The Balkan Chase — Charles Whiting

SAS Brigadier-General Rory O'Sullivan is stranded in the desert with four of his men during the Gulf War. A desperate US attempt to rescue them ends in failure. Only the troop sergeant ever returns, badly wounded and out of his mind. Almost a decade later, newly-formed Balkan states fight over long-harboured grudges. In Paris, an ageing American General is abducted by mercenaries attempting to deliver him to Serbia, where he will be used as a human shield. But SAS Lieutenant Peter O'Sullivan is on their trail, and he is convinced that the kidnappers were also responsible for the disappearance of his uncle.