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Kill Zone: A Spider Shepherd short story (Dan Shepherd series Book 14) Kindle Edition

by Stephen Leather (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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SAS trooper Dan "Spider" Shepherd in action in Afghanistan, on the trail of a murderous Taliban assassin.

Shepherd went on to become an undercover cop in London in the series written by bestselling author Stephen Leather.

Kill Zone is just under 15,000 words, about thirty pages, perfect if you have half an hour to spare.

Stephen Leather is one of the UK's most successful thriller writers. He was a journalist for more than ten years on newspapers such as The Times, the Daily Mail and the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong. Before that, he was employed as a biochemist for ICI, shovelled limestone in a quarry, worked as a baker, a petrol pump attendant, a barman, and worked for the Inland Revenue. He began writing full time in 1992. His bestsellers have been translated into more than ten languages. He has also written for television shows such as London's Burning, The Knock and the BBC's Murder in Mind series. Two of his books, The Stretch and The Bombmaker, were made into movies.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00BDCEO6A
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ (February 8, 2013)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 8, 2013
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 337 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 45 pages
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Stephen Leather is one of the UK’s most successful thriller writers, an eBook and Sunday Times bestseller and author of the critically acclaimed Dan “Spider’ Shepherd series and the Jack Nightingale supernatural detective novels. Before becoming a novelist he was a journalist for more than ten years on newspapers such as The Times, the Daily Mirror, the Glasgow Herald, the Daily Mail and the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong.

He is one of the country’s most successful eBook authors and his eBooks have topped the Amazon Kindle charts in the UK and the US. In 2011 alone he sold more than 500,000 eBooks and was voted by The Bookseller magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the UK publishing world. Born in Manchester, he began writing full time in 1992.

His novel The Chinaman was filmed as The Foreigner starring Jackie Chan and Pierce Brosnan.

His bestsellers have been translated into fifteen languages. He has also written for television shows such as London’s Burning, The Knock and the BBC’s Murder in Mind series and two of his books, The Stretch and The Bombmaker, were filmed for TV. You can find out more from his website www.stephenleather.com

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Roger
5.0 out of 5 stars Junior Officers Can Get you Killed
Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2013
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Dan "Spider" Shepherd is an SAS Trooper in A-Stan and his unit is under command of a new, inexperienced CaptainTodd. Todd has come under the influence of an Afghan , Ahmed Khan,who has won his confidence, but not the troopers,including Spider.
Todd authorized some soldiers to drive Khan back to his village. When they do not return Todd must put together a full squad to follow up on the first crew to find out what happened.
They find the Rover on it'side in a ditch. All the troopers are shot to death. Khan is missing. Spider's suspicions about Khan are confirmed. Capt.Todd has made a tragic mistake. Khan' s treachery must be revenge d.
AN all out assault is planned and the unit is set to fly into the "Kill Zone" in Chinook helicopter,' s
Leather' s description of the battle is terrific,it is nip and tuck,for Spider and his mates. Some will not survive and some will be severely wounded, but you will have to read the story to find out who made it home.
I really enjoy Leather' s novels and stories and not just because my husband is the real Spider Shepherd!
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Kirky
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2013
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What can you say about Spider Sheperd

I reread all the spider novels and will reread this one

IA great yarn
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Coleenk
5.0 out of 5 stars A New Series to Begin!
Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2013
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This is my first time to read a Spider Shepherd story, but I'm now a convert. He's very similar to Lee Child's Jack Reacher, so anyone that loves Jack, will also like Spider. I couldn't put this book down - it's a great read! Thanks Stephen Leather!
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Sigurd
4.0 out of 5 stars Fine
Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2013
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It's a fine background, quick read, but for a $ I'm satisfied. It stays in the general style of the other books.
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fox
5.0 out of 5 stars I loved it!
Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2013
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Totally addicted to all the Dan (Spider) Shepherd books. I've read every one and look for new ones constantly. I have read every one of the series and would advise reading them in order to understand why somethings are as they are. 5 big stars!
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Wak B
3.0 out of 5 stars It's alright
Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2014
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Stephen Leather writes great short stories but I am not a fan of his military/espionage stuff. His detective and Thailand stories are far better.
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kikko
5.0 out of 5 stars Leather does it again
Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2013
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I like to follow the career of Spider shepherd. Even though this is a short tale there is still the intensity that is found in the longer stories. An excellent read
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Roger Whittaker
4.0 out of 5 stars Stephen Leather short story
Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2013
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I just wish it was a longer story! Enjoyable as always. Such a reliable author. One of my favorite authors.
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nigel higgs
5.0 out of 5 stars Good read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 11, 2013
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As i got into this book i found it very good as it kept you wanting to follow the story to see what happens next liked the book very much and will read more of his books would recommend this auther.
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Nick Brett
4.0 out of 5 stars Shepherd at war
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 12, 2013
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Stephen Leather is providing more than a few e-treats at the moment. In Kill Zone we have Spider Shepherd back in his SAS days in a war story that may act as a prequal to the soon to be published new Spider novel.

So the SAS are Taliban hunting in Afghanistan back in the day and when a patrol goes bad an SAS team seek revenge on the bad guys. Plenty of SAS fieldcraft here along with a few familiar faces and glimpses of a younger Shepherd. This is an important aspect of an entertaining story as we see a married young soldier rather then the more complex and mature character that he grows into in the series set many years later. This was also a time of black and white where in future years Spider will find himself far more in the grey areas so it was interesting to see a more 'vanilla' characterisation. The author knows how to knock out a great story and this is authentic (sometimes overly so as a Captain has things 'explained' to him in greater detail then felt normal), fast paced and full of action. Hard not to enjoy it and for it to whet the appetite for the new novel.

ps - was it just me or was it odd that they had significant weight issues with the chopper, but then on a whim include an extra man?! Minor quibble!
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Graeme Ashley
3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
Reviewed in Australia on November 24, 2014
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A great read, is Spider and Buttons relationship really just professional?????,one does wonder where this will go ....
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RH
5.0 out of 5 stars Another great book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 18, 2013
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Reading about the character Spider Shepherd when he was still serving in the SAS is kind of odd. I can see that anything like this before the popularity of Spider would probably not have worked so well. That said, it's great to be able to read about the background of what has to be one of the best fictional characters in any other book. As is to be expected with Stephen Leather books, it excels at drawing you into the world of, in this case, an SAS soldier serving in Afghanistan. Not only that, if you know the Spider character, then this is a very informative read, relating to how he got to be where he is in the other books. Not only is this book a great read, it answers questions about the mans past. I don't know how he does it, getting all the characters to interract so well, as if they are real people, but it works so well. I don't remember the day I picked up my first Stephen Leather book, Fair Game, but since then, I have picked up many more and am working toward picking them all up.
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Stevie B
5.0 out of 5 stars Kill Zone
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 10, 2013
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Mr Leather is on a roll at the moment, producing high quality work at an incredible rate. This one is another prequel to his Spider Shepherd series, set back 10 years or so in Afghanistan.
I read this and enjoyed it, but it's not my usual thing and is rather too macho military for me....I doubt if I'd bother with a whole novel like this.
It's well written, the interesting idea here is that the focus is less on Shepherd than on other characters, which helps the reader towards the end.
This one is in the "War" category on Amazon, rather than Mr L's more usual "Thrillers" and I thing that's the correct description.
If you like war stories, you should enjoy this.If this one isn't your scene, Mr Leather has plenty of other stuff available in most genres & at all prices.....do yourself a favour and give him a try.
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