“Stylishly written, keenly observed dispatches.” —William Grimes, The New York Times

“An illuminating arrival in this season of fog . . . I felt grateful for his detailed eyewitness accounts and independent point of view. Wherever the road twists next, American readers can only hope that its journalistic travelers include more like Trofimov, who has the language and courage to climb over daunting barriers to report plainly on what he sees and hears and feels on the other side.” —Steve Coll, The Washington Post

“[An] epic tour of the post-9/11 Islamic world.” —San Antonio Express-News

“Eye-popping peregrinations . . . essential for readers walking the minefield of U.S.-Arab relations--for anyone trying to follow the news.” —Kirkus Reviews

“The cosmological description [of the Islamic 'universe'] is apt: The countries Trofimov visited seem, in their values, outlooks, and aspirations, very distant from our own. Faith at War serves as a kind of wormhole, through which we can enter that parallel universe and begin to comprehend it. . . . This book deserves a wide readership. The Muslims don't understand us, we don't understand them. Faith at War goes a long way toward solving the second part of that dismal equation.” —Philip Caputo, The New York Times Book Review