
SAS: My Trial By Fire: True Stories and Life Lessons from SAS Selection
$31.99
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
10 June 2025
Summary
Des Powell left school with no qualifications and little in the way of formal education. At nineteen he signed up to join the Parachute Regiment.
Famously, the Paras is home to the UK military’s second-toughest training regime after the SAS. Des Powell knows all about both. In fact, Des knows SAS selection better than anyone because he’s done it twice. In SAS: Trial by Fire he tells the story of those gruelling tests: how Para training turned him into a soldier but, more cruc…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529441925 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529441927 |
| Author: | Des Powell |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | Quercus Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 10 June 2025 |
| Weight: | 416g |
| Dimensions: | 32mm x 234mm x 162mm |
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Critics Review
Des has been there and done it multiple times. There’s no substitute for real experience and his book has it all – Billy BillinghamExplosive. Gripping. Revelatory. Experience the blood and guts trial of SAS selection at first hand. Des is the real deal – Damien Lewis
About The Author
Des Powell
Best-selling author (Bravo Three Zero) and speaker Des Powell served in the Paras and the SAS, working in Northern Ireland, Southeastern Europe, South America, Africa and the Middle East. Des took part in many clandestine operations around the world, and at the conclusion of his military career went on to work in the international security scene known as The Circuit.
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