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Farood Abdali is just eleven years old when a drone strike destroys his familys mud-built home in Baghlan Province,Afghanistan, killing his father and leaving him and his older brother alone. His brother sells the family sheep to pay anagent to take Farood to the West, not knowing when he will be back but being hopeful that hell one day return withliberating wealth.Faroods journey is one of pain and endurance across Pakistan, Iran and Turkey, in the boots of cars at border crossingsand waiting with others in basements and trailers, afraid and confused.We skip forward eight years to a prison where nineteen-year-old Farood is beginning a life sentence for a crime he sayshe didnt commit. He can fight better than most, but its not easy negotiating a way through hierarchies and alliances onthe wing.Forever a captive, despite his will to escape, can Farood Abdali break the mould and forge a better life?