Army of God: Joseph Kony's War in Central Africa [Paperback]

Joseph Kony is the most dangerous guerilla leader in modern African history.

It started with a visit from spirits. In 1991, Kony claimed that spiritual beings had come to him with instructions: he was to lead his group of rebels, the Lord's Resistance Army, in a series of brutal raids against ordinary Ugandan civilians. Decades later, Kony has sown chaos throughout Central Africa, kidnapping and terrorizing countless innocents -- especially children. Yet despite an enormous global outcry, the Kony 2012 movement, and an international military intervention, the carnage has continued. Drawn from on-the-ground reporting by war correspondent David Axe and starkly illustrated by Tim Hamilton,Army of Godis the first-ever graphic account of the global phenomenon surrounding Kony -- from the devastation he has left behind to the long campaign to defeat him for good.David Axeis a freelance reporter based in Columbia, South Carolina. Since 2005 he has reported from Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Somalia, Chad, Congo, and other conflict zones forWired, the BBC,Salon, Esquire, C-SPAN, Voice of America, and many others. David is the author of several graphic novels, includingWar Fix, War is Boring, and most recently,The Accidental Candidate: The Rise and Fall of Alvin Greene.

Tim Hamiltonis a Brooklyn artist who has produced illustrations for theNew York Times, Cicada Magazine, DC comics, Marvel comics,Madmagazine,Nickelodeonmagazine, and Lifetime. He adapted Ray Bradbury'sFahrenheit 451into a graphic novel, which was nominated for an Eisner award.Kirkus Reviews