Cinemax Orders Strike Back, Inspired by the Thriller by Chris Ryan

Inside TV is reporting that Cinemax has ordered Strike Back, a 10-part drama series "inspired" by both the thriller Strike Back, written by the pseudonymous Chris Ryan, a former British Special Forces operative, and the 6-episode UK mini-series adapted from the book.

Production will begin this month with filming in Hungary and South Africa, and feature new characters in a globe-spanning setting.

The book features two soldiers, one a celebrated military hero and the other a broken veteran living in the gutters of London. Their paths last crossed nearly twenty years ago. Now, amidst a hostage crisis in the Middle East, their lives are about to collide again.

While the book is not generally available in the US (the cover above is for a UK re-issue scheduled for publication later this year), the mini-series Chris Ryan's Strike Back (Blu-ray disc) is available. Watch a trailer below.