BAD GODS: A Bodyguard in Medieval Haiti

Haiti is a place of profound history, complicated institutions, and extraordinary human resilience. In Bad Gods, David Burnell draws on personal protection experience and time spent in Haiti to consider the collision of insecurity, power, fear, and the everyday lives of people caught between them. The narrative approaches difficult circumstances from the perspective of someone trained to observe threats and safeguard others, while looking beyond the visible danger toward its human cost. A compelling account of protection, service, and the moral weight of decisions in uncertain environments.

Danger rarely presents itself as a simple, clearly labeled problem. A protection professional must read people, environments, shifting loyalties, and the pressures that can turn an ordinary decision into a consequential one. Burnell approaches the setting through that lens while acknowledging the distance between a visitor's limited perspective and the full complexity of another society.

This book examines the uncomfortable space between threat and responsibility. It invites readers to look past the surface drama of personal security toward judgment, restraint, and the human stakes of deciding when to intervene. The result is a narrative concerned as much with ethics and awareness as with risk, and with how quickly the consequences of a decision can extend beyond the person making it.

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