From the murderous mechanics of the diamond trade in Sierra Leone, to an inferno forest fire burning out of control in the steep canyons of Idaho, to the forensics of genocide in Kosovo, this collection of Sebastian Junger's reporting will take readers to places they need to know about but wouldn't dream of going on their own.

Fire (1992) -- Blowup: what went wrong at Storm King Mountain (1994) -- The whale hunters (1995) -- Escape from Kashmir (1996) -- Kosovo's valley of death (1998) -- Dispatches from a dead war (1999)-- Colter's way (1999) -- The forensics of war (1999) -- The terror of Sierra Leone (2000) -- The lion in winter (2001).