Brutalized and forced into hiding by the Bosnian Serbs' war of ethnic cleansing, Irena, a Muslim high-school basketball star, is separated from her best friend, Amela, a Christian, is recruited to become a sniper, and becomes a pawn in the dangerous chess game of political maneuvering and power struggle in the war-torn city of Sarajevo. 25,000 first printing.

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SCOTT SIMON is the host of National Public Radio�s Weekend Edition with Scott Simon. He has covered ten wars, from El Salvador to Iraq, and has won every major award in broadcasting, including the Peabody and the Emmy. His memoir, Home and Away, rose to the top of the Los Angeles Times nonfiction bestseller list. His second book, Jackie Robinson and the Integration of Baseball, was named Barnes & Noble�s Sports Book of the Year. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and daughter.

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