Proof of Life

Twenty Days on the Hunt for a Missing Person in the Middle East
A suspenseful account by an armed-conflict mediator searching for a missing person in Syria over eighteen tense daysat the end of which he will either find proof of life, or notthat offers a deep-dive into an underworld to which reporters dont have access, where arms, drugs, and people are for sale, and if youre not selling, youre probably buying.
Riveting . Well-written and highly compelling.”Wall Street Journal?Truly thrilling. Daniel Levin brilliantly conveys both the menace and the evil of Middle Eastern intrigue, and some victories of human kindness over cruelty and despair.Daniel Kahneman, New York Times bestselling author of Thinking, Fast and Slow Daniel Levin was in his New York office when he got a call from an acquaintance with an urgent, cryptic request to meet in Paris. A young man had gone missing in Syria. No government, embassy, or intelligence agency would