Cover of Highway to Hell: Dispatches from a Mercenary in Iraq

Highway to Hell: Dispatches from a Mercenary in Iraq

John Geddes worked as a private military contractor in Iraq, and this book gives a close look at what that job was really like. Hired to guard and fight alongside others in a war zone, he writes from the front line about daily routine, constant danger and the moral weight of earning a living as a paid fighter.

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It is a raw first-person account from someone who was there, showing what life looks like for a hired gun far from home.

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