Gripping from the first page to the last, it is utterly compelling and impossible to put down. Taking the reader right to the heart of the war in Afghanistan, ‘Apache’ offers an unprecedented degree of proximity to the action and horror that troops in the region are faced with on a daily basis. The rescue of Lance Corporal Mathew Ford has been hailed as one of the most remarkable and daring rescues of modern wartime and Ed's bravery on the ground at Jugroom Fort led to him being awarded the Military Cross – one of the first in the Army Air Corps' history. The climactic build-up to the rescue mission at Jugroom Fort is both dramatic and deeply moving. Ed was awarded the Military Cross one of the first in Army Air Corps. Designed in the mid 1980s to take on the Soviets, these machines have proven themselves as the perfect tool for combat in Afghanistan – the Apache is the helicopter Prince Harry pilots as a captain of the Army Air Corps.Įd Macy's account of the incredibly hard Apache selection process, tougher than that of the SAS, combined with his description of the sheer difficulty of flying one of these helicopters, provides a fascinating insight into the relationship between man and machine fighting in the toughest conditions imaginable. He had amassed a total of 3,930 helicopter flying hours, 645 of them inside an Apache. Executive Committee What We Publish People and. How to reach us About Our Offices About us. HarperPlus will go live on Thursday 30th April to coincide with the paperback launch of Apache by Ed Macy.
‘Apache’ is the first book to come from the cockpit of the most sophisticated fighting helicopter the world has ever known. The launch title for this series is Ed Macys gripping and adrenalin fuelled top ten bestseller. An astonishing first book, ‘Apache’ is a story of courage, comradeship, technology and tragedy, during the ongoing war in Afghanistan.
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