Soldiers of Light

By Daniel Bergner

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0141015993
• ISBN13: 9780141015996
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 0.6" x 5.1"