When a dying King Hussein shocked the world by picking his son rather than his brother, the longtime crown prince, to be the next king of Jordan, no one was more surprised than the young head of Special Operations, who discovered his life was in for a major upheaval.
This is the inspirational story of a young prince who went to boarding school in America and military academy in Britain and grew up believing he would be a soldier. Back home, he hunted down terrorists and modernized Jordan's Special Forces. Then, suddenly, he found himself king. Together with his wife, Queen Rania, he transformed what it meant to be a monarch, going undercover to escape the bubble of the court while she became the Muslim world's most passionate advocate of women's rights.
Chapter 1: The Conflict Begins
Chapter 3: Dark Clouds over Amman
Chapter 4: Arriving in America
Chapter 8: “You Guys Don’t Stand a Chance”
Chapter 10: Lessons in Diplomacy
Chapter 11: Very Special Operations
Chapter 12: In the Footsteps of a Legend
Chapter 14: Friends and Neighbors
Chapter 15: Transforming Jordan
Chapter 17: Jerusalem at the Heart of Conflict
Chapter 18: Seeking Peace, Getting War
Chapter 20: “We Will Be Greeted as Liberators”
Chapter 26: A New Voice from America
Chapter 27: Fortress Israel or a Fifty-Seven-State Solution?