IX.
THE HUNTER, THE HAMMER, AND HEAVEN
JOURNEYS TO THREE WORLDS GONE MAO
the author of The World's Most Dangerous Places, Robert Young Pelton has come
to know some of the most unusual and dangerous individuals in the world. In TIle Hunter, the Hammer, IIIId HIHWBn he introduces an extraordinary cast of charaders from three of the most war-ravaged countries on earth - the West African country of Sierra leone, the break- away repubhc of Chechnya, and a mysterious land in the South Pacific called BougainvUle. In each location he provides a firsthand exploration of important new developments in confhd, and a unique Insight into the forces that are shaping the world's future. Filled with tension and intrigue, The Hunter, TIle Hammer, anti HIHWBn
Hammer, Pelton enters the phad in
ltadllnvlI to meet the Chechen rebels as Russian Army sends in a massive
army of 150,000 soldiers to subdue the anarchistic republic in their own "War on Terror." His odyssey through terrorist- filled bunkers, suicide squad-manned front lines, SCUD missile citizens leads to a the beleaguered
terrified from