He was the one who got away.

Less than a week after the outbreak of the last Gulf War, Chris Ryan and seven fellow SAS soldiers were dropped into the Iraqi desert.

Their mission was to find and destroy Saddam Hussein's mobile Scud missile launches.

But It ended in catastrophic tragedy with three men dead and four captured and tortured by the Iraqis.

Chris Ryan was the one who got away.

For seven days he avoided capture, covering 188 miles of desert in subzero temperatures with no food and little water.

His remarkable escape was the longest in the history of the regiment and earned him a Military Medal.

Chris wrote about his experiences in what was to become a best-seller, The One That Got Away

Now the former SAS man has a new book out and he will be in Huddersfield on August 28 to talk about it. The book is called Masters Of War.

Chris will also talk about his life in the military.

He was born in 1961 in a village near Newcastle and joined the SAS when he was 23.

In the decade which followed, he was involved in overt and covert operations.

Those missions included training presidential bodyguards in Columbia, and defending the British Embassy in Zaire from rioting mobs.

Now a best-selling author, Chris has written thrillers for adults, as well as the Alpha Force and Code Red series for younger readers. He has also presented a number of TV programmes

Chris will be at Huddersfield Town Hall introducing a new series hero, Danny Black.

Tickets are £3/£2 Kirklees passports and are available from any Kirklees booking office, 01484 223200.