Overview
When two of his colleagues are killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq, young bomb disposal officer Kevin Ivison is called in to defuse a second even deadlier bomb just a hundred yards from the bodies of his friends. To make things worse, the entire area is under fire from snipers and a crowd of angry Iraqis have begun to hurl petrol bombs... With little chance of living through this impossible task, Kevin leaves final messages for his loved ones and sets out alone towards the bomb that he is sure will be the last thing he sees. In this gut-wrenching and terrifying true story of heroism and survival, Kevin Ivison explains why he chose to be a bomb disposal expert in the first place, how he found the courage to face his death and the unendurable stress that has given him nightmares ever since.
Full Product Details
Author: Kevin Ivison
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
Imprint: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Dimensions:
Width: 12.80cm
, Height: 2.20cm
, Length: 19.60cm
Weight: 0.240kg
ISBN: 9780753828304
ISBN 10: 0753828308
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 07 July 2011
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
'Humbling, edge-of-the-sunlounger account of courage under fire.' TESCO MAGAZINE
His account of life on the front lines is at times terrifying, but leavened with black humour. * GOOD BOOK GUIDE * Humbling, edge-of-the-sunlounger account of courage under fire. * TESCO MAGAZINE * His account of life on the front lines is at times terrifying, but leavened with black humour * Good Book Guide * Gripping... a gifted writer as well as a genuine hero... I am humbled at what these heroes do for us all * Literary Review * RED ONE is plain-spoken, heart-thumping stuff * The Times * The chapters of RED ONE that cover the events of February 28 are as gripping, agonising and memorable as any modern military memoir * Sunday Times * Absorbing ... At the heart of the book is a taut, riveting account of the events of a single day - February 28, 2006 - when Ivison rushed to the scene of an IED ambush on a road known as RED ONE * Daily Mail * The honesty with which Kevin relays his fear, his overwhelming sense that he is going to die, is impressive... Ivison's writing is unpretentious and accessible -- Patrick Hennessey * Daily Telegraph *
The honesty with which Kevin relays his fear, his overwhelming sense that he is going to die, is impressive... Ivison's writing is unpretentious and accessible -- Patrick Hennessey * Daily Telegraph * Absorbing ... At the heart of the book is a taut, riveting account of the events of a single day - February 28, 2006 - when Ivison rushed to the scene of an IED ambush on a road known as RED ONE * Daily Mail * The chapters of RED ONE that cover the events of February 28 are as gripping, agonising and memorable as any modern military memoir * Sunday Times * RED ONE is plain-spoken, heart-thumping stuff * The Times * Gripping... a gifted writer as well as a genuine hero... I am humbled at what these heroes do for us all * Literary Review * His account of life on the front lines is at times terrifying, but leavened with black humour * Good Book Guide * Humbling, edge-of-the-sunlounger account of courage under fire. * TESCO MAGAZINE * His account of life on the front lines is at times terrifying, but leavened with black humour. * GOOD BOOK GUIDE *
Author Information
Captain Kevin Ivison, GM, was commissioned into the army in 2000 and served in Afghanistan, Bosnia, Kosovo, Northern Ireland and Iraq, where his work as a bomb disposal expert won him the George Medal. Since leaving the army in April 2009 he has been working for the Ministry of Defence.
