Written from the field

MISSION READY

SAS Commander’s Strategies for Resilience, Leadership and Elite Performance

Pan Macmillan Australia | 30 June 2026

In Mission Ready, Mark reveals the methods that drive the world’s most elite teams. Part battle-tested manual, part resilience playbook, this book distils practical, actionable lessons for leaders, entrepreneurs, self-starters and anyone hungry to raise their game — in business, in sport, at home or in any competitive realm in life.

With lessons taken from the battlefield and the boardroom, this is the ultimate go-to manual for high performance, leadership and resilience.

BEST FOR:
New and experienced managers. Leaders building a high-performance operating system. Anyone who wants to lead under pressure with confidence.

‘A powerful, honest story of courage,
redemption and finding purpose.’

Bear Grylls

Survivor

Life in the SAS

Pan Macmillan Australia | 2021 (National Bestseller)

Longlisted for the Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award 2022

Mark Wales thought his life would end in a cornfield in Afghanistan. After four deployments with the SAS, surviving the battlefield was only the beginning. When he left the military, he found himself carrying the weight of war and searching for a new purpose.

Survivor is the gripping story of what came next. From elite soldier to Wharton MBA and corporate consultant, Mark shares the setbacks, hard-earned lessons and mindset that helped him rebuild his life. Honest, compelling and deeply human, it’s a story of resilience, transformation and finding purpose beyond the battlefield.

BEST FOR:
Anyone interested in elite performance, mental resilience, and leading through adversity. Leaders who want the unfiltered story behind the frameworks.

Outrider

SOLDIER. FATHER. SURVIVOR.

Pan Macmillan Australia | 2024

A violent civil war. An unstoppable enemy. One road to freedom.

In the wake of a global conflict, foreign forces occupy part of Australia, quashing all but a few pockets of local resistance. The tense stalemate ends in 2034, when Jack Dunne reignites the war.

Dunne is an Outrider, one of the last elite special operations soldiers in the Resistance. As the enemy prepare to eliminate the freedom fighters once and for all, he is tasked with his final mission.

If Dunne and his eleven-year-old son achieve the impossible, and survive, they’ll secure their future across the border in Free Australia.

But the road to victory will be bloody.

A cinematic action-thriller from bestselling author and veteran Mark Wales. Explosive and exhilarating, Outrider is a heartfelt father-and-son story of survival, resistance and hope.

BEST FOR:
Readers who enjoy high-stakes action fiction with real-world authenticity. Mark’s debut novel.