Death on Gibraltar

S.A.S. #18

by Shaun Clarke

Ultimate soldier. Ultimate mission. But will the SAS be able to outfox the IRA as they prepare a deadly reprisal?

May 1987: a successful SAS ambush results in the deaths of eight IRA terrorists in Loughgall. Knowing that retaliation is certain, and that Gibraltar has been selected by the IRA as a ‘soft’ target associated with British imperialism, British intelligence goes on the alert.

Then two IRA members arrive in southern Spain under false names, and an Irishwoman, also using a false identity, visits the changing of the guard ceremony outside the Governor of Gibraltar’s residence. Intelligence believes the ceremony is likely to be attacked, and the British government sends in the SAS.

Tasked with preventing the bombing, if necessary by killing the terrorists, the SAS team will need to call into play all their expertise and tenacity in what will become a deadly game of cat-and-mouse.

210 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 1, 1994

Reviews

[Rupert Hague-Holmes · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fictional account of Operation Flavius, the SAS operation in Gibraltar in March 1988, this was a light hearted and enjoyable read. Strangely although the book cover claims that real names aren’t used in the book, the real names of the terrorists are used!

[Ken Lucas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent account of a true telling of the incident a very good and interesting read.

[John Savage · Rating 1 out of 5]

Oh dear
SAS in Gibraltar wearing maroon berets with winged daggers, rounds with gun powder, to name but a few. I normally read books more than once, but not this one.

[Mick]

Excellent protrail of the incident a good read