A harrowing true story told by a brave young Syrian.

"I walk around the city with a broken soul, looking at all the other broken souls passing by. Each pair of eyes that passes tells a different story, a different struggle"

Short but powerful, this gives us a horrific glimpse into the maelstrom of a community living under IS. Samar was at university before dropping out in fear: he has seen friends crucified and beheaded, has been arrested and tortured, and yet still has the extraordinary courage to write these dispatches and get them smuggled out to reveal the true horrors of what is happening in Syria.

I hope that at least some of the proceeds of this book get fed back into humanitarian aid for the camps like the one at the end where a woman gives birth on the ground without a roof, without water, just the bare hands of other women to help her. Read this and weep.