The ISIS Hostage

The ISIS Hostage

by Puk Damsgard
The ISIS Hostage

The ISIS Hostage

by Puk Damsgard

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Overview

In a tense and riveting narrative, The ISIS Hostage details freelance photographer Daniel Rye's 13-month ordeal at the hands of the Islamic State after he was captured in Syria, and the misery inflicted upon him, and 19 other hostages, by their guards.This compelling account also follows Daniel's family and the nerve-wracking negotiations with his kidnappers. It traces their horrifying journey through impossible dilemmas, and offers a rare glimpse into the secret world of the investigation launched to locate and free not only Daniel, but also the American freelance journalist and fellow hostage James Foley.Written with Daniel's full cooperation and based on interviews with former fellow prisoners, jihadists, and key figures who worked behind the scenes to secure his release, The ISIS Hostage reveals for the first time the torment suffered by the captives and tells a moving and terrifying story of friendship, torture, and survival.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781681777351
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Publication date: 05/08/2018
Pages: 352
Product dimensions: 5.20(w) x 7.90(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Puk Damsgård has been the Middle East correspondent for the Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR) since 2011, having previously lived for several years in Pakistan and Afghanistan. She has won several awards, including the prestigious Cavling Prize, the National Press Club of Denmark's Storytelling Prize, and the 2015 Readers' Book Prize. She lives in Cairo.

Table of Contents

Foreword 1

Happy Birthday, Jim 7

The Elite Gymnast from Hedegård 17

Syria Round Trip 45

A Noose around the Neck 71

The Hostages under the Children's Hospital 99

Daniel and James 139

Can You See the Moon, Daniel? 161

In Orange with a View of the World 189

Emails from the Dark 213

The Experiment 235

Hi Mum, It's Daniel 263

Return to Freedom 291

Death in the Desert 311

Postscript 333

Foreigners Held Captive by ISIS 337

About the Book 339

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