Alex Gardiner served as an officer in the Royal Greenjackets, and then as a troop and squadron commander in 22 SAS before leaving the British Army to command 1st Regiment The Sultan's Special Force in Southern Oman. Since then, he has covered conflict in Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq, Afghanistan and Yemen. He is married to the fashion designer Beatrice von Tresckow and is working on his next novel from their home in Gloucestershire.

"Alex knows what he is writing about. He's been there and done it. I'm proud to have soldiered with him." Andy McNab CBE DCM MM DArts

Alex Gardiner served as an officer in the Royal Greenjackets, and then as a troop and squadron commander in 22 SAS before leaving the British Army to command 1st Regiment The Sultan's Special Force in Southern Oman. Since then, he has covered conflict in Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq, Afghanistan and Yemen. He is married to the fashion designer Beatrice von Tresckow and is working on his next novel from their home in Gloucestershire.

"Alex knows what he is writing about. He's been there and done it. I'm proud to have soldiered with him." Andy McNab CBE DCM MM DArts