Bruce Dickinson is the mighty voice behind legendary heavy metal
behemoths Iron Maiden, and many more things besides. Prior to joining
Maiden in 1981 for their seminal, multi-million selling *Number of the
Beast--*one of the most influential records in the history of Heavy
Metal--Dickinson enjoyed stardom with fellow New Wave Of British Heavy
Metal artists Samson, while his post-Maiden solo career also brought
much critical success. Not content to merely continue shaping the face
of metal music, Dickinson is a true renaissance man: a world-class
member of the British Fencing team; a fiction author; a military
historian; a TV presenter; and also a first officer for commercial
airline Astreus. Yet in 2015, the voice, and the life, of Iron Maiden's
singer were placed in jeopardy as he was diagnosed with a golf-ball
sized cancerous tumor on his tongue. But after making a full recovery,
Iron Maiden have released an acclaimed 16th album, The Book of Souls,
and announced a world tour, and Bruce stands astride the pantheon of
metal greats once more. This first biography of Bruce Dickinson tells
his story through exclusive interviews with those who know him best.