At the age of 16 he attached himself unofficially to 'C' Squadron of 23rd Special Air Service, the territorial regiment based at Prud�hoe, in Northumberland. Over the next seven years he covered hundreds of miles of moor and mountain on training exercises. In 1984 he joined the 22nd SAS, the regular Regiment, and completed three tours which took him to many parts of the world on operations and exer�cises. He also worked extensively in the counter-terrorist field, serving as assa ulter, sniper, and finally Sniper Team Commander on the SP or Special Projects team. For his escape from Iraq in January 1991 he was awarded the Military Medal. He left the SAS in 1994, and now lives in the south of England with his wife and daughter. . He is the author of two bestselling novels, Stand By, Stand By and Zero Option. for Sarah THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY CHRIS RYAN, M.M. ARROW This edition published by Arrow Books Limited 1996 7 9 10 8 6 All rights reserved Copyright 1995 Chris Ryan The right of Chris Ryan to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988 This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, resold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publisher's prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser First published in the United Kingdom in 1995 by Century Random House UK Ltd 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London SW 2SA Arrow Books Ltd Random House UK Ltd 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London SW1V 2SA Random House Australia (Pty) Limited 20 Alfred Street, Milsons Point, Sydney New South Wales 2061, Australia Random House New Zealand Limited 18 Poland Road, Glenfield, Auckland 10, New Zealand Random House South Africa (Pty) Limited Endulini, 5a Jubilee Road, Parktown 2193, South Africa Random House UK Limited Reg.
