Jumia Books In The Shadows: True Stories Of High-Stakes Negotiations To Free Americans Captured Abroad Book By Ellis Henican And Mickey Bergman

Brittney Griner, Danny Fenster, Otto Warmbier, Trevor Reed, Paul Whelan, Kenneth Bae…When an American citizen is unjustly imprisoned overseas, that’s when Mickey Bergman’s phone starts to ring.

Who else are their desperate loved ones supposed to call? Mickey and his tight team of savvy negotiators at the Richardson Center for Global Engagement are the go-to rescuers of last resort, carrying on the high-stakes, round-the-world mission of master negotiator Bill Richardson. Mickey and his team do what U.S. government officials are often unable or unwilling to sit down with America’s toughest adversaries and find creative ways to bring our people home.

That's life In the Shadows.