They claimed they were the A-Team - the guys who could get one of the world's most wanted men, notorious Russian arms-dealer Viktor Bout. More commonly known as 'The Merchant of Death', Bout was "Public Enemy No. 1" to the global intelligence agencies who hunted him, worth an alleged six billion dollars. For decades Bout had run a labyrinthine network of airlines selling weapons to fabulously wealthy dictators, bloodthirsty rebels and fearsome terror outfits. Reputedly the United Nations top global sanctions buster, he was holed up in Moscow, shielded by a Russian state complicit in his dark dealings. But like modern-day bounty hunters the A-Team claimed they could nail Bout, and where an alphabet soup of agencies - MI6, CIA, NSA and others - had failed. To capture Bout the US DEA - the Drugs Enforcement Agency - put together a cast more extraordinary than any fiction: The Bear, a stir-crazy bush-pilot and former SAS man, Carlos, former intelligence agent and undercover known as 'The King of Sting', 'El Commandante', a former narco-trafficker and arms-dealer extraordinaire, plus Dutch and Polski, ex-US military and crack DEA operators. If they couldn't get Bout, no one could. Written with Lewis's signature dramatic verve, and based upon exclusive interviews, DEA wire taps and court transcripts, this is the explosive story of the ultra-secret mission known as OPERATION RELENTLESS. It ranges from the steamy jungles of Colombia to the ice-bound streets of Moscow, and from horrific bloodshed and tyranny in Africa's heart of darkness to a snatch mission like no other. It may read like an implausible thriller, but every word is true.