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God in a Brothel: An Undercover Journey Into Sex Trafficking and Rescue
This is the true story of an undercover investigator's experiences infiltrating the multi-billion dollar global sex industry.
It is a story of triumph for the children and young teens released from a life of slavery and the rescuer who freed many hundreds of victims leading to the prosecution of dozens of perpetrators. And it is a story of haunting despair for those left b
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Published
July 29th 2011
by IVP Books
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The choice to read GOD IN A BROTHEL has to be a personal one. Daniel Walker (pseudonym) at times is graphic and conjures up vivid pictures of the victims in the human trafficking world. I found it incomprehensible that victims of such young ages are the preferred choice in this horrendous business. The author is honest in how his constant exposure to this world of sex, stimulation, and sensuality, wore down his astuteness and unfortunately lured him to cross the line into the world he was trying...more
God In A Brothel, a book by Daniel Walker and published by InterVarsity Press, is not a book for the squeamish or faint of heart.
This book challenged me on many levels. I have tried to point people to various organizations that fight trafficking and feel passionate about this issue. Yet I have always thought of the victims and never gave much thought to the investigators who gather information about sex trafficking.
Daniel Walker changed that. This book is a look at his undercover journey into tr...more
This book challenged me on many levels. I have tried to point people to various organizations that fight trafficking and feel passionate about this issue. Yet I have always thought of the victims and never gave much thought to the investigators who gather information about sex trafficking.
Daniel Walker changed that. This book is a look at his undercover journey into tr...more
Apr 03, 2013
Hillary Lavendar
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God in a Brothel was not as satisfying as I thought it would be. I cannot relate to the author because it seems -- and I mean no disrespect with this-- a little vanilla. The author Mr. Walker is a Christian from New Zealand who is spurred to do something heroic with his life. He obtains a job as an investigator for a Christian nonprofit organization that fights and breaks down human trafficking on a global scale. The book takes the reader everywhere from Las Vegas to Southeast Asia to the Caribb...more
This is like three books in one. The first is an account of the undercover efforts that the author and others are engaged in to fight sexual trafficking, motivated by sharing Christ's heart for justice and liberation for those enslaved in brothels around the world. He chronicles sex trafficking on every continent including places like Las Vegas and Atlanta. The second book is a fact book helping us understand the extent and methods of trafficking and intervention efforts. But the third book is p...more
Here's yet another book I'm so thankful to have won from a Goodreads giveaway. I'm astounded by the raw honesty with which Mr. Walker shares with readers his 4 years as an undercover agent investigating the dark underbelly of the beast known as sex trafficking. He's as every bit courageous in his sharing as he was as an investigator. What I found most refreshing (albeit at times uncomfortable...this is not a read for the fainthearted)is that he shares about what the effect of doing such work had...more
If you have been thinking about the whole sex-trade trafficking thing, and wondering about this whispered idea of modern day slavery, this is the book to read. I read it after hearing the author speak at church at the end of last year and he had me on the edge of my seat then. His story is filled with a chilling and heart-wrenching honesty which is so baring that I think I might feel embarrassed to meet him if I did. But he does a wonderful job of portraying the stories of the young children and...more
Daniel gives an honest and raw look at sex trafficking around the world. He has worked first hand with releasing children from this trade and tells many stories in this book. I found it dry and chronological. It was all details, not really inviting to the reader to be emotionally connected with what is happening. I do still hightly recommend reading it just for the eye opening experience of how real sex trafficking is and the hardships with freeing these slaves from the trade. There is a lot tha...more
My wife was one of the ones sold into that life, but she escaped, I read it to learn the horrors she lived through after she told me ho accurate it was. The result of my reading was an intense desire to find and free those women and to with the most harsh manner possible torture the men who enslave them, but not let them die for years...just constant torture for the things they make these helpless women endure. My wife was cut to leave words scarring her flesh and the words were degrading. But I...more
This book tells the true story of one man’s efforts to free women and children from the shackles of modern-day slavery. It tells of the huge emotional cost involved in his undercover work and the bigger cost of ignoring this tragedy that so severely affects millions of those in captivity around the world. This book is written by a God-fearing and imperfect man who implores others like him and everyone who is part of God’s church to do what they can to fight this growing epidemic. As God’s hands...more
This was a very difficult book to finish; I found myself having to put the book down after every few chapters. It was well written and the story was easy to follow, but the subject matter was so painful to read, it was a challenge to keep reading.
Daniel Walker set out to be a hero. In my eyes, he succeeded. He went into brothels and made deals with pimps and human traffickers all over the world, putting his morals, his belief system, and his marriage at risk, not to mention his physical safety....more
Daniel Walker set out to be a hero. In my eyes, he succeeded. He went into brothels and made deals with pimps and human traffickers all over the world, putting his morals, his belief system, and his marriage at risk, not to mention his physical safety....more
I was rooting for this book. I was excited to win it in a GoodReads give-away, as I've been engaged in addressing the issue of sex trafficking for the last several years in my position with my denominational ministries. I've done a tremendous amount of reading, research, and interviewing folks engaged in this work, and was very much looking forward to a book offering a slightly different perspective and from a specifically Christian context.
