Free Fall

A Sniper's Story from Chechnya

By: Nicolai Lilin, Jamie Richards (Translator)

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Paperback | 5 July 2012

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Free Fall tells the brutal engrossing story of the Second Chechen War, through the eyes of a young Russian Soldier. Nicolai Lilin was trained as a sniper in an unorthodox Russian Special Forces regiment called the Saboteurs. This hardened and close-knit band of brothers, operating beyond the control of military code, faced mercenary fighters, anti-personnel mines and torture of the most extreme kind.

Free Fall offers a sniper's-eye view of one of the most controversial wars in living memory. It is unflinching, unforgiving and unputdownable.

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* Extraordinary...Lilin serves up brilliantly harrowing set-pieces, but also illuminates the soul of the warrior. Scotland on Sunday * A pitiless account ... pierced with firm feelings for his 'family' of fellow saboteurs - as well as an existential sorrow over a war that made so little sense that peace, when it finally came, felt incomprehensible. Metro * A young Russian soldier's brutal memoir. Times * Force yourself to forget about categories of good and evil, you have to just be there and read ... produces a thrill of pleasure that is hard to forget. -- Roberto Saviano, author of GOMORRAH [on SIBERIAN EDUCATION] * Lilin's astonishing account of his life takes you into some very strange worlds; frightening, violent and yet with spirited moments of redemption which both offer hope and keep you reading ... a breath-taking memoir. -- Misha Glenny Mail on Sunday [on SIBERIAN EDUCATION] * A marvellous and illuminating book ...This story makes most of what we call true crime writing seem insipid and effete. -- Irvine Welsh [on SIBERIAN EDUCATION]

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