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Book Lucifer Syndrome  Why Malignant Narcissists Are Evil

Download or read book Lucifer Syndrome Why Malignant Narcissists Are Evil written by Jack Henson and published by Magus Books. This book was released on with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some people are predators. They have been predators all their lives. But when you encounter these people, they will not present themselves as predators. The absolute reverse is the case. They will depict themselves as victims and prey, heroically fighting back against the predators. They will style themselves as martyrs, fixers, healers, gurus, ascended masters, saviors, messiahs. There is no lie they are not prepared to tell. The bigger the lie, the better the lie, as far as they are concerned. Who are these people? They are the people with Lucifer Syndrome. But the world has a different name for them. It calls them malignant narcissists. However, their prototype is Lucifer, who believed himself the brightest and most perfect of all Creation. Lucifer hated and envied God and could not accept God's superiority and brighter light. It drove him mad. It drove him to war. It drove him to his destruction, his immortal mortification in hell. Evil is real, and there is real evil in our midst. Luciferians are walking amongst us, always lying to us, always trying to do us harm. Like Lucifer himself, they adore themselves and think they are God. They want everyone else to kneel to them and worship them, and they are prepared to say and do anything and trample over any and all bodies to get there. M. Scott Peck called them the "People of the Lie", and that's absolutely right. These people are incapable of being truthful. Humanity can now give a name to the worst and most dangerous people on earth – a menace to all decent, moral, ethical people. They are malignant narcissists and they are pure evil. They have no redeeming qualities. None. The human race must learn to identify them and take decisive action against them, to cut out this cancer of evil. The Antichrist does not present himself as a monster. He presents himself as Christ. Never forget that. There are those on YouTube and social media literally preaching that Lucifer is Jesus. Watch out for them. The snake from Eden has come forth again, and its hiss and lies are louder than ever. If we cut off the head of the snake, we can return to Eden. Isn't it time we faced down evil? Edmund Burke said, "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." It has always been thus. Adam and Eve were deceived by the shining lies of the first malignant narcissist – Lucifer. We must not be. Like the cherubim with their fiery swords, we must drive out the snakes amongst us, the Luciferian predators, the evil narcissists. It's God's work.

Book Tyrannical Minds

    Book Details:
  • Author : Dean A Haycock
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2019-04-02
  • ISBN : 1643131117
  • Pages : 341 pages

Download or read book Tyrannical Minds written by Dean A Haycock and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An incisive examination into the pairing of psychology and situation that creates despotic leaders from the author of Murderous Minds. Not everyone can become a tyrant. It requires a particular confluence of events to gain absolute control over entire nations. First, you must be born with the potential to develop brutal personality traits. Often, this is a combination of narcissism, psychopathy, Machiavellianism, paranoia and an extraordinary ambition to achieve control over others. Second, your dangerous personality must be developed and strengthened during childhood. You might suffer physical and/or psychological abuse. Finally, you must come of age when the political system of your country is unstable. Together, these events establish a basis to rise to power, one that Stalin, Hitler, Mao Zedong, Saddam Hussein, and Muammar Qaddafi all used to gain life-and-death control over their countrymen and women. It is how the leaders of the Islamic State hoped to gain such power. Though these men lived in different times and places, and came from vastly different backgrounds, many of them felt respect for each other. They often seemed to recognize their shared, “dark” personality traits and viewed them as strengths. Only in rare cases did they show signs of mental disorders. “Getting inside the heads” of foreign leaders and terrorists is one way governments try to understand, predict, and influence their actions. Psychological profiles can help us understand the urges of tyrants to dominate, subjugate, torture and slaughter. Tyrannical Minds reveals how recognizing their psychological traits can provide insight into the motivations and actions of dangerous leaders, potentially allow to us predict their behavior?and even how to stop them. As strongmen and authoritarian leaders around the world increase in number, understanding the most extreme examples of tyrannical behavior should serve as a warning to anyone indifferent to the threats posed by political extremism.

