SAS Daggers Drawn: In for the Kill: The Mavericks Who Made the SAS

Explores the origins of the SAS through newly uncovered eyewitness accounts and wartime records.

In SAS Daggers Drawn: In for the Kill, Damien Lewis tells the extraordinary true story of the renegade soldiers who forged Britain’s most famous special forces unit in the crucible of the Second World War. Drawing on newly revealed sources, Lewis charts how a small band of mavericks rejected conventional warfare to create a ruthless new way of fighting behind enemy lines.

From daring raids deep in enemy territory to acts of extreme courage and brutal necessity, this is a vivid account of how the early SAS was shaped by risk-takers, rule-breakers and innovators whose legacy still defines special forces operations today.

“Gripping, meticulously researched and vividly told.” — Daily Express

“Damien Lewis is a master storyteller of elite warfare.” — Daily Mail

“A fast-paced and compelling account of the SAS at its most ferocious.” — HistoryExtra