May 1982: as the British Task Force prepares to retake the Falkland Islands, a lone Sea King helicopter makes an apparently forced landing in the southernmost reaches of Chile.
The only threat to the Task Force тАУ and the enemyтАЩs only hope of ultimate victory тАУ is ArgentinaтАЩs Super Etendard aircraft and their sea-skimming Exocet missiles. Since radar cannot be relied upon, the British must opt for a less conventional warning system. Before landing in Chile, the тАШstrayтАЩ Sea King drops a team of men into Argentina, where they are tasked with remaining hidden within sight of the airfields and within easy reach of the enemyтАЩs security patrols.
Getting the men in is easy enough, but staying unobserved is another matter тАУ and eventual escape will be next to impossible...
Mission to Argentina tells the electrifying story of this SAS operation from the inside тАУ a heart-stopping thriller about the regiment equalled by no other: the SAS!
тАШDavid MonneryтАЩ is the pseudonym of a well-known English author of crime and thriller fiction. He lives in Surrey with his wife and two cats.