Book Psychopaths and Love

    Book Details:
  • Author : Adelyn Birch
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2015-12-28
  • ISBN : 9781522939825
  • Pages : 100 pages

Download or read book Psychopaths and Love written by Adelyn Birch and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-12-28 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Psychopaths aren't capable of love. Find out what happens when they target someone who is, in this insightful and practical book by a woman who was a victim. When we're imagining falling in love none of us thinks that we might fall for a psychopath. We don't even know it's a possibility. Most victims say they believed they had met their soul mate. But as the psychopath gains power and control, what seemed like heaven becomes an ever-worsening emotional hell. Don't let it happen to you. If it already has, don't let it happen again. This book -- which contains the best material from the author's popular blog PsychopathsandLove.com -- will help you gain a clearer understanding of these harmful pathological relationships. Learn what a psychopath is and how to possibly spot one if you're being pursued. Find out what makes you vulnerable. Learn how to tell if you're being manipulated. Finally, get ideas about healing afterward and for preventing it from happening again -- or for the first time. "I wish I could have read this half year ago. Thanks a million." Liu "I cannot tell you how much this has helped me today. I cannot get anything done because I can't stop reading! My whole life has been a mess because of these men. My eyes are finally opened - maybe a bit late, but still opened." SuckerNoMore "Thank you for making me feel sane again." Tom "I wish I had read this years ago; it would have saved me money, heartbreak and pain. I met a one eight years ago and I believed I was with the man of my dreams. It's been a nightmare. I often wondered how I got caught up in this crap but reading about it has open my eyes." Michelle "I truly believe this info saved my life! I thank God I found it and I thank God you are eloquent enough to cut right thru to all the things I have been experiencing with this monster but was never able to verbalize! it felt like you were speaking directly to me! Thank you again for all the incredibly insightful info." Duped "I have no words but thank you so very much!" Anthony "After countless sessions with a therapist this makes more simplistic sense of what I had been going through in marriage. Very insightful and I wish the readers acknowledged. Wellness." Eric "I just want you to know what a valuable service you've provided by creating this site. I stumbled upon it the other day while doing some research on psychopathy in an attempt to understand how the individual I was involved with could do all the things he did. It was such a relief to realize, after reading several of your posts, that this monster who had me believing he was one in a million is actually just one OF a million... psychopaths. He's no more than a common, predictable set of symptoms and patterns. He fits the mold perfectly. I understand better than ever now that none of this was my fault; that he targeted me; and that the mental anguish he put me through was something I could not have resisted if I tried... because I could never be someone who thinks the way he does. Your information helped me realize that fully and take that last step of discarding any last little attempt to "reconcile" the unthinkable." L.B. "Thank you for a brilliant and concise definition of a psychopath. This information is the best I have seen on this topic...I now know I am not crazy. Thank you.

Book The Narcissistic and Borderline Disorders

Download or read book The Narcissistic and Borderline Disorders written by James F. Masterson and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1981 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1981. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Book The Narcissists  Academy

Download or read book The Narcissists Academy written by Jack Henson and published by Magus Books. This book was released on with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you want to be successful? Then become evil. Haven't you realized that the evil rule the world? You must sell your soul to the Devil to get on in life. Or you must attend the Devil's school. Come along to the Narcissists' Academy, the School of Evil. The most evil people in the world – even worse than psychopaths and sociopaths – are the malignant narcissists. These are your favorite people! They are the brightest Hollywood stars, the most luminous models and singers, the most popular influencers – you know, all the people you obsess over and want to be. You didn't imagine that the Antichrist would present himself as anything other than Christ, did you? The Antichrist is as Woke as it gets, preaching maximum tolerance, love and light, unconditional love, absolute self-expression, diversity, exoticism, extreme liberalism, and all the rest of it. The Antichrist poses as a guru, healer, fixer, savior, Ascended Master, messiah … everything you've been looking for all your life! The Antichrist postures as Mr Right, Prince Charming, the Knight in Shining Armor, the supreme heartthrob. He is handsome, charming, kind, considerate, compassionate, empathic. He ticks every box. People are wowed by him. Some instantly fall in love with him. They're spellbound, transfixed, enraptured entranced. They tell everyone they meet how wonderful this man is. Well, what did you expect? For the Antichrist to be sulfurous, repulsive, to have scaly skin and horns, and constantly cackle? He's the opposite of that. He's exactly what you would expect Christ to be. That's the whole point. The wolf always comes in sheep's clothing – that's why you can't see him coming until it's too late. Where did the Antichrist learn to fool everyone? He attended the Narcissists' Academy, of course. He was the star student, a veritable Plato of Evil. And you too can be just as successful. All you need to do is learn all the tricks used by malignant narcissists. These are the world experts in fooling you, conning, you, grifting from you. They always blindside you. They know every button to press to seduce you and control you. They have spent their whole lives learning how to get you to be instantly smitten by them. Nietzsche said, "Success has always been the greatest liar." The greatest lies are the basis of the greatest success, and the greatest liars – compulsive liars who can never stop lying to others – are the malignant narcissists. Come along to our Academy and learn the tricks for yourself! Knowledge is Power.

