“Andrei Netto's telling of the fall of Gaddafi is a brisk page-turner conveyed like you haven't heard before: from the ground. This important book offers a minute-by-minute accounting by a journalist brave enough to risk his life to narrate this critical story.” —Frances Robles, The New York Times

“A gripping account of the Libyan Revolution by a journalist who lived it to the hilt.” —Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker

“Andrei Netto, who courageously followed on the ground the convoluted phases of the Libyan uprising, gives here a vivid, personal account of the events that led to the rise and fall of one of the most colorful, and dreaded, figures of modern African history. The reader emerges from the final page with a sharp understanding of a revolution whose full outcome remains still to be seen.” —Marc Thibodeau, La Presse (Montreal)

“Andrei Netto deserves a Pulitzer for his stubbornness to preserve a comprehensive and humanist approach even in the most desperate situations.” —Paulo Paranagua, Le Monde

“Andrei Netto's account captures brilliantly the atmosphere in Libya during the last moments of Muammar Gaddafi's brutal dictatorship. His book has the best of both: good writing and rigorous reporting.” —Deborah Berlinck, European correspondent, O Globo

“Andrei's amazing adventure in Libya explains why humans behave like monsters or heroes, sometimes at the same time, and why we must continue to tell their story time and time again. A moving report about an exciting and equally terrifying moment in Libya's history.” —Álvaro de Cózar Palma, El País, Spain