Ex-military South African Brogan Kessler is drowning in debt when he is offered a job as a hired gun in Iraq. The lure of high wages and excitement takes him away from his wife and children to a land where there is no safe ground. Caught in an insurgent ambush he learns that listening to and obeying the voice of God is the difference between life and death.
Compelling action propels the reader into Brogan’s deadly struggle with an insurgent bent on his destruction. True-to-life realism opens a fascinating window on personal security detail contractors working in Iraq—men whose lives are shaped by their jobs in ways that fulfill their wildest dreams . . . and their most terrifying nightmares.
About the Author:
Shaun Schutte spent five years in the South African army and four years as a personal security professional in Iraq. Armed with his unique work experience, years of reading, an active imagination and a laptop, Shaun wrote Hired Guns in Iraq while protecting a client. His home base is in Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa where he lives with his wife, 11-year old son and 13-year old daughter.