This book is written by the wife of Daniel Pearl, Mariane Pearl. Daniel was a well educated man, having attended Stanford University, where he majored in Communication. He worked for several publications before becoming employed with The Wall Street Journal. Following the attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001, Daniel Pearl had a place in Pakistan that he used as a base to report on the War on Terrorism. He was on his way to meet with a contact to get some information for an article, but the contact turned out to be a ruse. He was abducted by a group of people, claiming to be the National Movement for the Restoration of Pakistani Sovereignty. They sent a list of ransom demands to the United States government, along with graphic photos of Daniel Pearl. He was decapitated and dismembered before being buried in a shallow grave, not to be recovered for three months. His body was eventually returned home and buried in the states. A video of his murder circulated around for a while as well, where they had forced him to admit his Jewish heritage. Several arrests were made. His wife also gave birth to their child a few months after these events, and I cannot IMAGINE how hard that was for her.

I did not know who Daniel Pearl was until I read this book. I picked it up in the religion section at my used book store, but thought that it sounded interesting. I do remember seeing videos and things of this nature on the news over the years from the war, but I could not recall specific names. I think that what happened to him was horrible, and I hate so much that his family had to go through such a thing. You can tell how much this affected his wife, the author of this book, by the things that she says. An absolute tragedy and crime.