Silent Weapon - a Street Soldier Novel

Jan 2, 2026 5:50 AM

Author:Andy McNab

The second instalment in Andy McNab's Street Solder Series.

HOW DO YOU FIGHT AN INVISIBLE ENEMY?

A high-speed chase through the backstreets of Lagos and an unexpected bomb explosion in the jungle – it’s all in a day’s work for soldier Sean Harker.

Looking forward to a well-earned break back home, Sean and his platoon fly back to the UK, only to find themselves fighting their way out of an airport hostage situation, and the country on high terrorist alert.

Barely escaping with his life, Sean must now embark on a dangerous mission: to locate a deadly weapon, capable of destruction on a massive scale

. . . a weapon no one will see coming.

Reviews

A glorious compendium of classical mythology stretching from the creation of the universe to the Emperor Augustus.

—— Emma Park , Spectator

Zachary Mason in Metamorphica has done away with traditional modes entirely... well-wrought, with some powerful writing... Even knowing the myth's grisly end does not diminish the impact of the retelling.

—— Frank Brinkley , Literary Review

Mason adds new perspectives to the mythical stories we thought we knew.

—— iNews

Zachary Mason’s new retellings are playful and daring… with…Mason’s intriguing Calvino-esque storytelling, this is a constellation of stories that should star on your bookshelf.

—— Jennie Bailey , Starburst

Definitely recommended for fans and people who want more depth in the story

—— Star Wars Awakens

‘Solo is easily one of my favorite Star Wars books of the year, and one of my favorite Star Wars movie novelizations period. Making a novelization exciting is always a tricky business because authors need to keep readers engaged with a story where they already know what’s coming. Solo pulls this off by adding just the right amount of extra detail to keep each scene fresh and interesting without veering too far from the original movie and turning this into a completely new story. I’d recommend picking up Solo: A Star Wars Story whether or not you enjoyed the movie earlier this year, because I think it will make you love it more either way.’

—— Geek Mom

She gives a voice to the voiceless...The Silence of the Girls is a book that will be read in generations to come

—— Daily Telegraph

An impressive feat of literary revisionism that should be on the Man Booker longlist... This is a story about the very real cost of wars waged by men... Barker makes us re-think history

—— Independent

Giving voice to the voiceless, this is a gripping feat of imagination that succeeds in being relevant today

—— Woman and Home

The most important novel based on The Iliad so far this century

—— Edith Hall

The magic of Barker's book is that the resonance of giving silenced women a voice at the centre of the story is just as relevant today

—— Grazia

[Pat Barker] is one of our finest modern chroniclers of war...this magisterial novel is both a timely exploration of power, misogyny and violence and an elegant counternarrative to one of literature's founding conflicts

—— The Guardian

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