Outcast: The blistering thriller from the No.1 bestselling SAS hero

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Cut to years later, I've been in the mood for military type thrillers and while perusing the local store I see Manhunter by Chris Ryan, a name I had all but forgotten. The blurb immediately interested me; a special forces regiment dedicated to taking out organized crime. I love true crime and crime fiction, plus my hankering for military thrillers seemed like a perfect match. Chris was born in Rowlands Gill, which is a small village on the north bank of the River Derwent. It has a population of around 6,000 and is around nine miles from the major city of Newcastle in the North of England. Very little is known of Chris's early life - little about his school days, little about his hobbies, little about his family life. What is known is that he attended the secondary school at Hookergate School, which was around three miles from his village of Rolands Gill. The school has since been renamed Thorp Academy. He stayed at Hookergate until he was 16 years old, at which point, instead of going into further education as many of his fellow authors did, which would have been easy as Hookergate School also had a college section to it, he signed up to join the British Army. Freeman, Simon (16 March 2003). "The new Battle of the Books". The Guardian . Retrieved 31 December 2016. Chris Ryan tried this selection exercise severally in every weekend and was always selected. However, he was then too young to continue to the next test that could have led him to joining his cousin. Chris Ryan later passed all the stages when he was old enough and was admitted to the 23rd SAS.

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He also trained and managed six men who made the Team GB at the Sure for The Span’s Men Extreme Pamplona Chase. He also starred in Hunting Chris Ryan at the BBC which was later aired on the Military Channel and played the role of Special Forces Manhunt.During his escape, Ryan suffered injuries from drinking water contaminated with nuclear waste. [8] Besides suffering severe muscle atrophy, he lost 36lb (16kg) and did not return to operational duties. Instead, he selected and trained potential recruits, before being honourably discharged from the SAS in 1994. [ citation needed]

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Fans of the author know exactly what they're getting when they open the latest Chris Ryan thriller, plenty of action and a fast moving storyline, this one has both. His participation in the game helped in making the game more accurate to various military operations, weapons, equipment and tactics. Ryan co-created and starred in a TV Show called Ultimate Force. He was also a technical, military advisor who played the important role of the Blue Troop Leader in Series 1 as Johnny Bell. On 29 June 1991 Ryan was awarded the Military Medal "in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Gulf in 1991" although the award was not gazetted until 15 December 1998 together with the equally delayed announcement of Andy McNab's Distinguished Conduct Medal. [9] Post-military career [ edit ] Ryan has also presented a series called Armed and Dangerous on Bravo. Chris Ryan also starred in the Elite World Cops which was also aired on Bravo within 2008 to 2009. In the show, Chris Ryan spent most of his time with the various law enforcement agencies all over the world. But the army wasn't enough for Chris. No, he wanted something special. Chris's dream was to be a member of one of the most elite fighting forces on the planet - the SAS (Special Air Service). Chris's cousin was actually already in the reservist SAS and regularly invited Chris to visit him. Chris tried to join the SAS but reportedly failed the selection process because…a b Manger, Warren (27 August 2014). "SAS hero Chris Ryan: I drank radioactive water in Iraq, which meant I'd never have children". Daily Mirror . Retrieved 31 December 2016. In addition to his writing Ryan has contributed to several television series and video games. In 2002 Ryan co-created and appeared in ITV's action series, Ultimate Force, playing the role of Blue Troop leader Staff Sergeant Johnny Bell in the first series. He acted as a military adviser for the video game I.G.I.-2: Covert Strike. [ citation needed] Edemariam, Aida (27 October 2008). "The new star of romantic fiction: ex-SAS hardman Chris Ryan". The Guardian . Retrieved 8 January 2010. During the Gulf War, Ryan was a team member of the ill-fated eight-man SAS patrol, with the call sign Bravo Two Zero. The patrol was sent into Iraq to "gather intelligence,... find a good LUP (lying up position) and set up an OP (observation post)" on the main supply route (MSR) between Baghdad and North-Western Iraq, and eventually take out the Scud TELs. [3] :16 After leaving the SAS, Ryan wrote The One That Got Away, which covers the account from his patrol report of the Bravo Two Zero mission. Both his and McNab's accounts have been heavily criticised by former territorial SAS member and explorer Michael Asher, who attempted to retrace the patrol's footsteps for TV and claimed to have debunked both accounts with the help of the then-SAS regimental sergeant major Peter Ratcliffe. [10] [11]

Outcast: The blistering thriller from the No.1 bestselling Outcast: The blistering thriller from the No.1 bestselling

Chris Ryan was born in Tyner and Wear, Rowlands Gill, North East England. He enrolled into the army as a boy soldier at the age of 16 after going to Hookergate secondary school and he had a cousin who was enrolled into the 23rd SAS Reserves. He then invited Ryan to go there and see for himself how it felt like to be really in the army. This gave him an insight on drug trade and a war on terrorism from the law enforcement perspective. Ryan has also appeared in the Mind Control, a Series by Darren Brown. In this Series, he booby trapped a course which Brown was to follow while he was blindfolded. Ryan is currently a lecturer in business motivation and is also a bodyguard in the US. He is also the patron current Victoria Trust. Personal LifeShortly after been selected into 23rd SAS, he began a selection to the then Regular 22 Regime and later joined squadron ‘B’ as a medic. Since they wanted a parent regime, Chris Ryan and one soldier who had just joined the SAS from Royal Navy, spent about 8 weeks with a Parachute Regime before they returned to Squadron ‘B’. The characters and dialogue are the paper thin variety I was expecting from this kind of thriller. Can hardly demote points for that. The action is well written. Ryan certainly loves to tell us all about firearms and their bullet calibers but when the bullets are flying it's enjoyable.