Part One: Dangerous Territory

Pulling Out--Peter Maass

Ditching at Sea--Sebastian Junger

A Zambian Nightmare--Anthony Brennan

The "Friendly" Bear--Bill Sherwonit

Bulgarian Struggle--Josie Dew

Python!--Lyall Watson

Dangerous Liaisons--John Climaco

Incident at Boat Bay--Jim Nollman

The War--Sanyika Shakur, AKA Monster Kody Scott

The Season of Fear--Eric Hansen

Just Desert--Andrew Bill

Part Two: Going to the Edge

Chimney Rock--Peter Potterfield

Capital of Chaos--Jennifer Ludden

Baja Bites Back--Graham Mackintosh

Buried--Peter Whittaker with Andrea Gabbard

Hyena--Joanna Greenfield

Escape from Kashmir--Sebastian Junger

Flying Blind--Robert K. Wilcox

Descent from Mount Communism--Barbara J. Euser

Shaking in the Congo--Kevin Kertscher

Pumping--Peter Nichols

Part Three: Heart of Darkness

Bloodsuckers--William T. Vollmann

Kigali's Wounds--John Sundin, M.D.

The Killing of the Catsiburere--Leonard Clark

When it Goes Off--Bill Buford

Looking for Stinger--Bruce Duffy

Surviving the City of Angels--Janine Jones

Part Five: Crossing to Safety

Transmission--Andrew Todhunter

Acknowledgements