BOOK REVIEW: The Kill Zone by Chris Ryan

For the News of the World

By Ryan Pilot

THIS is a no-holds barred action thriller that smacks of authenticity.

The bare-knuckly ride drags us from a Belfast junkie hovel to the fontline in Afghanistan - then on to the lawless streets of Somalia.

Crack SAS captain Jack Harker is leading a team to retrieve three stolen Stinger missiles. Meanwhile, in Belfast surveillance agent Siobham Byrne is investigatin an ex-IRA drug baron who keeps his cronies in check with random knee-cappings.

With the US president visiting London, Harker and Byrne's paths collide and they uncover a Taliban terror plot.

As an ex-SAS soldier, Ryan knows the bloody details of these dog-eat-dog worlds and he scores another hit here.