Book The Quantum Illuminati

Download or read book The Quantum Illuminati written by Mike Hockney and published by Magus Books. This book was released on with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You have never encountered anyone like the Quantum Illuminati. They possess the forbidden answer to existence. They even explain why you will never understand this forbidden answer. The Tree of Knowledge in the Garden of Eden had a second property that was never revealed: even if you ate of it, you still didn't acquire the forbidden knowledge, because you needed to be God to understand that knowledge. The Quantum Illuminati worked out how to extract all of the knowledge of the Tree of Knowledge without ever going near it. They hacked the mind of God because they realized something amazing – God needs to be made of something and if you understand what that thing is, you understand God. So, come inside and discover what God is made of, and then you will know the answer to existence. Well, if you can follow the arguments of the Quantum Illuminati, that is. These are the most difficult ideas ever … the GOD IDEAS. Good luck with entering the mind-boggling labyrinth of the Quantum Illuminati. No one escapes unmarked by the experience. This is the intellectual Chapel Perilous. Dare you enter? Will you ever leave if you do? Only the bravest, smartest and boldest are called. Are you one of them? Neither by land, sea nor air shall you find your way to the land of the Quantum Illuminati.

Book Dracula s Confession

Download or read book Dracula s Confession written by Jack Henson and published by Magus Books. This book was released on with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's not often that Dracula confesses. Don't miss this opportunity to understand him. The Fraternity forbade Dracula from telling the blood donors ("normals") the truth, but he defied them. He hates anyone trying to control him. Dracula, like all vampires, is a malignant narcissist. That's his secret. That's the bizarre and troubling secret of the undead. How does malignant narcissism allow death to be defeated? It's quite a story. Come and find out – straight from the bloodsucker's mouth – how malignant narcissism alters the psyche in the most remarkable way, allowing it to overcome death. You don't think it's possible? Well, you don't understand the mind. The undead are real. And they're amongst us. They're the malignant narcissists. Discover how they do it. You will see reality in a completely different way.

Book The Empath Tribe

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jack Henson
  • Publisher : Magus Books
  • Release :
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 55 pages

Download or read book The Empath Tribe written by Jack Henson and published by Magus Books. This book was released on with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you a member of the Empath tribe? These are some of the most tragic people in the world. What they regard as their greatest gift is exactly what sends them into the hands of the predators that prey on them. Empaths have an extraordinary vulnerability that unfailingly brings them into the orbit of the creatures that love to toy with them and torture them. Their empathy draws them to the people who are their formal opposite – those devoid of empathy. Or, rather, those that can fake the highest empathy, while having none. Empaths are not empathic enough to distinguish between fake displays of extreme empathy, and extreme empathy itself. They are irresistibly drawn to extreme empathy, not realizing that those who ostentatiously exhibit extreme empathy are the biggest con artists on earth, who have weaponized extreme empathy precisely to appeal to all the empathic and intuitive men and women in the world and bring them under their cult control. The natural predators for empaths and intuitives are the malignant narcissists. They deliberately target empaths and intuitives as the easiest to control – because they want to be controlled. Empaths and intuitives mistake malignant narcissists for super empaths and intuitives, when in fact they lack both empathy and intuition. That's in fact what makes them so exciting. They are a mystery. Their oddness is exciting. For every Narcissus, you will find an Echo. In fact, many Echoes. Echoes form the Empath tribe, one of the strangest tribes in the world. Find out all about them and why they always mistake fool's gold for real gold, falsehood for truth. They are born to be taken in by those wearing the false gold mask of Narcissus, the most beautifully deceiving mask of all.

