"Boy Soldier: Memoirs of a Child Soldier From Northern Uganda tells the harrowing, moving and inspiring life of Norman Okello, a young man who grew up in northern Uganda under the shadow of war. At the age of twelve, he was abducted by Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army, a rebel army that mixed religious mysticism with extreme brutality to extreme effect. In captivity, he was subjected to a ruthless training regime aimed at removing his humanity and turning him into a soldier and killing machine free from conscience and fear. This book tells a true story of epic proportions, about severe hardships and extreme strength in events that happened not long ago in a strange but real world. It narrates how one of the most brutal rebel groups in the world changed the life of one individual irreversibly. This book reveals the complex society that exists within the Lord’s Resistance Army. There’s a murderous, superstitious cult aspect to the LRA which makes them such a formidable force and Norman’s story attests to how fearless military strength can be when combined with religious mysticism. The book shows how a young child was able to coop in this hostile environment and navigate through all the hardships. It shows the constant struggles that Norman had with himself trying to keep his humanity and stay alive, while all the odds were against him." From publishers website