Soldiers of Light

In this moving and unforgettable narrative journalist Daniel Bergner travels into the heart of Sierra Leone a country torn apart by war. This is the story of the people he encounters in a realm of fire and jungle as they rebuild their lives: Lamin who lost his hands to save his daughter; Komba child soldier and sometime cannibal; Neall Ellis the mercenary pilot with a conscience; Valentine Strasser the embittered ex-dictator; and the Western outsiders trying to save a land of startling beauty and brutality. Shocking often heartbreaking yet ultimately hopeful Soldiers of Light is a story of survival and a haunting work of literary reportage.