This is the story of the man who defined the armed struggle for an independent Eelam for over three decades and who lived by the gun and died by the gun Velupillai Prabhakaran. The book is a first-person account by the author based on his innumerable visits to Sri Lanka during its turbulent years. He looks at the Prabhakaran era, a critical phase in the country s history, objectively, without being judgmental.