Hostile Intent - David Bessell

Lieutenant Commander Chris Edwards is a former member of the Special Boat Service, a veteran of military action and for over fifteen years the Special Forces expert on Mustafa Al Said, a war criminal and one of Al-Qaeda's most dangerous men at arms. When Al Said resurfaces in Somalia with a plan to devastate the cities of Europe, Edwards is called back in to the action world of the war on terror in order to bring him down. Using a Royal Navy submarine from the Middle East as the insertion method for the military deployment, the plan starts to unravel from an early stage when Edwards and his team are compromised in Dubai, almost before the operation has started. Their commanding officer confirms that there is a mole passing information to Al-Qaeda, but the man has been left out of the specifics of the planned mission, and so assures the team they will be safe to continue their military deployment off the Somali coast. Despite this, it is obvious that the war criminal Al Said is always one step ahead and the troubles continue when the team reach Somalia. Up against a master strategist at every turn and taking heavy fire, potential disaster looms for the Special Forces. They can only hope that the damage they are doing, despite the casualties, is enough to foil Al Said's plans. Eventually forced to withdraw, the team recover to the UK but for Edwards, the war on terror is about to get much closer to home. Al Said is out for revenge...