Table of Contents

Kidnapped; Crisis; Roots; A Piece of the Action; The Virus; Deadline; Ultimatum; Double-Cross; Breakdown; Homecoming.

Reviews

Maria Ressa has crafted a remarkable, true and troubling story. Her description of the nexus between social media and terrorism sheds an important light on the challenges we face in confronting non-state actors bent on destroying innocent lives. Ressa does not flinch in describing the ordeal her co-workers experienced, her role in freeing them or issuing a clarion call to us to be aware of the danger we face from Internet-connected terrorists. Her work is a critical literary experience for us all. -- Harry K Thomas, Jr "US Ambassador to the Philippines and former Director for South Asia, National Security Council"

Maria Ressa wrote the first book on the rise of terrorism in Southeast Asia. In the last decade, concerted intelligence, law enforcement and military operations have disrupted international, regional and domestic threat groups in Southeast Asia. Maria captures these emerging developments in From bin Laden to Facebook, a must-read for policy and decision makers, security practitioners and scholars, as well as the public. -- Rohan Gunaratna "Head, International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies"

One of the leading experts on terror in Southeast Asia, Maria Ressa has written a fascinating and important primer on the ties of family and loyalty that bind the region's Islamist networks. Rich with the personal histories of some of the region's most dangerous men and women, her account is framed by the gripping step-by-step drama of a kidnapping that brought terror to her doorstep in what she calls 'the most challenging ten days of my life'. -- Seth Mydans "Former New York Times Correspondent"

The ability to return to a harrowing experience - one that was deeply personal to her - and recount it in detail so that others may learn can only be borne of the courage and professionalism that she has always displayed as a journalist . -- Benigno Aquino III "President of the Philippines"