Listen free for 30 days

Listen with offer

Preview
  • Desert Sniper

  • How One Ordinary Brit Went to War Against ISIS
  • By: Ed Nash
  • Narrated by: Finlay Robertson
  • Length: 8 hrs
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (287 ratings)

£0.00 for first 30 days

Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Desert Sniper

By: Ed Nash
Narrated by: Finlay Robertson
Try for £0.00

£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £12.99

Buy Now for £12.99

Pay using card ending in
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.

Summary

What makes an ordinary but highly educated Englishman, with no previous military training, decide to travel and fight in one of the most brutal conflicts on the planet?

Desert Sniper is an extraordinary true account of one man's journey from well-meaning volunteer to battle-scarred combat sniper, placing himself daily in the line of fire to fight one of the greatest evils of this new century.

Ed Nash has travelled across the globe and is working with refugees in Burma when he first becomes aware of the terrible atrocities being committed under ISIS' newly established caliphate, covering vast tracts of Iraq and Syria. In June 2015, he chooses to undertake the hazardous journey, via Northern Iraq, to Syria, to join ill-equipped and poorly trained but battle-hardened Kurdish forces as they attempt to halt Daesh's relentless advance.

Nash is an articulate, insightful and refreshingly honest companion as he unpacks the shifting complexities of the political and military situation in which he finds himself. As one of a motley band of foreign volunteer fighters - veterans of other conflicts, adventurers and misfits, from many different countries - we follow him through his rudimentary training and early combat operations as he and his companions slowly gain the trust and respect of their Kurdish colleagues.

Nash shows us the realities of the war on the ground in Syria in fascinating detail: the privations of the ordinary Kurdish soldiers, the terrible price paid by civilians caught in the cross fire, the ever-present danger of lethal suicide bombers and occasional moments of striking beauty in amongst the carnage.

A modern classic in the making, Desert Sniper will prove to be one of the most unforgettable accounts to emerge from the war against ISIS.

©2018 Ed Nash (P)2018 Hachette Audio
activate_Holiday_promo_in_buybox_DT_T2

Listeners also enjoyed...

Painting the Sand cover art
Bullet Magnet cover art
Brothers in Arms cover art
Sniper One cover art
Survivor cover art
The Reaper cover art
Killing Zone cover art
Outlaw Platoon cover art
Eye of the Storm cover art
First into Action cover art
Shoot to Kill cover art
The Hunt cover art
Soldier ‘I’ cover art
The Rescue cover art
Grunts cover art
Sold Out cover art

What listeners say about Desert Sniper

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    205
  • 4 Stars
    60
  • 3 Stars
    16
  • 2 Stars
    1
  • 1 Stars
    5
Performance
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    182
  • 4 Stars
    49
  • 3 Stars
    11
  • 2 Stars
    3
  • 1 Stars
    4
Story
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    169
  • 4 Stars
    60
  • 3 Stars
    14
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    6

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Fantastic book

A thoroughly good insight to a war I knew practically nothing about. Highly recommend. Look forward to more by this author.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

informative book

loved the book and was very interesting. the narrator was spot on. I would recommend this audiobook to everyone

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Great story

Great story line and well read.. Great insights in to the war on ISIS ..

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

recommended

really enjoyed this book. very interesting to learn more about what went on and potentially still is going on in Syria

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Very interesting

Like mosl books written by participants this provides a real look at reality. Well written and very interesting. If the author writes another book that I hear about i will probably read.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Astounding and an eye opener

Ed Nash is to be congratulated for his efforts in Syria. This book reveals the evil that is ISIS, one that is hidden from the British public by our fatuous media.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

fantastic memoirs. Really eye opening.

This book is something I wouldn't have normally considered but glad I did. So much detail and fantastic story writing. Thank you Ed brining this to the light.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

loved it

loved it.. very interseting an compelling read. edge of your seat story looking for more

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Excellent book, a “must read”

Ed Nash delivers in his book a good mixture of war and danger mixed up with what it’s like to live as a sniper imbedded with the Kurds. This book is more than just a guns and bullets book, as it provides an accomplished account of the wider political and historical situation. That said there is plenty of death and destruction if that’s what you’re looking for. If Nash shoots as good as he writes then I wouldn’t of liked to have been down range from him.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Incredible!!

I honestly could not stop listening to it!! I finished the book the same day I bought it! What this man and others like him did is beyond anything anyone could imagine. He tells his version of events without ever trying to glorify himself or what he was doing and it appears to be very grounded.

An honestly brilliant brilliant book that I will certainly be recommending to many people!!!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful