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

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The gripping and heroic firsthand account—like American Sniper mixed with a real-life version of Die Hard—by an off-duty special forces soldier who battled against a terrorist attack for twenty-two hours, and saved scores of American, Kenyan, and European lives.

After an otherwise ordinary morning of training with his firearms, British SAS soldier Chris Craighead was just beginning to relax in his new home in the bustling city of Nairobi, Kenya. Then the phone rang.

It was a friend, a former British soldier. In the background, Chris heard gunfire. The friend gave the address of an upscale DusitD2 hotel and office complex in Nairobi's affluent Westgate neighborhood. He said it was under attack.

Within minutes, Chris was in his pickup truck with his weapons case in the back seat, racing to the scene. For the next twenty-two hours, he relied on his nearly three decades of elite military training to win a deadly game of hide-and-seek with a unit of ethnic Somali terrorists who had already detonated one suicide bomb and were intent on killing as many other people as possible.

Told in white-knuckle, minute-by-minute detail, One Man In is an unforgettable true story of heroism from a special forces soldier who happened to be in the right place at the right time—and decided to act.

The gripping and heroic firsthand account—like American Sniper mixed with a real-life version of Die Hard—by an off-duty special forces soldier who battled against a terrorist attack for twenty-two hours, and saved scores of American, Kenyan, and European lives.

After an otherwise ordinary morning of training with his firearms, British SAS soldier Chris Craighead was just beginning to relax in his new home in the bustling city of Nairobi, Kenya. Then the phone rang.

It was a friend, a former British soldier. In the background, Chris heard gunfire. The friend gave the address of an upscale DusitD2 hotel and office complex in Nairobi's affluent Westgate neighborhood. He said it was under attack.

Within minutes, Chris was in his pickup truck with his weapons case in the back seat, racing to the scene. For the next twenty-two hours, he relied on his nearly three decades of elite military training to win a deadly game of hide-and-seek with a unit of ethnic Somali terrorists who had already detonated one suicide bomb and were intent on killing as many other people as possible.

Told in white-knuckle, minute-by-minute detail, One Man In is an unforgettable true story of heroism from a special forces soldier who happened to be in the right place at the right time—and decided to act.

  • Publisher: Threshold Editions

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

    Author: Christian Craighead

    On Sale Date: September 15, 2026

    ISBN 13: 978-1-982-17733-1

    ISBN 10: 1-982-17733-0

    Format: Hardcover

    Retail Price: $30.00

    BISAC: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Terrorism; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military

    Page Count: 224

  • Christian Craighead spent 28 years in the British military's most elite units—the Parachute Regiment and 22 SAS—running more than 1,000 high-risk missions across Iraq and Afghanistan. But the mission that defines his public story wasn't one he was ordered into: in January 2019, off duty and living in Nairobi, Kenya, he heard gunfire over the phone from a friend and drove straight into a terrorist attack on the DusitD2 hotel complex, engaging Al-Shabaab-linked gunmen alone for roughly 22 hours until the siege ended. He was awarded Britain's Conspicuous Gallantry Cross and made an MBE for his actions. He retired from the British military in September 2020 and now lives in the United States. One Man In is his firsthand account of that day—and, as of this writing, the subject of an active and unresolved legal dispute with the UK government over his right to tell it.

  • Critics and fellow bestselling authors are calling it gripping, unflinching, and inspiring:

    • "This is the story we've all waited in anticipation to read. Christian stood alone against terror, facing an uncertain fate, and did the right thing when no one else could or would." — Johnny "Joey" Jones, #1 New York Times bestselling author

    • "An extraordinary book by an extraordinary man. In One Man In, readers will finally experience the hostage rescue that saved my life, in Christian's own words." — Meyli Chapin, DusitD2 survivor and author of Terrorist Attack Girl

    • "One Man In had me ready to run through a wall after the first chapter. It's a story of extraordinary leadership and bravery from a real-life superhero." — Tom Wilson, NHL player and Stanley Cup champion

    • "This is the rare, unflinching true story of one man who charged toward evil not for glory, but because human beings desperately needed leadership, protection, and someone willing to stand in the gap." — Gina Carano

This book is for you if

  • You want the firsthand, minute-by-minute account of the lone off-duty SAS soldier who fought Al-Shabaab-linked terrorists for 22 hours to save lives at Nairobi's DusitD2 hotel.

  • You loved American Sniper and want a real-life "one man against overwhelming odds" story with the same visceral, blow-by-blow intensity.

  • You're drawn to true stories of decorated special-operations veterans choosing to act when no one else could or would.

  • You want to understand what nearly three decades of elite military training actually looks like under real, unscripted pressure.

  • You appreciate a memoir that doesn't flinch from the true cost—physical, legal, and personal—of telling this kind of story.

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