by John Carney, Clifford Thurlow · 2019
ISBN: 1913183084 9781913183080
Category: Biography & Autobiography / Military
Page count: 320
<p><b>Soldier Magazine's Book of the Month</b><br><br><b>Fascinating... Incredibly dangerous.</b><i> The Times</i><br><br>h2<b>Gripping. Adrenalin fuelled true-life account with all the makings of a military thriller. The action unfolds like a Le Carre novel. </b><i>Soldier Magazine“/i>/h2><br><br><br><b><i>'If there are young women with children trapped in that hell and we can get them out, don't we have a duty to do so?'</i></b><br><br>Hearing terrifying stories first-hand from naive young girls who'd been tricked, abused and enslaved by ISIS, ex-British Army soldier John Carney set up a high-risk operation to rescue as many as he could.<br><br>This is the breath-taking true story of how he repeatedly led his men behind enemy lines into the Syrian lead storm to liberate women and children, delivering them to de-radicalization programmes and fair trials.<br><br>Believing that '<i>every person we can bring back is living proof that ISIS is a failure', </i>Carney tackles the complex issue of Jihadi Brides head on, as he and his men endanger their lives, not always returning safely home.</p>