Earth, blood and the smell of gunpowder. This is the atmosphere that accompanies from the first pages Flavio Andreon’s book, “Soldier of Fortune”, published by Altaforte Edizioni. A story, a diary of the Angolan civil war between the end of the 70s and the beginning of the 80s that delves into the soul of a soldier, a volunteer, a mercenary. One of those who, comments the editor of the book, Alberto Palladino, found themselves plunged into a land that was not theirs, carrying a lucifera torch of war. A land that bears the name of Africa, lover and ruthless beloved that is the background to these pages of life lived between the houses and the guerrillas of Angola. Introduced by Franco Nerozzi, Andreon’s book makes the reader experience anxieties, doubts and hopes of a suspended life.