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Far Horizons

“Far Horizons” is Frank Gardner’™s look back at all the travelling he has done in his varied life, much of which he undertook before becoming the BBC’™s security correspondent.Lost on a remote Sumatran volcano…pursued through a Tokyo backstreet by a Japanese gangster…picnicking with the French Foreign Legion in the Horn of Africa: Frank Gardner`s idea of a holiday is not everyone`s.In June 2004, while on what should have been a routine assignment in Riyadh, his life – never mind his ability to travel the world – was nearly brought to a violent end by Islamist gunmen. Frank survived against all the odds and through force of will, has found himself looking towards far horizons once more. He`s not only been skiing in the Alps, scuba diving in the Red Sea and explored the jungles of Cambodia, he is also reporting once more from far-flung destinations like Afghanistan and Colombia – and this is a man who no longer has the use of his legs.This is Frank Gardner`s compelling, personal account of the myriad adventures that made him the man he was on that fateful day – and of the journeys he`s made since, and how they`ve helped him to become the remarkable and inspiring individual he is today.