The SAS's official founding tale is a fabrication. This is the actual account of how the world's best Special Forces were created. It is a character-driven, fly-on-the-wall account of how a brand-new method of warfare was created from the ashes of Dunkirk. Guerrilla Commando groups that could deliver lethal "mosquito stings" to more powerful and well-armed opponents are the first of subliminal tactics. It's a hitherto untold tale of how the shock of defeat drove an unexpected band of outlaws to the front lines of battle. An adventure that spans the Western Front trenches, high piracy in the North African deserts, and the final assault on Germany. It's a thought that develops in the offices' hallways, on long nights at the long bar in Shepheard's Hotel in Cairo, and on the deadliest battlefields in history, around a cast of insubordinate mavericks who didn't fit into the tight hierarchy of the armed forces.