Pen Farthing is an ex-Royal Marine Commando, founder of animal welfare charity Nowzad and author of Sunday Times bestseller, One Dog At A Time. He was CNN’s Hero of the Year 2014 and was awarded the 2024 RSPCA Branch Award for Outstanding Contribution to Animal Welfare.

“Pen Farthing is still angry. It's understandable.” -- Private Eye

”Operation Ark was always about people and animals. Pen Farthing's actions were nothing short of heroic.” -- Ricky Gervais

”Pen Farthing is a man who has the Commando spirit writ through him: he never gives up.” -- Daily Mail Online

”A compelling, vivid, and distressing account of what happened in those last days and a damning indictment of foreign policy failures.” -- The Daily Beast

”The most remarkable book. It's exciting, it's mesmerising.” - Peter Egan