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From the author of Harry''s Game - A Sunday Times ''100 best crime novels and thrillers since 1945'' pick

Gus Peake should have kept his job and stayed at home, but an old family debt of friendship draws him to the remote wastes of Northern Iraq and to a savage forgotten war between Kurdish guerillas and Saddam Hussein''s military strength.

To the brutal, no-quarter combat, Peake can bring the skills he has learned as a marksman. But there is no room for mistakes on the field of battle and he must quickly learn to deal out random death at long distance, and help the guerillas to reach their goal, the city of Kirkuk, the old capital of the Kurdish people.

From Baghdad, Iraq sends Major Karim Aziz, the most dedicated and professional sniper in Saddam''s army. For both men their duel, from which only one can walk away, becomes an obsession. And it will only take one shot, echoing in the mountains and vallegs, to settle the score...



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Refreshingly original... Another gem from the master of the modern adventure story * The Times *
As good as ever on dusty forgotten battles... has a singular voice and the gift of making the reader read on * Guardian *
Mesmerizing * Sunday Times *

Holding The Zero

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      Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
      Published 21 November 2013
      ISBN-13 9781444760378
      978-1444760378
      ISBN-10 1444760378
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      Crime & Thrillers

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      From the author of Harry''s Game - A Sunday Times ''100 best crime novels and thrillers since 1945'' pick

      Gus Peake should have kept his job and stayed at home, but an old family debt of friendship draws him to the remote wastes of Northern Iraq and to a savage forgotten war between Kurdish guerillas and Saddam Hussein''s military strength.

      To the brutal, no-quarter combat, Peake can bring the skills he has learned as a marksman. But there is no room for mistakes on the field of battle and he must quickly learn to deal out random death at long distance, and help the guerillas to reach their goal, the city of Kirkuk, the old capital of the Kurdish people.

      From Baghdad, Iraq sends Major Karim Aziz, the most dedicated and professional sniper in Saddam''s army. For both men their duel, from which only one can walk away, becomes an obsession. And it will only take one shot, echoing in the mountains and vallegs, to settle the score...



      Trade Review
      Refreshingly original... Another gem from the master of the modern adventure story * The Times *
      As good as ever on dusty forgotten battles... has a singular voice and the gift of making the reader read on * Guardian *
      Mesmerizing * Sunday Times *

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