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Dean Yates was the ideal warzone correspondent courageous compassionate dedicated After years of facing the worst though including the Bali bombings and the Boxing Day tsunami one final incident undid him In July 2007 two of his staff members were brutally gunned down by an American helicopter in Iraq

What followed was an unravelling of everything Dean thought he knew of himself His PTSD was compounded by his moral wound the devastation of what he thought he knew of the world and his own character and beliefs After years of treatment including several stints inside a psychiatric facility Dean has reshaped his view of the true meaning of life Here in all its guts and glory is that journey to a better way of being Dean has been to the blackest heart of humanity and come out with strength and hope

Line in the Sand is a memoir that is going to resonate for generations to come It tackles the most important topic of our age in an unforgettable way

Praise for Line in the Sand

Brave and vital Hugh Riminton

Destined to become a classic Chris Hedges Pulitzerprize winning war correspondent for the New York Times

A clarion call for a new approach to preventing and treating trauma Matthew Green author of Aftershock

Put on your seatbelt before reading this Dean Yates has produced the roughest and most honest journalistic memoir of war Ive ever encountered Thomas Ricks author of the international bestseller Fiasco

Too moving for words Nancy Sherman New York Times notable author

This should be a textbook for everyone working in mental health and an inspiring read for anyone who cares about taking light into the darkness Steve Biddulph