Battleworn : the memoir of a combat medic in Afghanistan

'every Inch A Woman And Every Inch A Warrior. In Peace And War Taylor Is As Radiant As Gold And As Tough As Diamond' Sam Kiley - Author Of Desperate Glory And Foreign Affairs Editor Of Sky News. Chantelle Taylor Joined The British Army In 1998 As A Combat Medical Technician. Ten Years Later She Made History, Becoming The First Female Soldier To Kill A Taliban Fighter In Close-quarter Combat While On Patrol In Helmand Province, Afghanistan. In Battleworn, She Tells The Story Of B Company, A Beleaguered Group Of Individuals Who Fought Relentlessly To Hold Nad-e Ali, A Dusty, Sweltering Hellhole Surrounded By The Taliban. A Routine Patrol Into An Area Saturated With Enemy Fighters Escalates Into A Seven-week Siege. Facing The Possibility Of Death Daily, Taylor Writes Of Gun Battles And Perilous Patrols, Culminating In The Extraction Of More Than Sixty-six Casualties With Four Killed In Action. A Powerful Story Written With A Humility That Captures The Sometimes Impalpable Humour Of Soldiers At War, Battleworn Provides A Testament To Combat Medics All Over The World. It Highlights The Crucial Role That They Play In Today's 360-degree Battlefield.