Contents

Prologue

PART ONE: SORAYA’S STORY

1. Childhood

2. Prisoner

3. Bab al-Azizia

4. Ramadan

5. Harem

6. Africa

7. Hicham

8. Escape

9. Paris

10. Cogwheels

11. Liberation

PART TWO: THE INVESTIGATION

1. In Soraya’s Footsteps

2. “Libya,” Khadija, Leila . . . and So Many More

3. The Amazons

4. The Predator

5. Master of the Universe

6. Mansour Daw

7. Accomplices and Providers

8. Mabrouka

9. A Military Weapon

Epilogue

Chronology

Author’s Acknowledgments

About the Translator