Book description
The sensational true story of Kenyan missionary John Kaiser: A murdered
priest. A covered-up crime. A fight for justice.
John Kaiser, paratrooper turned priest, was a major voice in opposition
to the Kenyan dictator Daniel Moi. In 2000, while preparing to speak
against the regime, he received a letter telling him Utaona Moto - You
Will See Fire. Months later, he is found dead. The initial post-mortem
concluded that Kaiser, a complicated man, committed suicide. But for a
Roman Catholic this is unthinkable, and eventually the FBI was called in
to carry out its own investigation.
But they too concluded that Kaiser killed himself, despite major
discrepancies in the evidence. Several years later, with Moi's hated
regime having finally fallen, Kenyan lawyer Mbuthi Gatheni decided to
finally get to the bottom of what actually happened. His investigation
pointed to a potentially explosive cover-up by both the Kenyan
government and the FBI. His long campaign resulted in a new and dramatic inquest.
In 'You Will See Fire', 2007 Pulitzer Prize finalist and part of the
Pulitzer Prize winning team for 2011 Christopher Goffard tells the
stories of John Kaiser and Mbuthi Gatheni - two very different
characters whose lives become more closely interlinked as the mystery of
Kaiser's death is finally unravelled in a thrilling conclusion. This is
a true story of murder, corruption, courage, and redemption.
