“A breathless plunge into reckless youth, global chaos, and the narrow escapes that kept him one step ahead of death.”

Nine lives, nine escapes, and a thousand stories later… One man looks back with laughter, grit, and sharp insight… From post-war Scotland to refugee camps in Asia and warzones in the Middle East, Randalph Bland’s true story is a breathtaking ride through reckless youth, global misadventure, unimaginable circumstances, and moments where life and death hung in the balance. Told in vivid, often hilarious detail — with flashes of righteous fury — this memoir follows a restless outsider who finds himself in the heart of civil wars, humanitarian disasters, and street life from Glasgow to Kathmandu. Whether he's dodging bullets in Beirut or Angola, or dodging bother in a Scottish council housing estate, Bland’s eye for irony, his taste for trouble, and his refusal to conform make this a memoir like no other.