Killer Elite

Ranulph Fiennes

May 2011 · Hachette UK

About this ebook

The deaths of four British soldiers, two of them ex SAS, appear at first to be accidental. In fact, they have been targeted by a group of hired assassins, known as the Clinic. This group of contract killers is systematically tracking down elite servicemen and killing them one by one...

Desperate to stop the murders, a group of four men, the Feather Men, are recruited to hunt down the Clinic and avenge the soldiers' deaths. But will they get to them in time and what's driving the Clinic's own brutal form of justice?

Ranulph Fiennes, himself a former SAS officer, uses his unique knowledge to craft this amazing thriller, now a major film, featuring Robert De Niro, Jason Statham and Clive Owen.


Previously published as The Feather Men, the film KILLER ELITE was released in the UK on the 23rd September 2011.

Ratings and reviews

yet again a book regurgitated into american shmaltz!!! the original book from the 80/90's is far better and more information on the subject i'd suggest reading that, as it has far more evidence of its real events and circumstances!

"The feather men" is referred right? I wanted it very much. But I'm stuck between a "fact" or "fiction" type of book. I'm hoping if it still a fact. And according to the movie related, the Killer Elite, it ends well with peace from both side, between Danny and Spike. What a great story of 1980 😊

Well written, and if non fiction, even better.

About the author

Sir Ranulph Fiennes was the first man to reach both poles by surface travel and the first to cross the Antarctic Continent unsupported. Fiennes has led over 30 expeditions including the first polar circumnavigation of the Earth, and in 2003 he ran seven marathons in seven days on seven continents in aid of the British Heart Foundation. In 1993 he was awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for 'human endeavour and charitable services' because, on the way to breaking records, he has raised over £14 million for charity. He was named Best Sportsman in the 2007 ITV Great Briton Awards. In 2008 he became the oldest Briton to reach the summit of Everest.