Book Combating Romance Scams

    Book Details:
  • Author : Joyce Short
  • Publisher : Pandargos Press
  • Release : 2016-12-29
  • ISBN : 9780692824399
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book Combating Romance Scams written by Joyce Short and published by Pandargos Press. This book was released on 2016-12-29 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you or someone you care about been victimized by the cruelty of a romance scam? It can happen in person, and it can happen on the internet where total strangers reach out to you, right there through the privacy of your desktop! Anyone can hook you into romance and sex by treacherously lying to you! While you hope you can separate liars, cheaters, or worse, from people with a pure heart and honorable intentions, some emotional predators are so savvy, they slide right through the gates of the most sophisticated daters, undermining their sense of trust and playing havoc with their lives. "Combating Romance Scams, Why Lying to Get Laid Is a Crime!" will help keep you safe! It describes what to look for, explains how scammers do what they do, and most importantly....... it provides a specific law to make them stop! Once a victim of a romance scam, Ms. Short has studied this issue and carefully analyzed what the legal establishment is overlooking in penal code that makes "lying to get laid" a crime. She wrote this book to enlighten society's views on sexual assault. She invites you to become an important part of the conversation that causes awareness and establishes change.

Book Eichmann in Jerusalem

Download or read book Eichmann in Jerusalem written by Hannah Arendt and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-09-22 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The controversial journalistic analysis of the mentality that fostered the Holocaust, from the author of The Origins of Totalitarianism Sparking a flurry of heated debate, Hannah Arendt’s authoritative and stunning report on the trial of German Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann first appeared as a series of articles in The New Yorker in 1963. This revised edition includes material that came to light after the trial, as well as Arendt’s postscript directly addressing the controversy that arose over her account. A major journalistic triumph by an intellectual of singular influence, Eichmann in Jerusalem is as shocking as it is informative—an unflinching look at one of the most unsettling (and unsettled) issues of the twentieth century.

Book The Lucifer Effect

    Book Details:
  • Author : Philip Zimbardo
  • Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
  • Release : 2008-01-22
  • ISBN : 0812974441
  • Pages : 578 pages

Download or read book The Lucifer Effect written by Philip Zimbardo and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2008-01-22 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive firsthand account of the groundbreaking research of Philip Zimbardo—the basis for the award-winning film The Stanford Prison Experiment Renowned social psychologist and creator of the Stanford Prison Experiment Philip Zimbardo explores the mechanisms that make good people do bad things, how moral people can be seduced into acting immorally, and what this says about the line separating good from evil. The Lucifer Effect explains how—and the myriad reasons why—we are all susceptible to the lure of “the dark side.” Drawing on examples from history as well as his own trailblazing research, Zimbardo details how situational forces and group dynamics can work in concert to make monsters out of decent men and women. Here, for the first time and in detail, Zimbardo tells the full story of the Stanford Prison Experiment, the landmark study in which a group of college-student volunteers was randomly divided into “guards” and “inmates” and then placed in a mock prison environment. Within a week the study was abandoned, as ordinary college students were transformed into either brutal, sadistic guards or emotionally broken prisoners. By illuminating the psychological causes behind such disturbing metamorphoses, Zimbardo enables us to better understand a variety of harrowing phenomena, from corporate malfeasance to organized genocide to how once upstanding American soldiers came to abuse and torture Iraqi detainees in Abu Ghraib. He replaces the long-held notion of the “bad apple” with that of the “bad barrel”—the idea that the social setting and the system contaminate the individual, rather than the other way around. This is a book that dares to hold a mirror up to mankind, showing us that we might not be who we think we are. While forcing us to reexamine what we are capable of doing when caught up in the crucible of behavioral dynamics, though, Zimbardo also offers hope. We are capable of resisting evil, he argues, and can even teach ourselves to act heroically. Like Hannah Arendt’s Eichmann in Jerusalem and Steven Pinker’s The Blank Slate, The Lucifer Effect is a shocking, engrossing study that will change the way we view human behavior. Praise for The Lucifer Effect “The Lucifer Effect will change forever the way you think about why we behave the way we do—and, in particular, about the human potential for evil. This is a disturbing book, but one that has never been more necessary.”—Malcolm Gladwell “An important book . . . All politicians and social commentators . . . should read this.”—The Times (London) “Powerful . . . an extraordinarily valuable addition to the literature of the psychology of violence or ‘evil.’”—The American Prospect “Penetrating . . . Combining a dense but readable and often engrossing exposition of social psychology research with an impassioned moral seriousness, Zimbardo challenges readers to look beyond glib denunciations of evil-doers and ponder our collective responsibility for the world’s ills.”—Publishers Weekly “A sprawling discussion . . . Zimbardo couples a thorough narrative of the Stanford Prison Experiment with an analysis of the social dynamics of the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.”—Booklist “Zimbardo bottled evil in a laboratory. The lessons he learned show us our dark nature but also fill us with hope if we heed their counsel. The Lucifer Effect reads like a novel.”—Anthony Pratkanis, Ph.D., professor emeritus of psychology, University of California

