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For the first time ever an elite British operator tells the gruelling story of his selection into the Pathfinders - Britain's secret soldiers. Pathfinder selection is a brutal physical and psychological trial lasting many weeks. It rivals that of the SAS and takes place over the same spine-crushing terrain, in the rain-and-snow-lashed wastes of the Welsh mountains. For two decades no one has been able to relate the extraordinary trials of British elite forces selection - until now. Captain David Blakeley goes on from completing selection to serve with the Pathfinders in Afghanistan post 9/11, where he had a gun held to his head by Al Qaeda fighters. From there he deploys to Iraq, on a series of dramatic behind-enemy-lines missions - wherein he and his tiny elite patrol are outnumbered, outgunned and trapped. MAVERICK ONE is unique and extraordinary, chronicling the making of a warrior. It culminates in Blakeley fighting back to full recovery from horrific injuries suffered whilst on operations in Iraq, to go on to face SAS selection.

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Book category Books in English Biography & True Stories True stories True war & combat stories

• Full title: Maverick One
• Author: Blakeley David
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352
• EAN: 9781409146636
• ISBN: 1409146634
• ID: 02394480
• Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
• Weight: 314 g
• Dimensions: 198 × 131 × 20 mm
• Date of publishing: 22. May 2014

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