One Man in: The Explosive Firsthand Account of the Lone Special-Ops Commando Who Fought Off a Major Terrorist Attack in Kenya - Hardcover

This thrilling memoir by a heroic special forces soldier reads like a real-life version of an action movie.

It was midafternoon on January 15, 2019, and Christian Craighead was stepping out of the shower. The forty-four-year-old British special-ops soldier was at home in Kenya’s bustling capital city of Nairobi, having recently arrived in the country to train units of the Kenyan army.

Then, a local friend called, saying the upscale hotel and office complex he was at was under a terrorist attack. Within minutes, Craighead was in his pickup truck with his weapons case beside him. He floored the accelerator, steering to the wrong side of the highway to dodge oncoming vehicles and pedestrians.

A Deadly Game of Hide-and-Seek

For the next twenty-two hours, Craighead relied on every bit of his twenty-eight years of elite military training to win a deadly game of hide-and-seek with a unit of ethnic Somali terrorists. These attackers had already carried out one suicide bomb attack and were intent on gunning down as many innocent people as possible.

• At first on his own, Craighead moved through the complex, where more than a thousand hotel staff, guests, and office workers normally spent their days.
• Later, he became the adopted leader of a small group of Kenyan police, guiding their efforts to neutralize the threat.
• He shepherded scores of terrified people to safety, ensuring their survival during the chaos.

A Battle of Guns, Grenades, and Tactics

Once Craighead and his men located the terrorists, a fierce battle ensued—one involving guns, grenades, and tactical maneuvers. By the end of the confrontation:

• Craighead and his men made it out alive.
• The terrorists did not.

Told in gripping, minute-by-minute detail, One Man In is a story of uncommon heroism, from a man who happened to be in the right place at the right time—and made the courageous decision to act.