Killer Elite (previously Published As The Feather Men) (2011) - Plot & Excerpts
Spike had not been in touch with Mason for almost a year and the latter was pleased at the short-notice summons. “Do you remember the events of January, February and March 1975 on the Dhofar jebel?” Mason was surprised by the question but he had good reason to recall the period with clarity. “I lost some good friends at the time. Do you want a potted history?” Spike nodded. “I was attached to Jebel Regiment for the disastrous attack on Sherishitti, an adoo weapons store, and I worked closely with their officers. Later, in mid-February, at a base called Hagaif, the soldiers from one of the companies involved at Sherishitti mutinied against their major and forced him to leave by night alone in his Land Rover into enemy territory. Three weeks later two of the remaining Hagaif officers and the pilot of their helicopter were shot down and killed. I knew all of them well.” Mason paused to light a cigar. “Four days after the Hagaif mutiny, at my own base close to the Yemen border, I spent the hairiest night of my life.
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