30 White Pilots. $750,000 in Cash. 10,000 Desperate Eyes.

We sat on the transport bus rolling through the sweltering heart of Kano, Nigeria, with six weeks of hazard pay stashed in our pockets. Outside the glass, the world was a sea of distraught faces—and among them, Boko Haram and al-Qaeda scouts meander. They knew exactly who we were. And they knew exactly what we were carrying.

I scribbled nine visits from my logbooks in this mini-book, with pictures. Some gritty, some scrappy, some sappy. Like my life. Drop your email below, and I’ll shoot the complete PDF straight to your inbox.