Traitor

Traitor, by Andy Mcnab is an explosive, suspense filled adventure story about 17 year old Danny Watts, who is in training to become a member of the British army. When it seems like Danny finally has the chance to become an actual soldier, his dreams are shattered by a single news story. SAS TRAITOR MASTERMINDS COLUMBIAN PRISON BREAKOUT. The traitor is someone Danny knows all too well, his grandfather, Fergus Watts, aka Frankie. As Danny sets of on a journey to find his grandfather and show him that he has ruined his life, a whole new plot begins to unravel, and Danny realizes that Fergus might not be the traitor at all.

My favorite parts were the parts where they use surveillance slang and acronyms in the book because it’s really interesting to see how soldiers and spies communicate.  E.g.: Mag=Magazine for a gun, Rounds= Bullets, LUP= Lay up point or camping point, CTR= Close target recon and so on.

Andy Mcnab was born on 28^th December 1959 and is an English writer and former soldier. He says that “ I never did well in school, and I didn’t even know what a syllable was.” He 

was awarded several medals, including the Military Medal and the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his part in the failed SAS operation that involved a SAS unit whose call sign was Bravo-Two-Zero. Andy was a member and the leader of the unit, and hypothermia and bullets killed 3 of his friends. Andy is still believed to be wanted by some of the major terrorist organizations of the world so he chooses to not reveal his face or his current position.