Two soldiers: Britain's most celebrated military hero & a broken veteran living in the gutters of London. Their paths last crossed nearly twenty years ago. Now, amidst a hostage crisis in the Middle East, their lives are about to collide again. & the Strike Back is about to begin.
John Porter was involved in a hostage raid in Lebanon in 1989. The raid went disastrously wrong, several Regiment men died, John spared the life of a Lebanese fighter & blames himself for the deaths. Struggling to come to terms with the past, John has hit the bottle & is sleeping rough.
Colonel Peregrine Collinson was involved in the same raid. He was awarded a Military Cross & is heralded as a military hero.
After the disastrous raid, their lives couldn't have been further apart. Until now. A hostage crisis in the Middle East draws the enemies back together for the first time. Who will be the hero this time?