Books By Damien Lewis
Cobra Gold
1979, war-torn Beirut. Under the cover of a massive firefight, an unknown band of armed men blast their way into the Imperial Bank of Beirut. Over the next 48 hours they load up three truck-loads of gold bullion, and the raiders and the loot disappear forever. To read more about this book visit the Cobra Gold page
Operation Certain Death:
Released in the UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand on February 26th 2004 in hardback, as a Century imprint, and on May 5th 2005 in paperback, as an Arrow imprint. It was the UK’s second highest selling military hardback in 2004, rising to number four in the Sunday Times bestseller list. The dramatic true story was serialised on the front page of the Sunday Times over a two-week period (see Media and Press). The paperback spent 26 weeks at number 11 in the UK’s 20 top-selling history books for 2005. The book has been optioned as a feature film. To read more about this book visit the Operation Certain Death page
Bloody Heroes:
Published in June 2006 in hardback, as a Century imprint. The book tells the dramatic true story of a unit of SAS and SBS soldiers in action – hunting terrorists from the UK mainland to the fiercest ever battle in Afghanistan. It is illustrated by dozens of revelatory photographs taken by the Special Forces soldiers themselves, and several original pictures of the Afghan battle painted for the book by an ex-SAS soldier (see Paintings Gallery). It is an exceptionally rich book both visually and in terms of the gripping true story told. To read more about this book visit the Bloody Heroes page
Slave:
First published in Germany, by Schneekluth, in October 2002, it rose rapidly to the top of the German bestseller list, spending a year amongst the top ten bestsellers there. The book tells the story of a young woman from the Nuba tribe, in Sudan, captured in the war and sold into slavery. After Slave’s phenomenal German success, it was translated into 20 different languages, and was published in the UK, America, Japan, France, Spain, Italy, Turkey, Norway, Iceland, Holland, Sweden, Poland and many other countries. In 2002 Slave won the Spanish CECRA Award and in 2004 it won the UK Index on Censorship’s inaugural Book Award. It is presently being made into a feature film. To read more about this book visit the Slave page
Desert Claw:
This is Damien Lewis’s first fiction, published in June 2006 as part of the British Government’s Quick Reads initiative, profiling ‘20 of the nation’s favourite authors’. In war-torn Iraq there is a $40 million Van Gogh painting being held to ransom. It has been looted from Saddam’s palaces and is for sale to the highest bidder. The British Government recruit ex-SAS soldier Mick Kilbride to lead a very secret mission to retrieve the painting. But all is not as it seems as Mick and his team are drawn into a dark and violent world. Someone, somewhere has deceived them. They will only escape if they stay one step ahead of the mission .. and their betrayers. To read more about this book visit the Desert Claw page