<p><em>The Deadly Game</em> is a memoir written by Will Britten, the pseudonym of a military intelligence officer from one of the British Army¿s most secretive units, the Force Research Unit (FRU), so secret that the rest of the army was largely unaware of its existence.</p><p>This is the first in-depth look at agent-handling and agent-handling operations in Northern Ireland targeting the IRA¿s deadliest and most professional unit, South Armagh PIRA, operating in the notorious ¿Bandit Country¿ on the border with the Republic.</p><p>The FRU¿s purpose was to operate undercover and gather intelligence on the numerous terrorist organisations, Republican and Loyalist, that were involved in the bitter sectarian violence of the Troubles. Will''s role was in human intelligence ¿ HUMINT in military parlance ¿ in practice identifying, targeting and recruiting those in the community and among the ranks of the terrorist groups, to turn them and run them as agents. The goal was to gather informatio