On March 24 2021 in the remote north of Mozambique 500 ISIS militants attacked the small
paradise beach town of Palma - strategically unimportant but for vast offshore gas fields that
had attracted $50 billion in foreign investment including over £1 billion from the British
government. As the Islamists surged through town beheading civilians a group of men women
and children - including 80 gas plant construction workers - barricaded themselves inside a
hotel to await rescue. An oil and gas compound defended by attack helicopters and 1 000
soldiers was just minutes away. But help never came. Five years on Alex Perry' s
spell-binding meticulous reconstruction unearths a hidden and unprecedented fiasco. Woven into
his account is a search for the truth about how energy companies really make their vast
profits. His investigation takes him around the world from Europe to the US and back to
Africa again as he tracks down the roughnecks mercenaries billionaires and corporate spooks
who can shed light on our most essential industry. As the revelations build and the lies
multiply Perry finds himself drawn into a legal drama and an exploding political scandal.
Propulsive prophetic and arriving at a time when energy companies imperil the planet Blood
Will Flow delivers a morality tale for the global economy and an inspiring quest for justice.
Praise for Alex Perry' s writing: ' Harrowing and heartening' Tom Burgis Financial
Times ' Gripping and heartbreaking' Clare Longrigg Observer ' Riveting ... reads
like a thriller ' Alice Speri The Intercept ' A book to marvel at and return to again
and again' John le Carré ' Extraordinary reporting extraordinary storytelling' Lev
Grossman
