The Tightening Dark: An American Hostage in Yemen

by Sam Farran and Benjamin Buchholz

Book Overview

This riveting memoir follows a Lebanese-Muslim-American and thirty-year US Marine veteran who suffered a six-month ordeal at the hands of a brutal regime in Yemen--and remained loyal to his country through it all.

As air strikes carpeted Yemen's capital, Sam Farran was one of only a few Americans in the war-ravaged country. He was there to conduct security assessments for a variety of international firms. Days after his arrival, he was...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306922711
• ISBN13: 9780306922718
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: Hachette Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.9" x 9.1"