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If you want to read an amazing book, check out Captive, by Jere Van Dyk. . . . What this reporter lived through is, I think, pretty much the most frightening thing a journalist could be subjected to. He wrote a phenomenal book about it that I consumed in about a day. Please read it. --Sebastian Junger, author of War Rich and revealing. . . . Offers a rare and complicated portrait of the Taliban mentality seen through discerning Western eyes. --The Washington Post A vivid portrait of a man under stress and pressure, producing the equivalent of war's high tension and terror. . . . Some of [Van Dyk's] passages inevitably will become part of the canon. --The Boston Globe A gripping tale of endurance and a vivid evocation of Afghanistan's grim realities. --Publishers Weekly A harrowing survival story. --Kirkus Reviews If you want to read an amazing book, check out Captive, by Jere Van Dyk. . . . What this reporter lived through is, I think, pretty much the most frightening thing a journalist could be subjected to. He wrote a phenomenal book about it that I consumed in about a day. Please read it. Sebastian Junger, author of War Rich and revealing. . . . Offers a rare and complicated portrait of the Taliban mentality seen through discerning Western eyes. The Washington Post A vivid portrait of a man under stress and pressure, producing the equivalent of war's high tension and terror. . . . Some of [Van Dyk's] passages inevitably will become part of the canon. The Boston Globe A gripping tale of endurance and a vivid evocation of Afghanistan's grim realities. Publishers Weekly A harrowing survival story. Kirkus Reviews

If you want to read an amazing book, check out Captive, by Jere Van Dyk. . . . What this reporter lived through is, I think, pretty much the most frightening thing a journalist could be subjected to. He wrote a phenomenal book about it that I consumed in about a day. Please read it. Sebastian Junger, author of War Rich and revealing. . . . Offers a rare and complicated portrait of the Taliban mentality seen through discerning Western eyes. The Washington Post A vivid portrait of a man under stress and pressure, producing the equivalent of war's high tension and terror. . . . Some of [Van Dyk's] passages inevitably will become part of the canon. The Boston Globe A gripping tale of endurance and a vivid evocation of Afghanistan's grim realities. Publishers Weekly A harrowing survival story. Kirkus Reviews

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Jere Van Dyk is the author of In Afghanistan: An American Odyssey, an account of his travels with the mujahideen in the 1980s, during their struggle against the Soviet Union. Since then, he has covered stories all over the world, mainly for The New York Times, CBS News, and National Geographic, that have required him to visit places where few Western reporters had ventured before. He lives in New York City.

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