Dirty Combat

Born into poverty in Blitz-torn London and raised in and out of reform schools, David Tomkins never fit into ordinary life. By his teens he had joined the Merchant Navy, and from there his path led him into one of the most dangerous professions on earth: soldier of fortune.

Dirty Combat is the true story of a mercenary who fought in Angola's brutal civil war, surviving minefields, ambushes, and the chaos of the FNLA's collapsing campaign, only to walk straight into the next danger. From African warzones to the inner workings of Colombia's Cali cartel, from a US federal prison cell to private security contracts in Iraq, Tomkins lived a life most people only see in movies.

This is a raw, unflinching military memoir written without apology. It does not glamorize war or crime. It tells the truth about what it costs to live outside the law and outside safety, and what it takes to survive when the odds are never in your favor.

Fans of true crime memoirs, war memoirs, and real life adventure stories will find Dirty Combat impossible to put down. It is a story of violence, loyalty, betrayal, and one man's refusal to be broken by any of it.