All The Young Warriors

Winner Of The 2012 Spinetingler Award For Best Novel: Rising Star!When Two Of The Twin Cities Lost Boys-Young Somali Men Drafted To Fight For Terrorists Back In The Homeland-Kill A Pair Of Cops On His Home Turf, Detective Ray Bleeker Is Left Devastated.One Of The Dead Cops Was His Girlfriend.The Investigation Grinds To A Halt When He Discovers That The Young Murderers Have Fled To Somalia To Fight In The Rebel Army. HeS At His Wits End Until The Father Of One Of The Boys, An Ex-Gang Leader Called Mustafa, Comes Looking For Answers.Bleeker And Mustafa Form An Uneasy Alliance, Teaming Up To Help Bring The Boys Back Home.But Little Do They Know What Somalia Has In Store For Them.Praise For All The Young Warriors:A Brilliant Book, Possibly The Best Novel Of The Year. -Les EdgertonWritten With A Sureness Of Hand And A Depth Of Character That Are Impressive. A Highly Accomplished Crime Novel Exposing An Often Unseen World. -The Big IssueAll The Young Warriors Will Grip Readers Who Enjoy The Chance To Slip Into A Foreign Culture And Also Those Who Want A Page-Turning Thriller -Spinetingler MagazineA Powerful Story That Is Both Riveting And Meaningful -Crime Fiction LoverThis Book Is A Classic In The Making -I Meant To Read ThatAll The Young Warriors Is A Pretty Rare Beast, A Clever Page-Turner. It Deserves To Be A Bestseller And Has Film Adaptation Stamped All Over It. -Loitering With IntentA Courageous Novel That Raises A Lot Of Pertinent Questions -Dead End FolliesSmith Writes With Force And Clarity -The Chicago TribuneSmithS Version Of Minnesota Is No Lake Wobegon; The Inhabitants Are Refreshingly Made Up Entirely Of The Deranged, The Damaged, And The Doomed. If You Can Picture The Intellectual And Physical Mayhem That Might Have Resulted From A Jim Thompson And Harry Crews Collaboration, YouD Be On The Right Track. But Anthony Neil Smith Is His Own Writer-And A Very Fine One, Indeed. -Booklist