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Frank Gardner has written a fast and exciting story rooted in the present horrifying dangers that surrounds us. Crisis is brimful of an insider's insights and reeks of authority. GERALD SEYMOUR In 2016, Gardner appeared on Channel 4's coverage of the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in his role as President of the GB Ski Club. Gardner's bestselling first novel, Crisis, featuring the fictional SBS officer-turned MI6 operative Luke Carlton and a ruthless Colombian drug lord, was published in June 2016. [29] [30] His second novel, Ultimatum, was published in June 2018 followed by the third Luke Carlton novel, Outbreak in 2021. [31] Honours and awards [ edit ] His book is as much a travel writer's as a journalist's - a thank you letter for all the good experiences he has had in the Middle East. We talk about his special fondness for Egyptians. 'Brits and Egyptians have this in common: they laugh at themselves.' And it is easy to see how this bond developed: Gardner delights in sending himself up. My favourite story could be called the Tunisian Debacle. He relives the embarrassment of mispronouncing the traditional greeting 'laa bas' (meaning 'no harm', 'no evil') as 'libas', which turns out to mean underwear. As he says, 'Touring a country saying "Pants" to everyone you meet is not the best way to ingratiate yourself.'

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Introducing Luke Carlton – ex-Special Boat Service commando, and now under contract to MI6 for some of its most dangerous missions. In September 2012, he revealed that Queen Elizabeth II had been upset some years earlier that Abu Hamza al-Masri could not be arrested. The BBC apologised later that day for the revelation. [22] Other media work [ edit ]

He wrote a bestselling memoir called “Blood and Sand” that described his experiences while in the Middle East, and wrote another book that documents his travels to unusual places around the globe. Gardner has also written some books about a character named Luke Carlton, which are from the thriller genre. Gardner remains an enthusiastic skier despite his injuries. After his spinal injury and having attended a training course for disabled skiers, he resumed skiing using a sitski, a device that allows disabled people to ski while seated. In November 2011 he was elected honorary president of the Ski Club of Great Britain for six years. He is now a Patron of Disability Snowsport UK (DSUK). Written by someone who has been there, done that and knows what it's about, Crisis is a thriller you just can't put down." -- Sir ROGER MOORE Written by someone who has been there, done that and knows what it’s about, Crisis is a thriller you just can’t put down. Sir ROGER MOORE

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Find sources: "Frank Gardner"journalist– news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( November 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) He is a keen birdwatcher [35] and presented a September 2009 BBC Archive Hour programme on Sir Peter Scott. [35] In 2019 he was elected President of the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO).Al-Suwaidi is a quiet, unexceptional area with creamy villas, flowering bougainvillea. The killer seemed similarly innocent, at first glance. He had 'a nice smiling face and looked as if he knew me', Gardner says. 'He said, "Assalaamu aleikum," (Peace be upon you/I mean you no harm),' before pulling out his gun. 'I always tell Westerners they must offer this greeting,' he continues. 'For me, it has always been a passport to a conversation. This time it was a betrayal of everything I held dear in the Middle East.' Damage limitation, then? He nods. But perhaps there are limits to being able to talk about not being angry without eventually losing your cool. 'I am not turning the other cheek. I am extremely angry with the people who did this. I could never forgive them. It is not as if their parents have written to us saying: "Forgive poor Faisal, he knew not what he did." Nobody has written. None of them care. I condemn them and their families.' And from a country not short of oil money, he has received no compensation. But the sympathetic letters he has received from Saudi Arabia, the Middle East and all over Britain, he has found enormously comforting. Few thriller debuts possess the confidence and verve of Frank Gardner's CRISIS . . . a book of exhilarating panache." * SUNDAY TIMES * While only sixteen, he and his mother met Sir Wilfred Thesiger on a bus ride. His mother had already known the man. They were invited to his home, in Chelsea, and though Gardner was reluctant at first, he later fell in love with Arabia.

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Paranoid drugs baron Nelson Garcia, ‘El Pobrecito’, plans a deadly revenge for the British-led interference in his billion pound business. With money no object and the aid of that most sinister and secretive of rogue states, North Korea, he concocts and implements an ingenious plot with the population of London as its target.We arrive in the British Telecom building where I lose Gardner to a glass lift, but not before an old man has come forward to congratulate him. 'One of the many things I admire about you is the way you manage to be so apolitical about the Middle East,' he said. 'It is a magnificent quality.' Gardner thanks him. He goes on to give a short talk about his life, with polish, without notes. He is light and humorous, but explains to his audience: 'There is plenty wrong with the Arab world. I am not starry eyed about it. There are some extremely ugly, unpleasant trends and atrocities being done in the name of Islam.' But he holds on to his idealism. He finishes by urging the audience: 'It is a mountain we all need to climb to convince everyone that we can all live happily together - as we can.' Czech Sentries Shoot British Official, Embassy Employee". Sydney: The Sunday Herald. Australian Associated Press. 16 December 1951 . Retrieved 29 July 2023. BBC apology to Queen over Abu Hamza disclosure". BBC News. 25 September 2012 . Retrieved 9 September 2020. and China is massing troops on its coast across the Strait from Taiwan. This time it looks like they're serious about invasion - an act that would result in war between the People's Republic and the US and its allies, including the UK.