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The Longest Kill

The Story of Maverick 41, One of the World's Greatest Snipers

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The Longest Kill

By: Craig Harrison
Narrated by: Joe Jameson
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Through conflicts in the Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan, this is the vivid memoir of British sniper Craig Harrison.

It takes a tough mindset to be a successful sniper, to be able to dig in for days on your own as you wait for your target, to stay calm on a battlefield when you yourself have become the target the enemy most want to take out. Craig Harrison has what it takes and in November 2009 in Afghanistan, under intense pressure, he saved the lives of his comrades with the longest confirmed sniper kill – 2,475 metres, the length of twenty-five football pitches.

In The Longest Kill, his unflinching autobiography, Craig catapults us into the heat of the action as he describes his active service in the Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan, and gives heart-stopping accounts of his sniper ops as he fought for his life on the rooftops of Basra and the barren hills of Helmand province. Craig was blown up by an IED in Afghanistan and left battling severe PTSD. After his identity was revealed in the press he also had to cope with Al Qaeda threats against him and his family. For Craig, the price of heroism has been devastatingly high.

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For any sniper, being able to place a projectile on a target at distance in combat can be a challenging task. There are a ton of factors that need to be taken into account for long distance shooting in order to achieve impact. For fellow sniper Craig Harrison, he truly went above and beyond and took the sniper's craft to a whole new high: placing a round on his targets at a distance exceeding a mile and a half (2475 m) while operating in the Helmand Provence, Afghanistan--a place I know all too well. It was an amazing shot that any sniper would be proud of and The Longest Kill is an amazing account of his impressive career. Congrats to Craig Harrison!
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gripping insight into what life on the front line and life afterwards is like. a must read/listen

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Got to be one of the best books I have ever read.
What a LEGEND!

Amazing story

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this is a well written book that gives us insight into how difficult army life is and how even one of the most professional expertly trained soldiers has difficulties coping with ptsd.

excellent indigót into army life

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A really gripping listen. Such terrible lack of support for ex servicemen, very sad indeed.

Fantastic

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A very good true story .Well worth reading but it also highlights the rotten treatment that was handed out to the very brave m men

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