Carol Shaben

Una noche helada de octubre, en 1984, una avioneta que llevaba a bordo nueve pasajeros se estrelló en los bosques del norte de Alberta, Canadá. Murieron seis personas. Los cuatro supervivientes fueron el piloto novato, un importante político, un policía y el detenido al que escoltaba para llevarle a juicio. A pesar del mal tiempo, Erik Vogel, el piloto de 24 años, fue presionado para volar, algo que no es infrecuente en las líneas aéreas pequeñas. Su temor a perder el trabajo si se negaba le obligó a tomar la decisión de alzar el vuelo. Larry Shaben, el padre de la autora y el primer ministro musulmán de la historia de Canadá, volvía a casa después de su ocupada semana en el Parlamento canadiense. El policía recién salido de la academia Scott Deschamps había decidido quitarle las esposas al detenido nada más subir al avión, un hecho que va en contra de las normas y que acabó por tener una considerable importancia en los acontecimientos que estaban aún por suceder. Los supervivientes acabaron por forjar amistades inesperadas y a través de ellas encontraron también la fuerza y el coraje para reconstruir sus vidas.

Only four men survived the plane crash: The pilot, A politician, A cop . . . And the criminal he was shackled to. On a freezing October night in 1984, a Canadian commuter plane smashed headlong into a high ridge of remote, rugged forest. Among the survivors was a small-time criminal named Paul Archimbault, now free of his handcuffs and the only one to escape the crash uninjured. The only one capable of keeping the other three survivors alive -- should he choose to...

Award-winning journalist Mohamed Fahmys widely anticipated account of his wrongful incarceration in Cairos maximum-security Scorpion Prison for terrorists and political leaders, and his subsequent battle for justice, opens a remarkable window onto the closed world of Islamic fundamentalism and the bloody geopolitical struggles that dominate our headlines. An important book that reads like a political thriller, it is also a testament to the critical importance of journalism today; an inspiring love story that made front-page news; and a profoundly personal drama of one mans fight for freedom. On the night of December 29, 2013, Egyptian security forces, in a dramatic raid on the Marriott Hotel, seized Fahmy (Canadian-Egyptian Bureau Chief for Al Jazeera English) and two of his colleagues, Peter Greste and Baher Mohamed, accusing them of fabricating news as members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood. Their trials became a global cause celebre condemned as a travesty. But Fahmy also never stopped being a journalist: inside Scorpion he found himself cheek by jowl with notorious Muslim Brotherhood leaders, Al Qaeda fighters, and ISIS sympathizers. Always intrepid, he took advantage of the situation to "interview" the Brotherhood about their aims, gaining exclusive insight into the geopolitical feuds between Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE on one hand and Qatar and its allies, including Turkey on the otherinterviews that led him to sue his former employer, Al Jazeera, from prison. The complex power brokering of Middle Eastern and Western governments left three men trapped in a web he describes as "Global McCarthyism." But at the heart of the book is an inspiring story of two strong women: Fahmys wife, Marwa Omara, who used every means possible to fight for his release, bravely risking her safety; and his courageous international human-rights lawyer, Amal Clooney, who championed his battle for freedom.