"In 2016, a young Afghan driver and translator named Omar makes the heart-wrenching choice to flee his war-torn country. Matthieu Aikins, a journalist living in Kabul, decides to follow his friend. Their odyssey across land and sea from Afghanistan to Europe brings them face to face with the people at heart of the migration crisis: smugglers, cops, activists, and the men, women and children fleeing war in search of a better life"--