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FAQ: William Elliott Hazelgrove's 'Evil on the Roof of the World' - Understanding the Tragic Cycling Journey
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Readers gain insight into confronting ideological threats through William Hazelgrove's analysis of idealism clashing with extremism in his new book Evil on the Roof of the World.
William Hazelgrove reconstructs the 2018 ISIS murder of two American cyclists through diaries, blogs, and investigative reporting in his narrative nonfiction book Evil on the Roof of the World.
This book explores how maintaining faith in humanity's goodness can inspire courage and moral inquiry despite encountering profound evil in the world.
A bestselling author chronicles two idealists' global cycling journey that ended tragically in Tajikistan, blending travel writing with a haunting meditation on belief.
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It's a narrative nonfiction book that reconstructs the journey of two American cyclists, Lauren Geoghegan and Jay Austin, who were murdered by ISIS members in Tajikistan while cycling around the world to promote their belief in human goodness.
Lauren Geoghegan and Jay Austin, two young American idealists who set off to cycle around the world in 2018, chronicling their belief in the fundamental goodness of people.
The cyclists were murdered in 2018 in the mountains of Tajikistan when members of ISIS deliberately ran them down.
He used diaries, blogs, and global reporting to reconstruct their odyssey and explore the collision between their idealism and the evil they encountered.
The book confronts the question of whether innocence can survive in a world that still harbors evil, examining what happens when pure belief in humanity meets evil head-on.
It blends travel writing, moral inquiry, and investigative reporting to create a powerful meditation on belief and violence.
He is a National Bestselling author with ten novels and twelve nonfiction titles, whose work has been featured on NPR, CBS, NBC, and in The New York Times, and who served as the Ernest Hemingway Writer in Residence.
The book was published on November 13, 2025 by Rowman & Littlefield.
Early reviewers have praised it as 'meticulously researched,' 'haunting,' and 'a powerful meditation on belief and violence,' with Publishers Weekly noting that readers will be 'aghast' at the unsettling account.
More information can be found at www.williamhazelgrove.com
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