Special and elite forces

The 15:17 to Paris is the amazing true story of friendship and bravery, and of near tragedy averted by three heroic young men who found the unity and strength inside themselves when they - and 500 other innocent travellers - needed it most.

NUMBER 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERNo one is born a leader.

First published in 1993 and now available as an ebook.

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Who are the world's best soldiers?

This is Corran Purdon's story, one of five true-life recollections from the Second World War in Tales From The Special Forces Club.

This is Leonard Ratcliff's story, one of five true-life recollections from the Second World War in Tales From The Special Forces Club.

This is Harry Verlander's story, one of five true-life recollections from the Second World War in Tales From The Special Forces Club.

Collins Shorts - insight in an instant.

Stories of real-life bravery and courage-under-fire contribute to a unique and poignant record of a club created for heroes.

Bomb Hunters tells the story of the British army's elite bomb disposal experts in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

Three musketeers.

Ed Macy is an elite pilot, one of the few men qualified to fly Apache helicopters, the world's deadliest fighting machines.

Afghanistan, 2008.

The untold story of the Ya'mas, Israel's special forces undercover team that infiltrated Palestinian terrorist strongholds during the Second Intifada.

Fitztroy Maclean was one of the real-life inspirations for super-spy James Bond.

The assassination of Osama bin Laden by SEAL Team 6 in May 2011 will certainly figure among the greatest achievements of US Special Forces.

The assassination of Osama bin Laden by SEAL Team 6 in May 2011 will certainly figure among the greatest achievements of US Special Forces.

The idea of the sword-wielding samurai, beholden to a strict ethical code and trained in deadly martial arts, dominates popular conceptions of the samurai.

The idea of the sword-wielding samurai, beholden to a strict ethical code and trained in deadly martial arts, dominates popular conceptions of the samurai.

Andre Hue was a daredevil.

The first volume of the tactical and operational history of World War II Germany's fourth SS-Panzerkorps division and its leader.