As a war correspondent in the world's most dan-gerous conflict zones, Yingst thought he had seen it all. But nothing could have prepared him for the harrowing chaos of October 7. In this shocking and eye-opening account, Yingst pieces together the story of that tragic day, revealing how he risked his life searching in real time for answers to essential questions: Who within Israel had been attacked? What happened to them? And who, potentially, was next?

Yingst plunges readers into the heart of his minute-by-minute experience of October 7-and the devastat-ing weeks and months that followed-reporting from the field with little sleep, rockets flying, and his life on the line. Tapping into his deep network of sources on both sides of Israel-Gaza border, he captures the raw emotions and never-before-heard, firsthand testimonies of the heroes and victims, from survivors of the Nova Music Festival to hostages ripped from their homes to Palestinian doctors struggling to save lives in the middle of a war zone.

Through it all, Yingst reflects on the psychological impact reporting on this conflict has taken-and how he was able to manage his own PTSD to bring this story to millions of viewers every day. The result is an unprecedented, comprehensive, and nuanced account of a polarizing and ongoing war, in which tens of thousands more people-men, women, and children-continue to suffer.

Amid depictions of the horrors and violence, Yingst unearths powerful acts of courage, compassion, and humanity that cut through the darkness, reminding us that even in total devastation, hope endures. A testament to the strength of the human spirit, Black Saturday is the riveting chronicle of one journalist's relentless pur-suit to be a voice of truth, no matter the cost.