Alex Gardiner served as an officer in the Royal Greenjackets, and as a troop and squadron commander in 22 SAS before leaving the British Army to command 1st Regiment The Sultan's S...view moreAlex Gardiner served as an officer in the Royal Greenjackets, and as a troop and squadron commander in 22 SAS before leaving the British Army to command 1st Regiment The Sultan's Special Force in Southern Oman. Since then, he has covered conflict in Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq, Afghanistan and Yemen. He is married to the fashion designer Beatrice von Tresckow and is working on his next novel from their home in Gloucestershire.view less