Book People of the Lie

    Book Details:
  • Author : Morgan Scott Peck
  • Publisher : Simon & Schuster
  • Release : 1983
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 284 pages

Download or read book People of the Lie written by Morgan Scott Peck and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 1983 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "So compelling in its exploration of the human psyche, it's as hard to put down as a thriller...such a force of energy, intensity, and straightforwarness. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Book Dangerous Normal People

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  • Author : L.K. Hawksby
  • Publisher : Grosvenor House Publishing
  • Release : 2019-09-23
  • ISBN : 1786236028
  • Pages : 256 pages

Download or read book Dangerous Normal People written by L.K. Hawksby and published by Grosvenor House Publishing. This book was released on 2019-09-23 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This memoir will take you on a remarkable and sometimes dark journey through a young woman’s two (very different) domestically abusive relationships. With her experience laid out in diary form, spanning November 2013 to early June 2016, the author reveals the subtle and not so subtle “red flag behaviours” of Casanova Psychopaths, Malignant Co-Dependents and the common Narcissist. The reader will also learn about the Narcissistic Virus and discover how sometimes victims can be so broken by NPD Abuse that sometimes the only way to survive is to burn all your bridges and walk into the fire with the Devil himself. The author did not escape unscathed. She suffered the Narcissistic Virus, gained criminal convictions and still displays many C-PTSD symptoms. This is an honest and impactful insight into her journey. This book is designed to be mainly educational so will suits not only victims and survivors but also professionals interested in making judicial, social care and health systems better. L.W. Hawksby is a “Ninja Donor”. She ensures that a percentage of the profits from the sale of her books is donated to human and animal focussed charities, each year on Halloween, which is the favourite time of year for Rufus, her youngest son, who has Asperger’s Syndrome.

Book People of the Lie

Download or read book People of the Lie written by M. Scott Peck and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1983 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "So compelling in its exploration of the human psyche, it's as hard to put down as a thriller...such a force of energy, intensity, and straightforwarness.

