Blood Will Flow

A magnificent, earth-shaking achievement. How many books truly change the world? This one will - indeed it already has. Perry's book combines moral fury, forensic research, a vivid cast of characters, and the pace and drama of a thriller. -- Andrew Harding, author of A Small, Stubborn Town Alex Perry has a well-deserved reputation for producing top class reportage again and again. Blood Will Flow is a powerful, gripping and rigorously reported story of greed, violence and courage. It's a must-read for anyone interested in Africa, the oil industry and violent extremism in recent years. His careful, harrowing and moving account of the lives and deaths of ordinary people exposes brilliantly the devastating consequences for communities across the continent -- Jason Burke, author of The Revolutionists Blood Will Flow reads like a thriller, though this story is all too real. Journalists write the first draft of history and Alex Perry has done a vital job in ensuring that a major catastrophe is not forgotten. I am in awe -- Sally Hayden, author of My Fourth Time, We Drowned It is extremely rare for a journalist to uncover a scandal on the scale of the one Alex Perry uncovered in Mozambique, and he deserves widespread recognition for it. Blood Will Flow tells the extraordinary story of his investigation into the murderous affairs of a French corporate giant in an African war zone. This is a breathtaking read and a story that urgently deserves a wide audience, because as the global scramble for gas, oil, gold and the so-called ""rare earths"" accelerates, blood is flowing elsewhere, mostly out of sight, and, more often than not, it is happening in our names -- Jon Lee Anderson, journalist and author of Che Guevara, and The Fall of Baghdad