An unflinching, inspirational, and incredibly moving novel based on the true story of Enaiatollah Akbari, a young boy whose agonizing struggle begins after his native Afghanistan becomes a dangerous place to live.
When American doctor Julia Gallo is kidnapped in Afghanistan, the terms of her ransom leave the president with only one course of action: send covert counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath to free the man the kidnappers demand as ransom--al-Qaeda mastermind, Mustafa Khan.
A down-on-his-luck aging music manager brings his only client to Afghanistan and discovers a local woman whose voice leads him to try to get her on a music talent show.
After her father is wrongfully arrested by the Taliban, an eleven-year-old girl living in Afghanistan dresses as a boy in order to support the family and find her father.