
The Vista
A Journey of a Bacha Bazi Boy - Inspired by True Events
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Narrated by:
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Luke Welland
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By:
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C. R. Shea
About this listen
Three years after the 9/11 attacks, Mike a staff sergeant in the Army, has command of a squad of 10 soldiers stationed in Kabul, Afghanistan. The squads orders are to protect the Kabul markets as the city comes back to life after years of war. Mike learns of a time honored tradition favored by the Taliban warlords and corrupt businessmen. The buying of “Bacha Batzi Boys”, meaning “Boy Play”, boys trained to entertain for the Taliban warlords. The abused and exploited boys are taken to the caves deep into the Hindu Kush mountains.
Farrin Khan, a gifted Pakistani Doctor, and his American wife Rachel had their lives ripped apart with the disappearances of both their sons. After a desperate search to find them, they are later told by a hired detective that the two are believed to have been abducted and trained to become Bacha Bazi Boys.
Mike, a few hand-chosen men, a sniper from Delta Force, and their trusted bomb-sniffing dog “King”, embark on a thrilling mission across the harsh and snowy conditions of the Hindu Kush mountains. This team of five lead by a Pakistani guide find the cave system searching for the top Taliban leaders. The Commanders watch as scheduled drone surveillance witness the hardships they must endure. Mujahideen Taliban warriors are in pursuit, and just one day behind. Finally, they reach the caves - but it’s not what they expected.
©2018 Michael Kramer (P)2021 Michael KramerCould it have been saved by a better narrator? We'll never know, but this narrator certainly didn't help. He sounds like Google is reading an appliance manual.
I'm annoyed because this is an important issue that needs to be addressed and needs to be brought to light, and this book just left so much to be desired. At times, it felt like the author was exploiting these boys as much as their captors. The only reason they go looking for the Bacha Bazi boys in the first place is because they think all these Talibam bigwigs will be hiding out wherever the boys are being held (an accurate assumption, true). I don’t know, maybe this was the only way to get the military to sign off on a rescue mission, but it fell flat for me.
Disappointed
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