The Longest Kill, Craig Harrison
The Longest Kill, Craig Harrison
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The Longest Kill
The Story of Maverick 41, One of the World's Greatest Snipers

Author: Craig Harrison

Narrator: Joe Jameson

Unabridged: 9 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/22/2017


Synopsis

It takes a tough mindset to be a successful sniper, to be able to dig in for days on your own as you wait for your target, to stay calm on a battlefield when you yourself have become the target the enemy most wants to take out. Craig Harrison has what it takes, and in November 2009 in Afghanistan, under intense pressure, he saved the lives of his comrades with the longest confirmed sniper kill—2,475 meters.

In this unflinching autobiography, Craig catapults us into the heat of the action as he describes his active service in the Balkans, Iraq, and Afghanistan, and gives heart-stopping accounts of his sniper ops as he fought for his life on the rooftops of Basra and the barren hills of Helmand province.

Craig was blown up by an IED in Afghanistan and left battling severe PTSD. After his identity was revealed in the press he also had to cope with al Qaeda threats against him and his family. For Craig, the price of heroism has been devastatingly high.

Powerful and compelling, The Longest Kill is a must-listen for fans of military memoirs.

About Craig Harrison

Craig Harrison joined the Blues and Royals, a Household Cavalry regiment, at sixteen. He has served in Bosnia, two tours of Iraq, and two tours of Afghanistan. He trained to become a sniper after his first Iraq tour and holds the world record for the longest recorded sniper kill. He was mentioned in dispatches for his bravery.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Speesh

Obviously, the headlines and the 'come on' is concerned with the longest ever confirmed sniper kill. Though, if you're thinking that the whole book resolves around this, or even leads up to it, you'd be wrong. Obviously, it's in there, but - in typical British Army fashion maybe - it isn't really ma......more

Goodreads review by Zoe

I'm going to hold my hands up here and admit straight away that a fair amount of this book, I didn't 'understand'. I'm ashamed to say, I'm not particularly educated when it comes to war - so I'm glad I read this book. Really glad. I'm not going to insult Craig Harrison by saying that this was 'enter......more

Goodreads review by Will

This is a brutal and uncompromising autobiography of a modern sniper in the British army. The book doesn't take prisoners, either in its language or the action it describes. There is a sense of honesty here. He is telling it like it was. The author is not an easy man to like. He comes from a dysfunct......more

Read this in two sitting,what craig as to go though is insane, could not read quick enough,......more