Book Snakes in Suits

Download or read book Snakes in Suits written by Dr. Paul Babiak and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revised and updated with the latest scientific research and updated case studies, the business classic that offers a revealing look at psychopaths in the workplace—how to spot their destructive behavior and stop them from creating chaos in the modern corporate organization. Over the past decade, Snakes in Suits has become the definitive book on how to discover and defend yourself against psychopaths in the office. Now, Dr. Paul Babiak and Dr. Robert D. Hare return with a revised and updated edition of their essential guide. All of us at some point have—or will—come into contact with psychopathic individuals. The danger they present may not be readily apparent because of their ability to charm, deceive, and manipulate. Although not necessarily criminal, their self-serving nature frequently is destructive to the organizations that employ them. So how can we protect ourselves and our organizations in a business climate that offers the perfect conditions for psychopaths to thrive? In Snakes in Suits, Hare, an expert on the scientific study of psychopathy, and Babiak, an industrial and organizational psychologist and a leading authority on the corporate psychopath, examine the role of psychopaths in modern corporations and provide the tools employers can use to avoid and deal with them. Together, they have developed the B-Scan 360, a research tool designed specifically for business professionals. Dr. Babiak and Dr. Hare reveal the secret lives of psychopaths, explain the ways in which they manipulate and deceive, and help you to see through their games. The rapid pace of today’s corporate environment provides the perfect breeding ground for these "snakes in suits" and this newly revised and updated classic gives you the insight, information, and power to protect yourself and your company before it’s too late.

Book The Selfishness of Others

Download or read book The Selfishness of Others written by Kristin Dombek and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2016-08-16 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They're among us, but they are not like us. They manipulate, lie, cheat, and steal. They are irresistibly charming and accomplished, appearing to live in a radiance beyond what we are capable of. But narcissists are empty. No one knows exactly what everyone else is full of--some kind of a soul, or personhood--but whatever it is, experts agree that narcissists do not have it. So goes the popular understanding of narcissism, or NPD (narcissistic personality disorder). And it's more prevalent than ever, according to recent articles in The New York Times, The Atlantic, and Time. In bestsellers like The Narcissism Epidemic, Narcissists Exposed, and The Narcissist Next Door, pop psychologists have armed the normal with tools to identify and combat the vampiric influence of this rising population, while on websites like narcissismsurvivor.com, thousands of people congregate to swap horror stories about relationships with "narcs." In The Selfishness of Others, the essayist Kristin Dombek provides a clear-sighted account of how a rare clinical diagnosis became a fluid cultural phenomenon, a repository for our deepest fears about love, friendship, and family. She cuts through hysteria in search of the razor-thin line between pathology and common selfishness, writing with robust skepticism toward the prophets of NPD and genuine empathy for those who see themselves as its victims. And finally, she shares her own story in a candid effort to find a path away from the cycle of fear and blame and toward a more forgiving and rewarding life.

Book The Prisoner in His Palace

    Book Details:
  • Author : Will Bardenwerper
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2017-06-06
  • ISBN : 1501117858
  • Pages : 272 pages

Download or read book The Prisoner in His Palace written by Will Bardenwerper and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-06-06 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the tradition of In Cold Blood and The Executioner’s Song, this haunting, insightful, and surprisingly intimate portrait of Saddam Hussein provides “a brief, but powerful, meditation on the meaning of evil and power” (USA TODAY). The “captivating” (Military Times) The Prisoner in His Palace invites us to take a journey with twelve young American soldiers in the summer of 2006. Shortly after being deployed to Iraq, they learn their assignment: guarding Saddam Hussein in the months before his execution. Living alongside, and caring for, their “high value detainee and regularly transporting him to his raucous trial, many of the men begin questioning some of their most basic assumptions—about the judicial process, Saddam’s character, and the morality of modern war. Although the young soldiers’ increasingly intimate conversations with the once-feared dictator never lead them to doubt his responsibility for unspeakable crimes, the men do discover surprising new layers to his psyche that run counter to the media’s portrayal of him. Woven from firsthand accounts provided by many of the American guards, government officials, interrogators, scholars, spies, lawyers, family members, and victims, The Prisoner in His Palace shows two Saddams coexisting in one person: the defiant tyrant who uses torture and murder as tools, and a shrewd but contemplative prisoner who exhibits surprising affection, dignity, and courage in the face of looming death. In this thought-provoking narrative, Saddam, known as the “man without a conscience,” gets many of those around him to examine theirs. “A singular study exhibiting both military duty and human compassion” (Kirkus Reviews), The Prisoner in His Palace grants us “a behind-the-scenes look at history that’s nearly impossible to put down…a mesmerizing glimpse into the final moments of a brutal tyrant’s life” (BookPage).