“So if you can’t find a helicopter anywhere in Sierra Leone for a lift-out, you’d better order up four body bags instead.” Spider Shepherd and his SAS mates are stranded, low on rations and ammunition, waiting for a ride to Freetown before they are overrun by rebels. Upon their return to the capital, they are pressed into service by MI-6, tasked with destroying a rebel arms dump.

But to do this, they must wade through infested swamps and face rebel soldiers. Many of the soldiers are boys – they won’t hesitate to kill Shepherd, but is he able to pull the trigger on them?