<p><b>''<i>There is no doubt the truth would have been concealed and our concerns buried without Nick McKenzie''s</i><i>relentless pursuit of justice.'' </i>SAS Afghanistan veteran</b><br><br>War is brutal. But there are lines that should never be crossed. In mid-2017, whispers of executions, and cover-ups within Australia''s most secretive and elite military unit, the SAS, reached Walkley Award-winning journalist Nick McKenzie. He and Chris Masters began an investigation that would not only reveal shocking truths about Ben Roberts-Smith VC but plunge the reporters into the defamation trial of the century.<br><br>For five years, McKenzie led the investigation, waging an epic battle for the truth to be acknowledged. His fight to reveal the real face of Australia''s most famous and revered SAS soldier and examine evidence of bullying, intimidation, war crimes and murder would take him across Australia and to Afghanistan. <br><br>As he unearthed the secrets Ben Roberts-Smith had thought h