Tall, striking, and adventurous to a fault, young British relief worker Emma McCune came to Sudan determined to make a difference in a country decimated by the longest-running civil war in Africa. She became a near legend in the bullet-scarred, famine-ridden country, but her eventual marriage to a rebel warlord made international headlines and spelled disastrous consequences for her ideals.
Enriched by Deborah Scroggins s firsthand experience as an award-winning journalist in Sudan, this unforgettable account of Emma McCune s tragically short life also provides an up-close look at the...