Callsign Hades

Afghanistan. War at its worst. Men at their Best.

There are many ways to die in Sangin. Assassinations, shoot-and-scoots from men on motorbikes, ambushes of bullets and RPGs, mortars and rockets. But it’s the IEDs that frighten us – the hidden traps that change our soldiers’ love for the ground, this ground we’ve been taught to worship every curve of, every fold, every crevice. This ground can save us from all the other deaths. But Improvised Explosive Devices have come between us, so now we don’t love. We have been betrayed…

Callsign Hades places the reader in an infantry officer’s boots, sharing every thought, ache, smell and taste of the frontline. An unforgettable book about combat and a brilliant character study. This is the only book on Afghanistan you will ever need to read.

Posted on August 19, 2011