March 2004

This book is the definitive account of the Real IRA. The authors have written a chronicle of the secret army using the experiences of the bombers, their families, the victims, the security services and others who worked to stop the violence. The book reads with an urgency and a moral commitment that belongs to the finest fiction. It tells the story from three different perspectives: that of the Read IRA Army Council, that of the security services, and that of the republican victims. Few people will put this book down without understanding the new underground army, its bloody campaign and those who control it.