Describes the experiences of children kidnapped into service for the Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda, in which boys are required to complete brutal initiations--murdering their parents, friends, and relatives--and girls are forced into sexual slavery and labor.

Prologue: Richard's story -- Faded luster of the pearl -- The lips are not there -- Anatomy of an attack -- God, grace, and the Aboke girls -- Witch doctors, rattles, and unholy ghosts -- A game of blood and spiritualism -- The Arrow Boys -- Degrees of darkness -- Back to the land -- The call for peace -- Armed conflict is a health risk -- In search of Joseph Kony -- Jungle rendezvous -- The view from Kilimanjaro.