Part Le Carré, part Gourevitch, the high-octane story of a journey into one of the wildest corners of the African continent in search of a psychopath who has consistently evaded negotiators, armies and trained assassins... A gripping combination of white-knuckle adventure and red-hot politics.

Born in 1976, MATTHEW GREEN studied African politics at university, and has spent four years on the ground in East Africa as a reporter for Reuters. He is now the West Africa correspondent for the Financial Times. This is his first book.