Hetman: Hard Kill - An Aidan Snow 'SAS' short story

Aidan Snow #0.6

by Alex Shaw

An explosive SAS short story following Aidan Snow during his early days with the Regiment.

Northern Ireland, November 1994. Seconded to ‘the Det’ - a Covert Intelligence & Security Unit, SAS troopers Aidan Snow and Paddy Fox must stop a breakaway terrorist cell from destroying the IRA ceasefire and stalling the Northern Ireland peace process.

Aidan Snow become an SIS (MI6) operative in the #1 Kindle bestselling HETMAN and COLD BLACK.

39 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 4, 2013

About the author

ALEX SHAW B.A.(Hons), P.G.C.E. spent the second half of the 1990s in Kyiv, Ukraine, teaching Drama and running his own business consultancy before being head-hunted for a division of Siemens. The next few years saw him doing business for the company across the former USSR, the Middle East, and Africa.
Alex is an active member of the ITW (The International Thriller Writers organisation) and the CWA (the Crime Writers Association). He is the author of the #1 International Kindle Bestselling 'Aidan Snow SAS thrillers' HETMAN & COLD BLACK and the new DELTA FORCE VAMPIRE series of books. His writing has also been published in the thriller anthologies DEATH TOLL, DEATH TOLL 2 and ACTION PULSE POUNDING TALES 2 alongside International Bestselling authors Stephen Leather and Matt Hilton. DANGEROUS, DEADLY, ELITE - The third Aidan Snow Thriller will be available in October 2014.

COLD BLACK is commercially published by ENDEAVOUR PRESS.

Alex, his wife and their two sons divide their time between homes in Kyiv, Ukraine and Worthing, England. Alex can be contacted via his website www.alexwshaw.com You can also follow Alex on twitter: @alexshawhetman

Reviews

[Richard · Rating 3 out of 5]

An earlier account in the life of Aidan Snow.

Part of a SAS unit in Northern Ireland’s border country trying to save the fragile ceasefire in November 1994.

Working in bandit country, pitted against the South Armagh Brigade, Snow is one of four in his team tasked to monitor and prevent this group from undermining the IRA ceasefire. Rules of engagement mean they are walking a narrow line between defensive reaction and blame for breaking the truce.

This all adds to the tension and you sense the real danger these men faced in difficult circumstances. The short story shows that training counts for a great deal but once blooded in action you can’t undo emotions or suppress fear.

Thus we see Aidan Snow at the start of his career path into the secret service and recognise the man he becomes in later books.

A good backstory which is revealing, faithful to ‘the troubles’ where you are compelled to place your life in danger, while needing faith and a shared trust in those on your side.

[Seumas Gallacher · Rating 4 out of 5]

...a grab-you-by-the throat short thriller... great intro to the Aiden Shaw novels...,

...a great 'taster' for the Aiden Shaw novels ...undercover black operations are not kid-glove experiences... come in and feel the tension all the way through this short story... reality reflected in fiction, here.. this stuff happens... good work, Mr Shaw...

[Michelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was a change in genre for me. It tells the story of a four man squad who were sent to Ireland to assist the peace treaty. Although the book was a short, I would be interested in reading other books by this author

[dennis barron · Rating 5 out of 5]

Herman Hard to kill

A novella by Shaw . Action thriller with Aidan Snows first mission as a SAS operative. Story takes place in Ireland when a rogue splinter group from the IRA plots to assassinate a Irish politician. Snow teams up with Paddy fox, a seasoned SAS operative. Extremely well written and a fast paced excellent read!

[Dave · Rating 1 out of 5]

Sorry I read it.