Unfortunately, I was left a little disappointed. The b...more
Unfortunately, I was left a little disappointed. The b...more
I received this book as part of goodreads first reads. I feel really bad that it has taken me so long to finish, but I wanted to state that it is a really heavy book with some tough subject matter. There is nothing truly graphic in the book, since the author doesn't participate in any acts, but there is some graphic descriptions about the women/girls that makes it much more real.
I read this book as I was recently introduced to a girl who was brought to the US as part of a sex trafficking operat...more
I read this book as I was recently introduced to a girl who was brought to the US as part of a sex trafficking operat...more
“God in a Brothel,” is the book of true events that happened to Daniel Walker. He is a cop, detective, and undercover worker from New Zealand, trying to stop sex trafficking and sex slavery of women and children throughout the world. He does this by infiltrating brothels, finding the leaders of that particular brothel, and taking them down while rescuing as many women and children as possible. The stories can at times be very hard to read, even with the smallest of details given. Walker did not...more
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A good look at a real problem... While this book gave a first hand look at one of the worlds biggest problems (still), I have to say that I found myself very frustrated. Rescuing women and children from the plight of human trafficking is one of my deepest passions, and as such this book was a good and honest look at the problem. My frustration was in the hopelessness the author left he book with. While trafficking is not a problem that can or will be solved overnight, there are ways to work towa...more
I love how honest and introspective this guy is. To put yourself out there to save women and fight the internal, painful battle that Daniel fought is a testament to the potential of us all. If we all had his heart and will, what a place this would be... Not many books leave me feeling this emotionally wasted, but the desire to do all I can to help raise awareness has been ignited.
I thought this book had a lot of great information about prostitution, sex trafficking, and sex slavery. I learned a lot from this book. It completely changed my view of the sex industry. And for a book to change my mind completely about a topic must mean it is a really good book. Although it is definitely not a happy book, and doesn't really have a plot except for the writer's life it is still a must read. I think that most people, especially in America, are pretty blind to the truth about the...more
This is a fascinating story in human trafficking. in reading this story it is overwhelming how many children/women are trafficked across the world. How can we stop this when so many men in the world are so willing to pay for sex? These victims suffer from an underlying acceptance of depravity.
Jul 28, 2011
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God in a Brothel is an amazing book to read - an honest yet gut wrenching heartfelt read as if you are walking in Daniel's shoes. What he did undercover was amazing - putting himself at risk to rescue these innocent children. A thought provoking book to make you think about how twisted society is.
If you have never been introduced to the realities of modern day sex slavery and are interested in learning more about it - I would recommend this book. Although difficult to read at some points it gives hope to me at least that although I am not a perfect person, there is still good that I can do.
It was what I expected from the emotional pull, especially for men working undercover in the sex trade industry to his subsequent ...oh wait, I don't want to give that away. It was a quick read. I felt there should have been something more, but it is what it was.
Great book, graphic information about sex trafficking. Daniel Walker is brutally honest about what his work did to his personal life and relationships. A good read for anyone who in thinking about getting involved with fighting sex trafficking.
This broke my heart. It was hard to get through, but very hard to put down. This isn't just some story- this is someone's own experience, this was/is real. It is hard to believe until you read it.
This book was heart breaking. It was all about sex trafficking all over the world and how a cop from New Zealand spent years traveling the world trying to rescue women and young girls. Some people were forced into it by having their passport and money taken away. Others do it willingly to support their families at home. Very well written and really makes you think how lucky you are.
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I won this book in a goodreads contest. I'm really looking forward to reading the book. It deals with a controversal subject, and I hope it handles it with respect and realism.
While difficult to read at times because of the content, I thought this was a really good read. Daniel Walker takes you behind the scenes of brothels and sex trafficking and shows you the reality of the problem. This was really interesting because he's seen and had to live in this world for years, ultimatley messing up his life at home. I like how half of this was about the brothels and girls that he'd tried to help, and the other half was about the actual undercover part of the job and what it...more
This is one of the saddest viewpoints of the many human trafficking books I have read. The author always dreamed of being a protector and a type of modern-day real-life super hero. He tells how he got started in investigating the sex-trafficking world by posing as a sex tourist himself while working undercover to put traffickers behind bars and rescue women and children out of bars (their personal prisons they were placed in by traffickers). He also explains the hard times while posing as a pred...more
A good book but I would've preferred if Mr. Walker had focused more on detailing the horrendous evil of sex trafficking and less on his personal life. Somaly Mam's "The Road of Lost Innocence" is far more compelling and gut-wrenching.
Very eyeopening. Well written and easy to read, but a disturbing topic. Hard to realize that sex-trafficking goes on in the US.
A must read for understanding the challenges of human trafficking and the fight to persecute the perpetrators.
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Daniel Walker has worked as an undercover investigator for a number of nonprofit organizations working to free women and children from sex trafficking in the United States and in over a dozen countries around the world. He holds a master's degree in Third World economic development from Eastern University in Philadelphia.
He has over twenty years of experience in law enforcement and is currently wo...more
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“Had I glimpsed just a little of the suffering I would witness and the heartbreak I would endure, I would have fled in the other direction...But I could not foresee any of these things...And many years later, with tears in my eyes, I remembered my decision to follow this God no matter what the cost.”
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