Guess the book.

[blueST]

With all the stuff about Afghanistan going on in the news at the minute, it got me thinking of a novel I read maybe 25 years ago. It was about a lone British soldier working with the Mujahideen to shoot down Russian helicopters with Stinger missiles. I remember it was a great read, but no idea of the title or Author. Any ideas?

[Some Gump]

Rambo 3?

[bigandclever]

Well that was easy.

http://www.geraldseymour.co.uk/in-honour-bound/

[blueST]

Not quite

[bigandclever]

blueST said:

Not quite

The easy bit, or the book bit?

[blueST]

bigandclever said:

Well that was easy.

http://www.geraldseymour.co.uk/in-honour-bound/

Thats the one, thanks. I'm going to read it again.

The other comment was aimed at Rambo 3, not you

[bigandclever]

[GliderRider]

There was another book, 'Jihad! The Secret War in Afghanistan' by 'Tom Carew' (real name Philip Sessarego).

A claim in the book that he was ex-SAS was ridiculed by a BBC interviewer after a tip off, which caused the book to be withdrawn.

Edited by GliderRider on Monday 8th November 15:04

[blueST]

I’ve got another one that’s doing my head in. I read this book at school in 80s or early 90s. Given the subject matter, I assume before the Cold War ended. My memories a quite faint, but it has stuck with me.

It is a story of a post nuclear war world told (I think) from a child’s perspective. It is set in a village or rural community that survives a nuclear holocaust due to being protected by mountains or hills, or being in a valley or similar. The reader is not told (at least initially) about the war but it is slowly revealed as things affected by the war or radiation interrupt daily life.

I know that’s vague, but any ideas?

[bigandclever]

Might be ‘Z for Zachariah’?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z_for_Zachariah

[blueST]

bigandclever said:

Might be ‘Z for Zachariah’?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z_for_Zachariah

That’s the one, thank you.