Cheadle first became aware fo the conflict in Darfur while filming Hotel Rwanda. Shocked and energised by the scale of the emerging crisis, he set about raising awareness of the Darfur conflict with Prendergast, a former advisor to Bill Clinton. The authors have travelled to the refugee camps on teh Sudanese/Chad border to pay witness to the unfolding tragedy which has claimed the lives of 250,000 people and displaced a further two million. The authors challenge readers to become politically active and help prevent the genocide from continuing