Free Hetman by Alex Shaw Page A

“So what are you going to do Brian?”
    “He is going to give evidence and then when they put that idiot away a judge will of course let us take Ana to England.” Katya crossed her arms.
    Webb sipped his beer before winking at Snow. “That is what I am of course going to do.”
    Snow felt his Blackberry vibrate. It was a message from Patchem. He’d have to fly home in the morning but tonight he was home. Snow switched off his phone and ordered another round of drinks.
     
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Praise for Alex Shaw
     
    ‘He won’t be stopped now. The book will become popular among Kyiv’s expats; some of them will even recognize themselves.’   Kyiv Post on ‘ Hetman ’.
     
    ‘A strong aspect of HETMAN is Shaw’s knowledge of Ukraine & Special Forces operations. The character of Bull felt real on the page, you don’t get better than that.’
    2010 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award
     
    ‘With the world in financial turmoil and the Middle East aflame, fans of this genre will find COLD BLACK timely and entertaining.’
    2011 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award
     
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    Also by Alex Shaw
     
    HETMAN
    A Special Forces Thriller introducing a reluctant hero, former SAS Trooper Aidan Snow.
    Attacked by an unknown adversary, Framed for two assassinations, Hunted by the Ukrainian Security Service, the life of former SAS Trooper Aidan Snow has been destroyed.
    Teaching at an international school in Ukraine, former SAS Trooper Aidan Snow has laid the nighmares of his past to rest. But when after ten years Snow meets again the man who put a gun to his head and ended his military career his past becomes very real. Told by the British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) that his would be tormenter is dead Snow tries to forget…
    Attacked by an unknown adversary, Framed for two high profile assassinations and Hunted by the Ukrainian Security Service, Snow is torn from the life he has worked so hard to build and must once again rely on his SAS training in an attempt to clear his name.
    Discovering a mercenary brigade made up of former Soviet Spetsnaz soldiers Snow trusts only himself to stop them and save those he cares about.
    Snow is left one step ahead of the authorities with no one to watch his back.
    In a Fire Fight, Pray for SNOW….
     
    COLD BLACK – Hetman 2
    Abduction
    Veteran SAS trooper, Paddy Fox has lost his job, his wife and his temper. Whilst bitterly job hunting, Fox witnesses a car crash and finds himself rescuing a kidnapped Saudi Royal. Persuaded by MI6 to accept a job as security adviser in Saudi Arabia, Fox travels to Riyadh.
    Assassination
    In Kyiv, a director of the Belorussian KGB is gunned down whilst trying to pass shocking intelligence to his counterpart in the Ukrainian SBU. Intelligence, which if verified, sets out plans to commit international acts of terror.
    Al-Qaeda
    In Saudi Arabia, an entire British Trade mission is taken hostage by a new, highly funded, group aligned to Al-Qaeda. But who is funding this new insurgency and why?
    An International Conspiracy
    Former SAS Trooper turned MI6 operative, Aidan Snow is caught in a maelstrom involving East, West and Middle East which endangers the world’s supply of oil.
     
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About the Author
    ALEX SHAW B.A. (Hons), P.G.C.E. was head of Drama at Pechersk School International, Kyiv, Ukraine, in the late 1990’s before leaving to start his own Kyiv based ‘consultancy’ dealing specifically with the markets of the former USSR. He was subsequently head hunted for a division of Siemens where he was tasked with business development in the former USSR, the Middle East and Africa. Hetman was Alex’s first novel and took twelve years to complete. Published in 2009 it gained critical acclaim in the 2010 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award (ABNA) and later became a #1 UK Kindle bestseller. Cold Black was published a year later. It followed the success of Hetman, gaining critical acclaim in ABNA 2011 and rose to #6 in the Kindle UK bestseller list. Both