The Prisoner in His Palace

In the tradition of In Cold Blood and The Executioner’s Song , this haunting, insightful, and surprisingly intimate portrait of Saddam Hussein provides “a brief, but powerful, meditation on the meaning of evil and power” ( USA TODAY ). The “captivating” ( Military Times ) The Prisoner in His Palace invites us to take a journey with twelve young American soldiers in the summer of 2006. Shortly after being deployed to Iraq, they learn their assignment: guarding Saddam Hussein in the months before