This thread prompted me to post an overdue review on Amazon, as follows:
Kudos to Jay Bahadur for having the guts and moxie to travel to Somalia and move among the pirates. This book should be on every Middle East policy maker's and intelligence officer's desk, heavily underlined and annotated. Increased my knowledge of modern "sea jihad" and kidnap for ransom a thousand percent. This book is required reading for anyone interested in Somali politics and regional conflicts. Cannot recommend it highly enough. Well done, Mr. Bahadur. I can't imagine what you will do to top this, without literally risking your neck. (Again.)
thx, just put my order in to amazon...