Six Years a Hostage

Critics Review

• Provides a compelling look at McGown’s strength, fortitude and adaptability along with his instincts that guided his survival during his six-year ordeal.

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• McGown’s struggle includes expanding his vast capacity for forgiveness . . . His exceptional conquest is renouncing implacable enmity and embracing the most exemplary in human nature. This is the Saharan Oasis he brought home.

  Muslim Views

• It was the first kidnapping in Timbuktu, in Mali . . . I had my passport in my pocket and I didn’t realise. When I realised, it literally felt like the world was coming down around me. I went icy cold and numb.

  Stephen McGown, interviewed on CapeTalk

• A book so unlike any other that it keeps you awake at night with a head full of “what ifs” and “if onlys” . . . an excellent read, part adventure story, part psychological drama.

  Lesley Stones

• Not just an incredible story of mental strength, physical endurance and the resilience of the human spirit, but also a unique, nuanced perspective on one of the world’s most feared terrorist organisations. Not only did Steve survive his ordeal, but in many respects he came out of the desert both a changed man and a stronger, more positive human.

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