Jungle War

Colombia, 1989. The cocaine cartels are at war-and six British soldiers are about to enter a conflict they were never supposed to fight.Sergeant Callum "e;Cal"e; Strachan and his five-man SAS team arrive in Colombia with simple orders: train a hand-picked counter-narcotics unit in jungle warfare, reconnaissance and small-unit tactics.They are advisers. Nothing more.But when a supposedly routine operation against a jungle cocaine laboratory turns into a deadly ambush, Strachan discovers the enemy knew they were coming.Someone has betrayed them.Forced to fight their way out, the survivors uncover a ledger pointing towards El Santuario-a hidden cartel stronghold containing an airstrip, laboratories, weapons and the secrets of men far more powerful than the gunmen guarding it.What begins as a covert mission against the drug cartels soon becomes something much more dangerous.Because the corruption doesn't end in Colombia.It reaches across the Atlantic.And when names begin disappearing from the ledger-and the people who know too much start dying-Strachan is drawn into a second battle involving compromised intelligence officers, secret accounts, assassinations and a clandestine operation known as Marble White.From brutal jungle firefights and helicopter assaults to a desperate fighting withdrawal through cartel territory, The Jungle War is a fast-moving military thriller inspired by Britain's little-known involvement in Colombia's war against the cocaine cartels.For Strachan and his men, survival will depend on discovering not only where the enemy is-but who the enemy really is.THE JUNGLE WARA novel of covert warfare, betrayal and survival.