The Great Escape

One of this country's most remarkable activists is also an extraordinary writer. From the very first moment of this world-spanning story Saket Soni has you in his grip. The Great Escape makes you feel astonishment, compassion, anger, and, at the end, something rare these days--hope. --Adam Hochschild, New York Times bestselling author of King Leopold's Ghost and Rebel Cinderella Saket Soni's The Great Escape is a gripping, devastating, and powerfully written book, a must-read for anyone interested in the real world stakes of migration, corporate corruption, and federal law enforcement. --Olufe mi O. Taiwo, author of Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else) The Great Escape is part crime caper and part epic. Soni pulls off a page-turning marvel revealing the lengths people will go for economic dignity--and the equal lengths others will go to wring profit from hope. This is a book you will never forget. --Lauren Markham, author of The Far Away Brothers: Two Young Migrants and the Making of an American Life A miracle--immensely moving, powerful, beautiful, and true. It reads like a binge-worthy thriller, told with ridiculous skill and Saket Soni's gigantic heart pounding audibly on every page. --Naomi Klein, New York Times bestselling author of On Fire I've rarely read a more engrossing tale--and a more powerful reminder that in a strained and stressed world we must embrace human solidarity above all. You will not forget this book, not for a long, long time. --Bill McKibben, New York Times bestselling author of Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out? Saket Soni's The Great Escape is a revelation: into the underbelly of America's broken immigration system; into the forces of globalization that move millions of people from the poor to the rich countries without regard for their welfare; into one man's epic struggle to obtain justice for the powerless. The book has the pacing and suspense of the best fiction, but is a true story, told with empathy and humor and wisdom. The Great Escape promises to take its place in the annals of the finest narrative writing about migration. --Suketu Mehta, author of This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant's Manifesto An urgent book from a master storyteller. Saket hasn't just helped liberate hundreds of trafficked workers--he has also set free an equal number of magical narratives. Right till the end, this extraordinary work is as absorbing as a great novel. --Amitava Kumar, author of Immigrant, Montana: A Novel