Non-fiction/Current affairs

The book deals with the former elite soldier, Sergeant First Class Thomas Rathsack's, experiences in the Danish special operation force, the Jaegercorps.

In February 2009, a Danish battalion was stationed in Afghanistan in the infamous Helmand province. The 22-year-old Jacob Christensen is one of the soldiers who volunteers to take part in the war. In 2010 he is sent to the forward base of Budwan in Helmand province. He is filled with dreams of testing his military training in the war against the Taliban.

When Jyllands-Posten published the cartoons of the prophet Mohammed, culture editor Flemming Rose came to play a central part in the debate about the limitations to freedom of speech

Europe as we know it will be forever changed. This is the consequence of a still growing Muslim population, and the fact that several large European cities will soon have a Muslim majority.

In Helmand, a Danish female officer comes into contact with the Afghani women fighting against oppression, domestic violence and the horror regime of the Taleban

Writer and journalist Kim Hundevadt has paid several visits to the Danish soldiers at the frontier in Afghanistan, and this book is based mainly on their powerful and moving stories