Warrior is the powerful true story of a British soldier's
heroism during the Iraq War that reveals how he was ruthlessly
sacrificed by the Establishment. Captain Tam Henderson was adopted
as a baby in Glasgow. His family moved to England and he grew up on
a violent council estate in Birmingham. At 16, he chose to join the
famous Black Watch regiment. In a career spanning 23 years, he rose
through the ranks and was deployed to conflicts in Northern
Ireland, the Balkans and the Middle East. During the 2003 invasion
of Iraq, Tam was in the thick of ferocious fighting and, amidst
Basra's chaos, he set up camp for the 200 men of Charlie
Company, who were put in charge of the city's most volatile
districts. Having fought to recover the body of one of his men
killed in action, Tam was horrified when the chain gun on his
Warrior tank malfunctioned, suddenly firing of its own accord and
seriously injuring a comrade. He was told to take the rap but
refused, insisting that the dangerous fault on the gun needed
fixing. He was convicted by a kangaroo court at Saddam's palace
and sent home in disgrace. But Tam fought back and embarked upon
the biggest battle of his life - against the Ministry of Defence
and international arms companies. Pacy and starkly authentic,
Warrior takes the reader on an exhilarating journey that is by
turns horrific, humorous and poignantly reflective.
