Escape from Baghdad!

Written by Saad Z Hossain

Narrated by Elias Khalil

Welcome to Baghdad during the US invasion. A desperate American military has created a power vacuum that needs to be filled. Religious fanatics, mercenaries, occultists, and soldiers are all vying for power. So how do regular folks try to get by?

If you're Dagr and Kinza, a former economics professor and a streetwise hoodlum, you turn to dealing in the black market. But everything is about to change, because they have inherited a very important prisoner: the star torturer of Hussein's recently collapsed regime, Captain Hamid, who promises them untold riches if they smuggle him out of Baghdad.

With the heat on and nothing left for them in Baghdad, they enlist the help of Private Hoffman, their partner in crime and a U.S. Marine. In the chaos of a city without rule, getting out of Baghdad is no easy task and when they become embroiled in a mystery surrounding an ancient watch that doesn't tell time, nothing will ever be the same. With a satiric eye firmly cast on the absurdity of human violence, Escape from Baghdad! features shades of Catch-22 and Three Kings while giving voice, ribald humor, and firepower to to people often referred to as "collateral damage."

• Language: English
• Publisher: Everand Productions
• Release date: Nov 3, 2020
• ISBN: 9781094411828

Saad Z Hossain

Saad Z Hossain writes in a niche genre of fantasy, science fiction and black comedy with an action-adventure twist. He is the author of Escape from Baghdad! and Djinn City. He was published in the anthologies The Apex Book of World SF: Volume 4 and The Djinn Falls in Love and Other Stories. He lives and works in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Reviews for Escape from Baghdad!

[Karen Chandler · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This book was different for me, but it stayed interesting with enough movement and tooth to keep me motivated to finish the book. My husband was surprised that I actually read this book and liked it.

[Lucia Garcia · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Creative, adventurous, sarcastic, informative.
And all around a good book. Be prepared for some violence and human pettiness. It does bring down my appreciation for human kind with a mirror to reality.

[curtis morse · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Very impressed and entertained.. This author and especially this book reminded me que a bit of Christopher Moore.

[Fauve13 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

The story line and characters were interesting and fun. The reader has a good voice but I would have enjoyed a broader range in the voice acting to really separate the characters. All in all an enjoyable read!

[Elena Kennedy · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A wild ride but worth reading I do recommend .

[Hadia Siddiqi · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Hilarious and horrible, and moving. Def worth the listen. Want more.

[Wayne · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Black humour. Good story. Action. Hope his other books are as good.

[Bontle Senne · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Very, very dark humour that will resonate for those in developing countries especially. I absolutely loved it.

[mae · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Phantastic! Big Fun - you learn a lot about life in a war zone, Iraq’s circumstances in particular.

[Christopher Hegan · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

What a stonking, dark, bent tale, joyously written by the hand of a born humorist. Enjoy!

[Samuel Saker Kunkel · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

“Fear and Loathing” meets “DaVinci Code”, directed by David Ayer. Indescribable. One of the best novels I’ve experienced.

[Scott Heward · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Good humor at the end. Haven't laughed at a book like that in awhile

[Deema Nuseir · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Very entertaining and quite funny. Enjoyed the story and the narration. Highly recommend the book if you're looking for a lighthearted adventure/fiction.

[David Hadley · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

What is the point. I wasted 10 hours. Did I miss something?

[Alice Hui · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

The content was rich & the narrator is really good.

[Julie Clark · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Not too often that books actually manage the laugh out loud kind of ending. Saad z. H. IS MY NEW FAVORITE AUTHOUR! I didn't expect to be able to be entertained by something so outside my comfort zone, with all the foreign names being hard to remember, but this author is such an amazing author.

[Mitch Ryan · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

This was a very entertaining read. If you have some great stories like this one, you can publish it on Novel Star, just submit your story to [e-mail] or [e-mail]

[Kobus Brönn · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Had my misgivings, but the audiobook was thoroughly entertaining. Excellent!

[Tabitha Pearson · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I've read Saad Hossain's books in backwards order. I think I'll read them again in order now. They are all soooo much fun.

[stige_3 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This book is a perfect script for the Cohen brothers. More quirk than you can shade an idiosyncratic stick at.