This book is a white-knuckle portrait of the making of America's top hostage negotiator.

Clint Van Zandt served with the FBI for 25 years. He was one of the seminal figures in the formation of the FBI's Hostage Negotiation Program and has been party to such unsettling high-profile conflicts as the Waco siege, the Oklahoma City bombing, and the Unabomber case. His expertise-both as a crisis negotiator and as an FBI insider has made him a fixture in the media since his retirement from the FBI. Dr. Van Zandt has been called upon more than three thousand times to provide insight and analysis when high-profile hostage situations have arisen. In Facing Down Evil, Dr. Van Zandt recounts his most memorable cases, some televised in every living room in the country, many others that took place beneath the radar of all, but those individuals involved whose lives were permanently altered.