Proof of Life: Twenty Days on the Hunt for a Missing Person in the Middle East. This item is unavailable.Proof of Life: Twenty Days on the Hunt for a Missing Person in the Middle East

A suspenseful account by an armed-conflict mediator searching for a missing person in Syria over eighteen tense days―at the end of which he will either find “proof of life,” or not―that offers a deep-dive into an underworld to which reporters don’t have access, where arms, drugs, and people are for sale, and if you’re not selling, you’re probably buying.

The son of a diplomat, Daniel Levin spent his early years in the Middle East and in Africa and then trained as a lawyer. Currently a board member of the Liechtenstein Foundation for State Governance, he has, for the past twenty years, worked with governments and development institutions worldwide, focusing on economic development and political reform through financial literacy, political inclusion, and constitutional initiatives. He is also engaged in track 3 diplomacy and mediation efforts in war zones. Levin's first book, Nothing but a Circus: Misadventures among the Powerful, was published in Germany, Japan, Russia, and the UK. Proof of Life is his first book to be published in the United States. He lives outside New York City.