Good evening everybody. Good evening. My name is Amanda Holmes im a bookseller here at politics and prose. On behalf of the owners of the store and all of the booksellers, welcome to this evenings event. Before we get started, can i ask you to take a moment to silence your cell phones. Also, since we are recording tonights event when we get to the question and answer portion of the event there is a microphone right over here next to the pillar and if you could step up to the microphone with your question, that would be great. Also, at the end of the event if you could fold up your chairs and stacked them against the bookcase or pillar, that would be very helpful to the staff in putting this back together. Now on to the event. Between october 2016 and july 2017 forces led by the Iraqi Government battled isis for control of muzzle in james sorini was there to witness it. His new book they will have to die now recounts the horrors and heartbreaks of urban combat and profiles many of those