Book Review : Buried Alive By Roy Hallums

Title: Buried Alive :: The True Story of Kidnapping, Captivity, and a Dramatic Rescue
Author: Roy Hallums
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Rating: Excellent

Buried Alive is a true story written by Roy Hallum about his kidnapping, torture and finally his rescue. The author discusses spending 10 months in captivity in Iraq and his dramatic rescue by US Forces.

In November 2004, Roy Hallums was kidnapped from his office in Baghdad and was held hostage.The next ten months were the darkest of his life. Hallums spent most of his time in a concrete pit beneath a farmhouse, constantly bound and blindfolded.A small pipe in the ceiling provided the room’s only oxygen – and its only link to the outside world.He describes how Kidnapping has become a booming industry in Iraq. Kidnappers main vision behind was to throw out the invaders, to spread fear and most important to raise the funds for insurgency.And After the 311 grueling days of captivity he was rescued and it was his faith that helped him to survive.

The story is written in such a way that you that you are gripped from the beginning to last, mostly because it really happened.It is an well-crafted non-fiction Story and an easy flow that makes it impossible to not get pulled into the flow.

I would highly recommend this book to everyone.


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