"Automatically he moved his left hand an inch and closed it around the night-chilled metal of his AK. [...] he knew exactly who he was, Paul, Warrior, of the Fifth Special Commando of the Nagala Liberation Army, [...]. Who he was, what he was, all he was. Paul. Warrior. A boy with his own gun." When it appears peace is at hand in the imaginary African country of Nagala, Paul Kagomi buries his AK and temporarily leaves behind life as he has always known it: fighting as a guerrilla with his "uncle" Michael's commando unit. The truce is short-lived, and Paul soon leaves school with his friend Jilli to recover his AK and attempt a rescue of Michael, now being held prisoner by a new military regime. Although the characters and setting in this novel set sometime in the future are fictional, Paul's life as a child who has always known war and actively participates in it as a gun-carrying guerrilla is a reality for many contemporary children. (Age 11 and older)