Martha Raddatz is an American reporter for ABC’s World News Tonight with David Muir, Nightline and other network broadcasts and ABC News’ Chief Global Affairs Correspondent. In her book “The Long Road Home: A Story of War and Family,” she shares remarkable tales of heroism, hope and heartbreak that occurred during “Black Sunday,” a battle which took place during one of the deadliest periods of the Iraq War. It has been adapted to the small screen in a mini-series created by Mikko Alanne and will premiere on Tuesday November 7 on National Geographic. The cast includes Michael Kelly, Jason Ritter, Kate Bosworth, Sarah Wayne Callies, Jeremy Sisto and E.J. Bonilla.

According to Amazon, in “The Long Road Home,” Martha Raddatz chronicles the events of April 4, 2004 when the First Cavalry Division from Fort Hood was ambushed in Sadr City, Baghdad. The day came to be known as “Black Sunday” as more than seven thousand miles away, the soldiers’ families waited for news for forty-eight hours and expected the worst. The author takes readers from the streets of Baghdad to the home front and tells the day’s events through the courageous American men and women who lived it.