When Dr Kate Shawcross is kidnapped by a Taliban leader -
Masud - he plans to hold her hostage. Kate is the daughter of
a US senator and Masud demands $1 million for her release.

No money will be paid, so Major Nathan Connor and his
Delta Force team are assigned to rescue her.

But with Connor still looking for Hassan, the son of his
dead friend, will he be able to hold all the pieces together
without getting himself, or his team, killed?

Explosive action and a thrilling, high-paced read
is guaranteed in these gritty war adventures,
which follow the behind-enemy-lines exploits
of a squad from the US special combat unit known
as 'Delta Force'.

Craig Simpson is the author of the critically acclaimed 'Special Operations' series.

This title is published by Franklin Watts EDGE,
which produces a range of books to get children
reading with confidence. EDGE - for books kids can't put down.

This is volume 2 in Edge-Task Force Delta .

This book has been graded for interest at 9-12 years.

There are 64 pages in this book. This is a short story book. This book was published 2012 by Hachette Children's Group .

Craig Simpson spent his childhood in southern England. At eighteen he headed off to veterinary school in Bristol but soon realized that in the wrong hands a scalpel could do more harm than good, and switched to studying science. He spent a while juggling test tubes before realizing there had to be more to life. After fifteen years scaling the corporate ladder, and travelling widely he became an independent consultant. A keen amateur historian, inspired by true stories he then abandoned the rat-race to write adventure novels. He now lives between the New Forest and the Hampshire seaside