'David Benioff is an exceptional storyteller. With humour, heart,and at times relentless suspense, he has written a riveting war novel and an engaging coming of age story. City of Thieves is tender,illuminating, and, be warned, often shocking' Khaled Hosseini,author of A Thousand Splendid Suns and The Kite Runner

In a starving city, two prisoners are thrown together on a desperate adventure.One, a shy, chess-loving teenager; the other a charismatic chancer.They are given one week to complete their mission. Or fail, and die.