18 Hours: The True Story of an SAS War Hero

· Bolinda · Narrated by Michael Carman
5.0
1 review
Audiobook
9 hr 34 min
Unabridged
Eligible
Ratings and reviews aren’t verified  Learn More
Want a 16 min sample? Listen anytime, even offline. 
Add

About this audiobook

Jock Wallace was pumped. It was the start of Operation Anaconda, the US-led military offensive to flush out al Qaeda and the Taliban from their last stronghold in the Shahi Kot Valley in Afghanistan. If intelligence reports were correct, there were between 100 and 250 enemy fighters holed up in the extensive cave systems in the mountain ridges around the beautiful valley. But reports can be wrong. Minutes after the combat-ready troops stormed down the back ramps of the Chinook helicopters, Jock's company was under fire. Eighteen hours of hell was just the beginning. With machine-gun bullets dancing about the soldiers' feet, and mortars and rocket-propelled grenades raining down on them, it seemed the al Qaeda terrorists and Taliban fighters had them trapped. But there was no way Jock was going down without a fight. Nor were the men he was with. Holding off the enemy, rescuing the injured, reporting to base, calling in air support - Jock gave it all that he had. He was not going to die on foreign soil, not at the hands of al Qaeda.

Ratings and reviews

5.0
1 review

About the author

Sandra Lee is an Australian journalist and author with more than two decades experience in the daily newspaper and magazine publishing industry in Australia and the United States. She is the author of three non-fiction books. Her books have been published in the United Kingdom and Europe where they have been translated into foreign languages. She is married and lives in Sydney with her husband and a black rescue mutt.

In a career spanning 35 years, Michael Carman has worked in film, television and theatre in Australia. Audiences will recognise him from the international children's film Nim's Island, the ABC Television series MDA, and many other television appearances. He has appeared with the Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Perth Theatre Companies. Michael has narrated many books for Bolinda audio, as well as performing in many ABC radio plays.

Rate this audiobook

Tell us what you think.

Listening information

Smartphones and tablets
Install the Google Play Books app for Android and iPad/iPhone. It syncs automatically with your account and allows you to read online or offline wherever you are.
Laptops and computers
You can read books purchased on Google Play using your computer's web browser.

More by Sandra Lee

Similar audiobooks

Narrated by Michael Carman