QUOTES:  A truly exceptional--account of his time in the Balkans and
Chechnya--. I read [Loyd's] story of war and addiction (to conflict and to
heroin) with a sense of gratitude for the honesty and courage on every
page. --Independent  I have nowhere read a more vivid account of
frontline fear and survival. --The Times  Magnificent--a stench of
blood, excrement, mortar-fire, slivovitz and human bestiality emanates from
these pages. --Literary Review