones. Its growing portfolio of games, including recent hit products such as Sensible Soccer, Lotus Challenge: City Racing and Judge Dredd, are distributed via many major operators and portals around the world. Kuju Wireless Publishing is a Kuju PLC group company."

Awwww, c'mon!! They gotta be kiddin'!! Judge Dredd wasn't this big hit, it was an average product. I've heard of Sensitive Sucker even if I don't like football (noticed it?), but really don't remember at all LC: CR!
Isn't there a way of contacting Mr Andy and tell him to PLEASE NOT go into the FPS (First Person Shooter, just like Judge Dredd) genre, as they are mainly arcade games? The only product that is considered a "simulator for soldiers" is Operation Flashpoint --try write the name in Wikipedia.org and you'll have a good explanation of it-- ; I've adviced twice BIS (Bohemia Interactive Studios, who did OF) to try and contact Mr Andy for their sequel but I dunno what happened.
With His advices, I think OF2 (or whatever name will come out) will be THE simulator for hard-core gamers!

... nothing to do with porn.

>>By Deusrexmachina (Saturday, 4 Jun 2005 17:58)

HAVE TO DISAGREE WITH U THERE REX, THE BEST AND MOST LIFE-LIKE SIMULATOR/WAR GAME HAS GOTTA BE

FULL SPECTRUM WARRIOR, (and the 2nd one is out later this year)...

>>By Shoot-To-Kill (Sunday, 5 Jun 2005 19:46)

YOU (pea)NUTS!?!??! Ever tried OF first?? Full Scrotum Warrior may be graphically superb, but I guarantee you there's a hell lotta difference between these two genres! FSW is an arcade and ALWAYS will be, while the other is a SIMULATION. (of course, there's no comparison between holding a mouse and an M16, eh?)

There was a military modification with OF's engine that has been developed by B.I.S. and officially used by the MARINES and other private security companies. Further game developers ("America's Army" has been developed by the US Military after the 11th September and freely distributed to whoever could download +650 MB) have managed to make superficial things look better, like graphics and sounds, but their gameplay has NEVER been even similar to OF's! Believe me, it's very difficult and takes a long time to know all it's commands (another reason why it's not for the mass of players) --it took me almost a month to memorize them, and you use a good 90% of the keyboard-- but it's a GREAT game. The other products may be fun 'cause they are easier. Trust me: I've read in other forums those who play OF, and they, like me, find it hard to continue with other titles. Once you know OF, you won't change.

Check this out:
http://www.theavonlady.org/

Papa Bear, this is Fuzzy Bear, commencing attack.

;)

>>By Deusrexmachina (Sunday, 5 Jun 2005 23:18)

There's always "Ehmurica's Army" (purposely misspelled to prevent a free hit for 'em), which is a supposedly-realistic intro to warfare which teaches everything except the minor details like watching friends die, killing civilians, and perhaps dying or losing a limb or two. A game is a game, and the greatest FPS is Halo 2. Hopefully, the new McNab-endorsed game will be the best ever, but it's not gonna be "realistic." I think my friend Cam would agree, you can call "Gran Turismo" a racing "simulation," but it has nothing to offer the budding race-car driver ( I know cuz I asked him--I actually thought my prowess at GT would translate to the track).
I just hope this McNab game isn't lame--he hasn't exactly endeared himself to Americans with his refusal to do any book signings, etc., here--a crappy game will just make sure he's stuck in Europe forever. Not that there's anything wrong with Europe, but...If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere. That should be a song lyric!

>>By Just Jon (Monday, 6 Jun 2005 05:52)

My 'problems' with booksignings are of a more general kind Jon, like we don't hear about them till after the fact ;-)
The writings on the wall AM WAS HERE sort of traumas, hehe

>>By Lynn (Monday, 6 Jun 2005 10:20)

Modern Day Trafalgar.... Read this somewhere and thought it was pretty funny.

You are now on the deck of the recently renamed 'HMS Appeasement!'

Nelson - Give the order to hoist my signal Hardy.

Hardy - Aye Aye Sir

N - Hold on - that is not the signal I dictated to my signals officer.

H - Sorry Sir.

N - England expects every person to do his duty, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religious persuasion or disability. What gobbledegook is this?

