With a background in journalism and military research, <b>Terence Strong</b> wrote the manuscripts of two action adventure thrillers before WHISPER WHO DARES was snapped up by Hodder & Stoughton and became an instant bestseller in 1982.<br/>That first authentic SAS thriller was followed by three more about different activities of the Special Air Service Regiment.<br/>Those well-researched storylines expanded to cover the exciting and unknown realms of counter-terrorism, espionage, hostage negotiation, ship-hijacking, narcotics, assassination and international affairs.<br/>One particularly well-regarded title was THE TICK TOCK MAN which explored the dark arts of the terrorist and bomb disposal.<br/>His sixteenth and latest thriller SOME UNHOLY WAR (published by Simon & Schuster) covers black ops by special forces in Iraq and Afghanistan and some of the terrifying consequences that follow back home.