Andy McNab News

Moscow, 2014

Dima opened his eyes, a second of blankness before he remembered where he was and why. The call could come at any time, they’d said. It was just after three. Bulganov’s voice was thick with fatigue. He told him when and where. He started to give directions, but Dima shut him up.

‘I know where it is.’

‘Just don’t fuck up, okay?’

‘I don’t fuck up. That’s why you hired me.’

You can read the first few chapters of Andy McNab’s novel ‘Battlefield 3 – The Russian’ online:

Go here to read Chapter 1 and 2

and for Chapter 3 Go Here

And here you’ll find a Q & A with Andy McNab by GameSpot

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EA
Posted by David McDonagh ON 10/17/2011

Andy McNab and Peter Grimsdale’s Battlefield 3: The Russian is the most ambitious and substantial thriller ever to be published alongside a game. It is the best in its class.

Never before has there been such close, two-way collaboration between an author and the creators of thegame itself. Nor has the resulting book been written by a thriller writer with such a strong track record of bestsellers behind him. SAS hero, McNab has used Battlefield 3 as his starting point to write a story that breaks new ground and can’t be found within the game. Displaying all of his trademark grit,authenticity and insight, Battlefield 3: The Russian is a scorching top-of-the-line military and a heart-stopping race against time…

Source: EA Website

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ANDY McNAB will be signing BATTLEFIELD 3:  THE RUSSIAN

Forbidden Planet Megastore
179 Shaftesbury Avenue
London WC2H 8JR
Thursday 3rd November 6 – 7pm.

To be published alongside the game, Battlefield 3: The Russian is the best in class – the first time a games publisher has worked so closely with an internationally bestselling author. Never before has a tie-in book benefitted from this level of collaboration from the creative team behind the game itself. Nor has it been written by a thriller writer with such a strong track record and reputation. Displaying all of McNab’s trademark grit, authenticity and insight, Battlefield 3: The Russian is a scorching top-of-the-line military thriller and a heart-stopping race against time. Prepare to be blown away …

NO PHOTOGRAPHY WILL BE PERMITTED DURING THIS EVENT

Source: Forbidden Planet website

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This year Grey Man’s Land was fortunate to get  an advanced readers copy of the new Nick Stone novel ‘Dead Centre’! Quite a pleasant surprise that one

So what about this 14th (!) Nick Stone adventure….

As you probably know from the synopsis Nick gets involved in a hostage negotiation.

A young boy and his mother have been kidnapped from aboard a yacht and certainly our hero is the one to bring them home.

The book starts the way we recognize from the former novels: with a prologue to make us understand more about the present situation and characters. It reads a bit slow, however, we get interesting information about the world of NGOs.

Then, when ‘present time’ starts you get sucked into that rollercoaster of action and events that we know so well from Andy’s novels. Every detail covered you’re ‘there’ with him, not just reading, but experiencing the story.

Andy is your perfect host, from details on the Moscow underground to the uprise of Al-Shabaab and background information on current world affairs… it’s non-fiction woven into fiction and all is very up-to-date so it’s real nice to read the book as soon as you can.

Nick Stone himself remains an interesting character, mix of human and superhuman. He’s doing a brave attempt to become more of a ‘grown-up’ but can’t help that boys will be boys…

When I was halfway through the book I thought..how can it be 400+ pages long, this is a piece of cake for our hero! But then, of course, unexpected twists keep you hooked and before you know it you have indeed read the full 400 and you’re as exhausted and dried out as Nick is in the last pages.

It’s a quality sequel in the series, a great read, but then we expect no less from Andy.
So nothing out of the ‘ordinary’….??

You’d think.

Zero Hour was quite a shock learning about Nick Stone’s  situation.

Prepare for another one!!!!

I had to read the last pages a couple of times over….. a real jaw dropper!!

But find out for yourselves! ‘Dead Centre’ is published on 15 September.

Have fun reading, you can go here to pre-order Andy McNab’s new Nick Stone novel ‘Dead Centre’

Lynn

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Asylum
Aug 31st 2011 – By Oliver Jones

For a second, just pretend you’re an Ex-SAS hero, you were the commander of the one of the most famous military operations of recent times and at the time of leaving the military you were its most highly decorated soldier — what would you do next?

Well that’s exactly the situation Andy McNab found himself in 18 years ago, when he became one of the most entertaining and prolific action authors of recent times.

His most popular novels are the Nick Stone series: tales of an Ex-SAS, deniable operator who traverses the world generally being an incredibly competent badass.

We spoke to Andy McNab about his new novel, Nick Stone, and how good he was at Battlefield 3.

Go here to read the interview

Snippet:

Asylum: You’ve been credited before with predicting flashpoints, and how certain military operation will unfold. Are you trying to predict what’ll happen next or do you take inspiration from contemporary events?

Andy McNab: “It’s a mixture, but again being a commentator for the MOD, there’s a thing called the future character of conflict, it’s an ongoing think tank that thinks up scenarios, not major state conflicts, but all sorts of conflicts. How would they effect commerce and how commerce effects conflict. That’s very useful because I get to see what’s out there, and in the general sort of environment. Combine that with mainstream news and deeper sort of feature-style news, and then it’s about bringing it all together.”

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