In his shocking and searing account of the 12 years he spent in barbaric captivity, at the hands of sadistic guards, violent inmates, and intolerable conditions, Fellows manages to communicate the loneliness and desperation of prison-life in Bangkok's infamous prison, Bang Kwang, surviving each new day and night like an animal - an uncertain existence with death possibly just a moment away. It is a true and harrowing story of a man who lived through 12 years of inhumane treatment, and now has to live with the nightmares.