Overview

High summer in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Two young soldiers, Milo and Zac, are on a mission which could really make their names. Their special duties team is to ambush and capture a notorious Taliban leader. The operation has been meticulously planned and set up. But suddenly - all is chaos. The hunters are now the hunted. To reach safety they must make their way through fifty kilometres of hostile territory, with a Taliban captive and a young, frightened woman in tow. Perilous at every turn, the journey is the biggest test any of them has ever faced, and it will change their lives forever.

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'Patrick Bishop turns novelist in this beautifully crafted love story. In its evocation of time and place it rings true at every turn.' -- Mail on Sunday 20080629 'Bishop writes an exciting aerial dogfight, rich in the telling detail that makes for authenticity. Yet this is a good deal more than a bloke's yarn, with well-drawn, convincing characters and plenty of what the movie-makers used to call love interest, too. One for the beach - but probably not for the plane there.' -- Daily Mail 20080523 'A measured, lyrical novel of remarkable scope and poise, A GOOD WAR is also replete with the realism and authenticity that are the author's hallmark...wonderfully evocative...A GOOD WAR confirms Patrick Bishop as a writer of fiction who has come of age' -- Damien Lewis, bestselling author of Cobra Gold 20080429 'One of the most profoundly moving books about the war to have emerged in recent memory' -- Sunday Telegraph on Bomber Boys 20080429 'As one of the bravest and best war correspondents alive, Bishop has an instinctive sympathy for his subject' -- Standard on Bomber Boys 20080429 'A terrific book, so riveting, exciting and moving...a true memorial' -- Spectator on Bomber Boys 20080429 'Superbly written and authoritative' -- Observer on Bomber Boys 20080429

'Patrick Bishop turns novelist in this beautifully crafted love story. In its evocation of time and place it rings true at every turn.' -- Mail on Sunday 20080629 'Bishop writes an exciting aerial dogfight, rich in the telling detail that makes for authenticity. Yet this is a good deal more than a bloke's yarn, with well-drawn, convincing characters and plenty of what the movie-makers used to call love interest, too. One for the beach -- but probably not for the plane there.' -- Daily Mail 20080523 'A measured, lyrical novel of remarkable scope and poise, A GOOD WAR is also replete with the realism and authenticity that are the author's hallmark...wonderfully evocative...A GOOD WAR confirms Patrick Bishop as a writer of fiction who has come of age' -- Damien Lewis, bestselling author of Cobra Gold 20080429 'One of the most profoundly moving books about the war to have emerged in recent memory' -- Sunday Telegraph on Bomber Boys 20080429 'As one of the bravest and best war correspondents alive, Bishop has an instinctive sympathy for his subject' -- Standard on Bomber Boys 20080429 'A terrific book, so riveting, exciting and moving...a true memorial' -- Spectator on Bomber Boys 20080429 'Superbly written and authoritative' -- Observer on Bomber Boys 20080429

'A triumph of storytelling. The first great novel of the Afghan war.' -- Major Chris Hunter, author of Extreme Risk 'Read it and enjoy a novel of great subtlety and insight; one that explores the age-old themes of loyalty, humanity and forgiveness, and that you finish feeling strangely optimistic about the future.' -- Saul David 'Impressively authentic. The author knows his subject, British infantry soldiers and their fight in Helmand, very well and his instinctive understanding of the military should satisfy even those harshest of critics, the very men and women who have served in Afghanistan' -- Evening Standard 'The first great novel of the Afghan war' -- Sun 'Patrick Bishop turns novelist in this beautifully crafted love story. In its evocation of time and place it rings true at every turn.' -- Mail on Sunday 20080629 'Bishop writes an exciting aerial dogfight, rich in the telling detail that makes for authenticity. Yet this is a good deal more than a bloke's yarn, with well-drawn, convincing characters and plenty of what the movie-makers used to call love interest, too. One for the beach - but probably not for the plane there.' -- Daily Mail 20080523 'A measured, lyrical novel of remarkable scope and poise, A GOOD WAR is also replete with the realism and authenticity that are the author's hallmark...wonderfully evocative...A GOOD WAR confirms Patrick Bishop as a writer of fiction who has come of age' -- Damien Lewis, bestselling author of Cobra Gold 20080429 'One of the most profoundly moving books about the war to have emerged in recent memory' -- Sunday Telegraph on Bomber Boys 20080429 'As one of the bravest and best war correspondents alive, Bishop has an instinctive sympathy for his subject' -- Standard on Bomber Boys 20080429 'A terrific book, so riveting, exciting and moving...a true memorial' -- Spectator on Bomber Boys 20080429 'Superbly written and authoritative' -- Observer on Bomber Boys 20080429

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Patrick Bishop spent twenty-five years as a foreign correspondent covering conflicts around the world. He is the author of two hugely acclaimed books about the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, Fighter Boys and Bomber Boys. His most recent bestseller is 3 Para, an epic account of the British deployment to Afghanistan in the summer of 2006. A GOOD WAR is his first novel.

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