OUTLAWS INC.
Book ID/图书代码： 03277010B35931
English Summary/英文概要： This riveting account reveals the secret corners of our supposedly flat world: black markets where governments are never seen but still spend outrageous amounts of money. Journalist Matt Potter tells the story of Yuri and his crew, a gang of Russian military men who, after the collapse of the Soviet Union found themselves without work or prospects. So they bought a decommissioned Soviet plane-at liquidation prices, straight from the Russian government-and started a shipping business. It wasn’t long before Yuri, and many pilots like him, found themselves an unlikely (and ethically dubious) hub of global trading. Men like these are paid by the U.S., the Taliban, and blue-chip multinational companies to bring supplies- some legal, some not-across dangerous borders.
In a feat of daring reportage, Potter gets onto the flight deck with these outlaws and tells the story of their fearless missions. Dodging gunfire, Potter is taken from place to place by men trafficking everything from illicit weapons to emergency aid, making enemies everywhere but no reliable friends. As the world changes, we see the options for the crew first explode, then slowly diminish, until, in a desperate manoeuvre, they move their operations to the most lawless corners of Africa, where they operate to this day.
The story of these outlaws is a microcosm of the world since the end of the cold war: secret contracts, guerrilla foreign policy, and conflicts too thorny to be handled in public. Potter uses the story of these men to articulate an underground history of the globalized world. At once thrilling, provocative, and morally circumspect, this book is a must-read for anyone with an interest in espionage, or in how the world works today.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 「俄籍的飛行員把他的紙杯扔到停機坪上，走過了坑坑巴巴的跑道，這架巨型運輸機的蘇聯標誌在灰色的油漆下仍隱約可見。這就是訊號了，無須言語，無須檢查，更沒有身分認證。
當引擎轟隆作響，我爬進座艙，進入了這架蘇聯Ilyushin IL-76的體內──或者，用北約的代號來說，Candid。在駕駛艙玻璃透進的光線下，機長踢掉了鞋子入座，轉動旋鈕，幾秒鐘之後，我們就飛向了阿富汗的夜空中。
這架Il-76曾是蘇聯最重要的運輸機，從阿富汗到車臣，每一道前線都看得到它的身影，它執行過各種任務，從突擊到偵察，從轟炸到運送武器，甚至是太空人的訓練。
長四十六米，寬四十米，它是地球上最大的飛機之一。重達215噸，這架超級飛機可以承受北極冰暴和非洲的酷熱。它可以在較短的跑道上起飛，它可以攜帶驚人的60噸槍砲、士兵、坦克、炸彈或世界其他地方的任何東西。但，它也可以攜帶秘密。
蘇聯的工程師在他的腹部保留了許多額外的空間，這裡原本被用來裝載逃生設備和武器，這些空間也可以被騰空來裝載秘密貨物，這些密室沒有被任何設計圖記載，不會被海關檢查，官方上來說，它們根本不存在。這裡可以裝進15噸的幽靈貨物，有許多人可以為這些東西而死，也有許多人準備拿這些東西來殺戮。
從俄羅斯的東邊到被海盜控制的索馬利亞，從反叛軍的陣地到毒品販子的黑市，這就是關於這15噸貨物的故事。
這些故事我過去曾有耳聞，但如今，我就坐在這架飛機裡，從內部親自見證這些法外行動。當然，這當中所有人員的身分和特徵都已經過馬賽克，剩下的，就是真實發生的故事。」
揭露世界上最危險的交易…唯有這本能讓妳看透世界的「黑」面貌！
在世界上最危險且飽受戰爭摧殘的區域，有一小群人不顧一切冒著生命危險，駕駛飛機帶來急需的援助和物資，但駕駛人並非我們以為的「英雄」。這群由戰鬥力堅強的老兵組成，駕駛著前蘇聯時代的飛機，載著不為人知的秘密，而他們所藏匿的貨物，幾乎從不被外人得知。這就是俗稱的『黑市交易』。這群天空上的牛仔將會協助運送著這些貨物，包含任何藥物、槍枝、金錢等…任何你能想到的，他們都能幫你辦到。當然！你得付出龐大代價。這項高風險的工作，命喪黃泉是家常便飯。
作者Matt Porter長期從旁觀察這群人（或是稱這間「公司」）的運作，記錄下這些充滿不可思議、有趣刺激的故事，透過作者的眼光，我們將一睹這世界最黑暗既真實的一面！(Vincent)
Awards/获奖情况：★影視版權已售出，好萊塢電影拍攝中！
★售出七國版權，包括：英國、美國、加拿大、德國、義大利、芬蘭、羅馬尼亞
Rights sold:
Germany – Econ/Ullstein
Italy – Einaudi
Finland – Tammi(option)
Outlaws Inc was published by Pan Macmillan (UK/Commonwealth); Bloomsbury USA (US/Canada); Ullstein/Econ Verlag (Germany); Einaudi (Italy); Tammi (Finland).
Praise for Outlaws Inc:
“Adventures inside the world’s biggest smuggling network… a true-crime thriller for a dangerous age.”
“Fascinating… it’s Jason Bourne meets James Bond, only it’s really happening, and it’s happening now.”
Andy Ross, America Now
“An explosive read, full of heart-thumping excitement – and all the more terrifying for being true.”
Sean Rayment, Defence Correspondent, The Daily Telegraph; Author, Bomb Hunters
“A riveting homage to these extraordinary ex-Soviet planes and the dodgily heroic Russian and Ukrainian smugglers who fly and crash them… it’s also the alternative history of the last two decades.”
John Sweeney, BBC Panorama and The Literary Review (review below)
About the Author/作者介绍： As to Matt himself, he’s a journalist, editor and broadcaster. He has reported for BBC Radio from Eastern Europe, Afghanistan and Southeast Asia, and co-presented Radio 1’s award-winning global travel shows. As a journalist, his nose for the unusual has seen his writing appear in places as diverse as the Daily Telegraph, Golf Monthly, Esquire, Sunday Telegraph, Jack, Maxim, the Irish Examiner, London Lite, Sabotage Times and Hot Air, while he’s edited and written travel and country report guides for the BBC. His reports on cocaine trafficking in Latin America have been published in Russian, German and English. As a journalist in Belgrade, he broke the story of the NATO ‘spy’ giving away secrets to Serb forces on the web. He speaks several languages fluently.
Matt Porter，身為一名記者、編輯、廣播主持人，曾為Radio１製作出屢獲殊榮的全球旅遊節目。Matt對於時事具有高度的靈敏度，可常看到其著作出現在不同的報刊雜誌上。曾報導一則關於拉丁美洲運毒的真相，不僅廣受媒體注目並被翻譯成俄文、德文和英文等語言傳送。
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Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE
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Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：UK and Commonwealth: Pan Macmillan; US and Canada: Bloomsbury USA; Germany: Ullstein; Italy: Einaudi; Finland: Tammy; Romania; Film and TV: Thunder Road Studio
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