The Judas Gate (Sean Dillon, #18)

Title: The Judas Gate (Sean Dillon, #18)
ISBN: 9780007937868
Author: Jack Higgins
Rating: ⭐ 3.93 (5 ratings, 0 reviews)

TREACHERY HAS A PRICE Helmand Province, Afghanistan: a lone convoy edges its way towards a deserted mountain village. Stepping out of their Mastiff APVs, US Army Rangers are hit by a massive roadside bomb, and as half the patrol lie dead or injured, the rest are ambushed with military precision. A nearby British medical team responds to the call for back-up, but all are slaughtered when their Chinook helicopter is blown up.The ambush is bad, but what’ worse is that, amidst the battlefield chatter picked up by Major Giles Roper, not all the Taliban voices are Afghan - some are English, and the commander bears an Irish accent; he even names himself ‘Shamrock’. Why would he commit such an atrocity, but more importantly can he be found before he masterminds another?Sean Dillon is put in charge of hunting the traitor down, with all the resources of the ‘Prime Minister’s private army’ at his disposal. But this time, Dillon will not only be going to war - the war will be coming to him, and he will learn that this Judas has al-Qaeda on his side...