The harrowing story of the extraordinary terror unfolding along the US-Mexico border - this is the secret war of drugs, gangs and guns that is destroying thousands of lives.

"Vulliamy, with a mix of irony and pathos, writes like a latter-day Graham Greene. . . . Like all good travel writing, "Amexica" is vivid, colorful, and exotic, filled with striking vignettes and larger-than-life characters." - Tamar Jacoby, "The New York Times Book Review "Extraordinary." - Vanity Fair "An engrossing travelogue . . . a vivid, disturbing dispatch from a very wild frontier." " - Publishers Weekly "Vulliamy paints a terrifying and authoritative portrait of violence." - "David Reiff, "The Wall Street Journal "An absorbing odyssey . . . Vulliamy's reporting is faultlessly brave. . . . The scenery and characters he meets are brought alive with vividness and intensity." - Alex Spillius, "The Telegraph (UK)"

Ed Vulliamy is a journalist and writes for the Guardian and Observer. He has been shortlisted for an Amnesty International Media Award for his reporting on Mexico. For his work in Bosnia, Italy, the US and Iraq he has won a James Cameron Award and an Amnesty International Media Award and has been named International Reporter of the Year (twice) and runner-up at the Foreign Press Association Awards. In 1996 he became the first journalist to ever testify at an international crimes court, at the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia. A believer in the duty of journalists to testify in matters of humanitarian law, he has since lectured extensively on the subject.