Description

The Desert and the Sea is Michael Scott Moore’s profound, harrowing, and revelatory memoir of his nearly three-year captivity by Somali pirates. In January 2012, Moore, a journalist covering a Somali pirate trial in Germany, traveled to the Horn of Africa to research the economics of piracy and ways to end it. In a terrible twist of fate, he was kidnapped and held captive for 977 days.

Moore’s survival is a testament to his indomitable strength of mind, enduring conditions that included physical injury, starvation, isolation, and terror. After being freed in September 2014 when a ransom was paid, he chronicles the full story.

This book is far more than a typical survival-focused account; it stands at the intersection of reportage, memoir, and history. Moore brilliantly weaves his own experience as a hostage with a larger, clinical examination of the world around him, exploring:

• The complex economics and history of piracy.

• The politics of hostage negotiation and ransom.

• The effects of post-colonialism and the rise of extremist groups like Al-Shabaab and ISIS.

Written with dark humor, candor, and a journalist’s eye for detail, The Desert and the Sea offers an intimate and otherwise inaccessible view of life under constant threat.

• Author: Michael Scott Moore

• Publisher: HarperCollins / Harper

• Publication Date: 2018 (Hardcover First Edition)

• ISBN: 9780062449177 (ISBN-13: 978-0062449177)

• Format: Hardcover (with Dust Jacket)

• Pages: 464 Pages

• Dimensions: Approx. 9 in x 6 in x 1.4 in

• Weight: Approx. 1.5 lbs (0.68 kg)

• Condition: Like New, No Markings