Appetite for Risk Author:Jack Leavers A fast-paced action thriller inspired by real events in the aftermath of the Iraq War. — With Saddam Hussein deposed and an entire country in need of rebuilding, former Royal Marine John�Pierce hears the siren call of adventure and opportunity. His fledgling UK business is struggling to support�his young family and he has connections in the Iraqi... more » capital - fate seems to point one way.
In early 2004, Pierce rolls the dice when he jumps into a taxi in Jordan and heads for the turmoil of postwar�Baghdad to grab a share of the reconstruction gold rush. But when Iraq spirals into the hell of a full-blown�insurgency, he must rely on his wits and his Iraqi friends if he's to evade the rampant bloodshed.
As the action rolls across the blood-stained Iraqi landscape and embraces London's seedy underbelly, Pierce�tangles with the authorities at home and finds himself thrust into the heart of British and American covert operations against Al-Qaeda in Iraq.
Having set out with little more than ambitious goals and an appetite for risk, can a determined ex-bootneck survive the mounting chaos unscathed and succeed in hitting the jackpot?« less