Originally posted by Anonymous ATS Actually in The Five FIngers Gayle Rivers is a New Zealand (a Kiwi) Special Forces and the illegal
hit was supposed to happen in China. I have had the book for about 20 years now and I re-read it every couple of years because it is so good.
Ah yes. The very elusive Mr Gayle Rivers, originally a WOII with the New Zealand Special Air Service Regiment (NZSASR).
He was
allegedly a one time member of
'F' Troop, 'R' Sqn, 22 Special Air Service, based at the HQ of 21 SAS (R [Artists Rifles]),
Duke of Yorks Barracks, Chelsea.
I too, have had the book for some 20 odd years but then, I also had his second book,
The Specialist which was published a few years later.
The most disturbing thing about Mr Rivers and The Specialist, is his almost uncanny ability to recall certain events in Lebanon, Belgium and Spain
[not to mention France] and the so called
deniable missions he
allegedly undertook for both the US and UK governments.
Not a guy to be messed with, unlike Mitchell Richards, who was a total #!