A Selection of Extracts from the Book - click on the links below:

Voluntary Service Overseas

Considering the task ahead at Gatwick before I board the plane for Sierra Leone.

Single White Female

No husband, no children? Is that why they sent you here - Pa George.

Liberian Civil War

Staff rave about the video that showed the killing of president Doe where the rebels cut off his ear.

West African Vet?

A vet wants to arrange complicated tests on 14 yr old dying dog.

American Hero

Dr Em tries to impress Dr Dan.

The Iron Lady

A soldier points a gun through the windscreen and MT ticks him off.