Code Name Snowbird

Code Name Snowbird

by James H. Scott
Code Name Snowbird

Code Name Snowbird

by James H. Scott

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Overview

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.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781466957435
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Publication date: 12/13/2004
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 458 KB

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 Dartmoorand 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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