SAS MY TRIAL BY FIRE

Des Powell left school with no qualifications and little formal education. At nineteen, he signed up to join the Parachute Regiment. Famously, the Paras is home to the UK military's second-toughest training regime, surpassed only by that of the SAS. Des Powell knows all about both.

 

In fact, Des knows SAS selection better than anyone because he's done it twice. In SAS: My Trial by Fire, he tells the story of those gruelling tests: how Para training turned him into a soldier but, more importantly, how the SAS process transformed him into a member of the elite.

 

Des reveals exactly what it takes to become an elite special forces operator. From raw recruit to trained fighting machine, he shares the details of his personal journey. He imparts valuable life lessons by taking us deep inside the training regime itself: fitness, navigation, endurance, weapons and combat training, survival techniques in hostile environments, the terrifying jungle phase, the dark arts of escape and evasion, and the secret to surviving interrogation.

 

No one has ever lifted the lid on what it takes to join the SAS and become the best of the best until now.