Thanks to Netgalley and FSG for the ebook. This is a harrowing journey that starts in the Democratic Republic of Congo and ends several years later in the Netherlands. The author fears for his life as a young political activist in DRC and escapes the country. The book is extraordinary in that we get the big picture and history of refugees trying to make their way into Europe and also a step by step accounting as the author takes us with him on his individual journey. Ultimately an uplifting story as our author makes it to Europe, while so many around him perished, and he picks up the fight of the current and future refugees through the various organizations that he tirelessly works with.