No Way Out

In Helmand province in July 2006 Major Adam Jowett was given command of Easy Company a hastily assembled and understrength unit of Paras and Royal Irish rangers. Their mission was to hold the District Centre of Musa Qala at any cost. Easy Company found themselves in a ramshackle compound cut off and heavily outnumbered by the Taliban in the town.In No Way Out Adam evokes the heat and chaos of battle as the Taliban hit Easy Company with wave after wave of brutal attack. He describes what it was like to have responsibility for the lives of his men as they fought back heroically over twentyone days and nights of relentless nerveshredding combat. Finally as they came down to their last rounds and death stared Easy Company in the face the siege took an extraordinary turn... Powerful highlycharged and moving No Way Out is Adams tribute to the men of Easy Company who paid a heavy price for serving their country.