Colin Freeman is an author and journalist specialising in foreign affairs. He was chief foreign correspondent of The Sunday Telegraph from 2006-2016, covering mainly the Middle East and Africa. Today he contributes to a variety of publications including The Telegraph magazine, the Spectator and From Our Own Correspondent on BBC Radio 4. He lives with his family in London.
Freeman draws from extensive first-hand interviews with survivors
to paint a vivid picture of this shadowy world with the clarity and
panache of a seasoned reporter ... the story is captivating, a John
le Carre-esque yarn.
*Telegraph*
A compelling story of courage, determination and skill. If any book
shows that hostage negotiation is not for the faint hearted this is
it.
*Terry Waite CBE, author of Taken on Trust*
A raw, gripping and profoundly moving book. Between the Devil and
the Deep Blue Sea tells the extraordinary story of Somalia's
forgotten hostages, the pirates who tortured them for years, and
the quietly heroic Britons who refused to give up on them.
*Andrew Harding, author of These Are Not Gentle People and The
Mayor of Mogadishu*
A thoroughly good read.
*Michael Portillo, author of Portillo's Hidden History of Britain
and presenter of Great British Railway Journey*
John Steed has led an exemplary retirement as a uniquely skilled
volunteer, helping to free the seafarer hostages of Somali pirates
who some governments wanted to forget. Colin Freeman's book about
him is both wonderful and long overdue.
*Michael Scott Moore, author of The Desert and the Sea*
'A MUST READ book ... 5 stars, highly recommended!'
*Jordan Wylie, adventurer and author of Citadel: The true story of
one man's war against the pirates of Somalia*
Truly thrilling and fast moving ... a must read for those who seek
to understand the complex history and environment in which piracy
exploded in Somalia from 2008 to 2012.
*Hiiraan Online*
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