In the Shadows: True Stories of High-Stakes Negotiations to Free Americans Captured Abroad

A top negotiator in countless high-stakes missions to free Americans captured abroad and held in the world's scariest prisons takes readers inside the dramatic and shadowy world of international hostage rescue.

Brittney Griner, Danny Fenster, Otto Warmbier, Trevor Reed, Paul Whelan, Kenneth Bae … When an American citizen is unjustly imprisoned overseas, that’s when Mickey Bergman’s phone starts to ring. Who else are their desperate loved ones supposed to callí Mickey and his tight team of ...