In the 2000s, there were hundreds of prisoners being held at Guantanamo Bay by the US government for interrogation in the war against terrorism. David Hicks, a young man from Australia, is one of them. This is the gripping story of Hick’s convergence to Islam, his training with the Taliban while living in Afghanistan, and his subsequent arrest by the US government. His letters to his family during his incarceration provide poignant testimony to his confusion and pain.  NB