Held hostage for a year in a gulag, at the mercy of an out-of-control Communist regime, Kay saw unspeakable human rights violations acted out each day. She tells of the journey that brought her face to face with the torture, the struggle for survival and the spirit of those who endure the horrors of inhuman imprisonment every day in a living hell.

Kay struggled through a year of squalor and degradation in a place where human rights are practically non-existent. She drew from the strength and spirit of those around her in order to survive this hidden hell, while the world media and Australian government tried desperately to have her and Kerry freed before it was too late and all hope was lost.

Kay Danes witnessed first hand the horrors of Phonthong prison, a gulag where people are held at the governmentís discretion for years on end, many times without ever being charged, and where the hope that one day their suffering will be revealed to the world is the only thing that keeps these forgotten victims alive. This book tells their story.