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Survivor

Life in the SAS

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Forging resilience

Finding purpose

Mastering transformation

How do you rebuild your life when you've hit rock bottom?

Mark Wales thought his life would end in a cornfield in Afghanistan.

Mark and his SAS troops emerged from that scorched battlefield 12 hours later, his mentor gunned down, his dream career now a nightmare. Over four deployments of intense warfighting, Mark watched the line between right and wrong become blurred. When he left the SAS he was adrift, crippled by guilt.

On a mission to rebuild himself, Mark turned his life around. He fought his way into the gates of a US Ivy League business school and into the boardrooms of top-tier international corporations. He spent years navigating failure in a quest to find new meaning in life. With every setback Mark counterattacked, discovering the tactics and tools needed to become more resilient, and to find happiness, belonging and purpose.

Told with gripping suspense, humour and touching warmth, Survivor is Mark's extraordinary life in and out of the SAS, a story of resilience and a testament to the power of transformation.

©2021 Mark Wales (P)2021 Macmillan Audio Afghan & Iraq Wars Military Military & War Comedy War Inspiring

Critic reviews

"A powerful, honest story of courage, redemption and finding purpose." (Bear Grylls)

"Searing, humbling and uplifting.... Mark Wales is a true inspiration." (Major General John Cantwell AO, DSC)

"In Special Forces it is often said the thinking is at least as important as the fighting. Through these pages, Mark Wales is shown as a thinking soldier. And further, a person of magnificent generosity, taking us to rarely trespassed ground, the battlefield within." (Chris Masters, Gold Walkley award-winning journalist and author)
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Unbelievable story. Great addition that it's Mark narrating. Highly recommend this audio book !

Great listen !

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Loved this audiobook. Very well read, great pace and superb and interesting recollections. I found myself touched by the Epilogue due to ‘knowing’ the people throughout the book. Dont know if Mark will ever read this but i thank him for his story and wish him, his family and friends the very best.

Excellent

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A Honest True Story of the life of a Soldier and the effects it has on you your family your friends your brothers in green......

Mark Wales your book and honestly brother spot on..........

from the heart

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How he lives with making that mistake every day must be tough. As soon as you read the section where he makes the mistake to emerge the green zone your like NO!!!!!!!!!

But he has bounced back, worked hard and is now helping others. Great read.

Great story and excellent narration

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What a book every detail you could ask for and gives you an amazing understanding of what these guys have to go through.
You won’t regret this one.

Everything you could want from a military audiobook

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