"I'm sure you will be] as shocked and bewildered by what you've learnt, as I was." --Afterword, Louisa Hope, Lindt Cafe hostage
On December 15, 2014, just 10 days before Christmas, the unthinkable happened. A terrorist attack on Australian soil. For 17 hours, Islamic State-inspired gunman Man Haron Monis held his captives in a terrifying drama that paralyzed Sydney and kept a nation glued to its television screens. Two hostages were killed...
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