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In 1988, the Loyalist hero, Michael Stone, was charged and sentenced to life for the murders of six men. He was released after 12 years, under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement in July 2000. This autobiography provides the true story of a freelance gun for hire.To Loyalists, Michael Stone is an idol and an icon. His name and face are painted on walls across Belfast. His desire to remove Adams and McGuinness from the political spectrum has turned him into a local super-hero. A meticulous killing machine, he executed six men, whose deaths were claimed under different Loyalist groupings, and when justice finally caught up with him he was sentenced to 800 years in prison. Twelve years later, he left a free man, renounced terrorism, apologised for the suffering he had caused and said the fledgling peace process was the only way forward. This is his own true story..