The Fighting Season is military fiction of the first order: as tough as nails and packed with the insider knowledge of someone who has done it for real.' - Matthew Reilly'Action packed, gritty and authentic to the core.' - Merrick WattsAn explosive thriller from the heart of AfghanistanOutside the wire, Uruzghan Province, Afghanistan, 2010...In the badlands of central Afghanistan an Australian Special Forces platoon is fatally hit by a roadside bomb.A shadowy Taliban commander, codenamed 'Rapier', is identified as responsible for the deadly attack. Matt Rix, the ultra tough commando who led the ambushed platoon, swears vengeance. Rix is one of Special Forces' most lethal operators. He'll neutralise Rapier - whatever it takes.But in Afghanistan's brutal war, not all things are as they seem.

Ultra-tough and ultra-lethal, Australian Commando Captain Matt Rix is one of Special Forces' most lethal operators. But when a training exercise goes horribly wrong, he is given an ultimatum that brings his world crashing down. There is only one choice left to him and that's to go 'off reservation'.What follows is the frantic pursuit of escaped Taliban commander Faisal Khan. Chasing Khan across Turkey would be easy; stopping a nuclear weapon he has received from falling into the hands of the world's most feared terrorist organisation, that's going to be the hard part.Rix might be disgraced and discarded, but he should never be underestimated. Nothing is ever as it seems...On The Fighting Season'...military fiction of the first order: as tough as nails and packed with insider knowledge of someone who has done it for real.' Matthew Reilly'Action packed, gritty and authentic to the core.' Merrick Watts