H - Admiralty policy I'm afraid, Sir. We're an equal opportunities employer now. We had devils own job getting 'England' past the censors, lest it be considered racist

N -Gadzooks, Hardy Hand me my pipe and tobacco.

H - Sorry Sir, All naval vessels have been designated smoke-free working environments.

>>>>For all of it see:
http://www.politicallyincorrect.me.uk/nelson.htm

>>By Lynn (Monday, 6 Jun 2005 17:13)

I think it's funny too Lynn :-) And there'd be no kissing either, risk of infection see?

>>By camban (Wednesday, 8 Jun 2005 16:58)

That ...or a lawsuit for sexual harassment from staff ;-)

>>By Lynn (Wednesday, 8 Jun 2005 18:42)

Author's message to schoolkids

08 June 2005

Put down your PlayStations and pick up a book! That was the message from author Robert Rigby to pupils at Sheringham High School and Sixth Form Centre yesterday.

During a visit to the school Mr Rigby read from Boy Soldier, a novel he has written with SAS hero Andy McNab, author of the best-selling Bravo Two Zero.

The pair became friends after meeting at Shepperton Film Studios. Neither had been great book lovers while growing up, and decided to write the novel to encourage children to read.

full article:

http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?
brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=
edponline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED07%
20Jun%202005%2016%3A29%3A00%3A747

>>By Lynn (Thursday, 9 Jun 2005 09:27)

Good lord, how do we keep up!!!

PAYBACK
Andy McNab, Robert Rigby

Synopsis
In the high-octane sequel to Boy Soldier, seventeen-year-old Danny and his grandfather, ex-SAS explosives expert Fergus, are on the run again, with their cover in southern Spain blown. Encouraged by the mysterious Deveraux, they return to London to confront their ruthless enemy in MI6, Fincham. But a teenage suicide bomber has brought death and destruction to the heart of Westminster. And there seem to be plenty of other willing martyrs. As the trap is sprung, Danny and Fergus have to break into Northholt and it is up to computer whiz Elena to trawl the deep web to help them find the information they need to put a stop to the nightmare. The second book in the Boy Soldier sequence is another explosive, fast-moving and thrilling adventure, packed with authentic detail and Andy McNab's SAS expertise.

Hardcover 329 pages (October 6, 2005)
Publisher: Doubleday
Language: English
ISBN: 0385608047

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/
ASIN/0385608047/qid=1118432157/
sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_3_2/026-8035920-4450806

Nice cover again ;-)

>>By Lynn (Friday, 10 Jun 2005 21:39)

Sheesh, Stephen Coonts has book 4 of the Deep Black series coming out this october, by the title of.... PAYBACK

Coonts and McNab are becoming literary twins??

>>By Lynn (Friday, 10 Jun 2005 22:58)

"Robert Rigby has teamed up with bestselling thriller writer Andy McNab (BRAVO TWO ZERO) to create a young adult sequence of novels. The first BOY SOLDIER will be published by Doubleday in the UK in May and by Penguin in the US (US Title TRAITOR) this autumn, supported by major publicity. The second novel PAYBACK is nearly complete and a further two are contracted for. Film/television adaptations are in the planning stages."

Major publicity huh !!! You lucky yanks ;-))

>>By Lynn (Friday, 10 Jun 2005 23:06)

It's about time some major publicity was put behind McNab here in the States. I conducted an unscientific poll, and the results speak for themselves:
Poll question: Are you an Andy McNab fan?
Subject #1 (the guy who stands outside the 7-11 muttering to himself): Yes, repent now!
Subject #2 (chick I was trying to chat up at local bar): Get away from me.
Subject #3 (boyfriend of above subject): You want me to hit you again?
Subject #4 (local policeman): No, and we've got a warrant.
Subject #5 (me, the barking mad version): McNab's betrayed me for the last time!
As you can see, AM is not as appreciated here in the U.S. as he should be. What we REALLY need is an introduction to his humour, which even thick Yanks could appreciate. I'm very jealous over his columns not being available here. I say we make a trade and give the limeys their soccer back in exchange for McNab, thereby proving that one can indeed "get something for nothing."

>>By Just Jon (Saturday, 11 Jun 2005 00:48)

Maybe that's the whole clue Jon, you don't appreciate soccer - you don't know what's good hence don't appreciate McNab ;-)

>>By Lynn (Saturday, 11 Jun 2005 13:13)

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