"Durant's experience is one of the most harrowing in the history of the American military, and one of the most compelling ever told." -from the introduction by Mark Bowden, author of Black Hawk Down Piloting a U.S. Army Special Operations Blackhawk over Somalia, Michael Durant was shot down and taken prisoner.

Held captive for 11 days by a seemingly backward yet media-savvy people, Durant endured treatment both horrifying and increasingly bizarre. His experience crystallized a clash of cultures by turns frightening, melancholy, hilarious, and strangely familiar....

Piloting a U.S.Army Special Operations Blackhawk over Somalia, Michael Durant was shot down with a rocket-propelled grenade on October 3, 1993. With devastating injuries, he was taken prisoner by a Somali warlord. With revealing insight and emotion, he tells the story of what he saw, how he survived, and the courage and heroism that only soldiers under fire could ever know....