• Tomorrow I’m Dead

  • How a 17-Year-Old Killing Field Survivor Became the Cambodian Freedom Army’s Greatest Soldier
  • By: Bun Yom
  • Narrated by: Bill Chandler
  • Length: 4 hrs and 49 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (215 ratings)

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Tomorrow I’m Dead

By: Bun Yom
Narrated by: Bill Chandler
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This is Bun Yom’s story of his capture by the Khmer Rouge at fourteen-years-old - and the unmatched suffering, courage, and heroism that ensued.

After three years as a killing-field slave, seventeen-year-old Bun Yom escaped from the Khmer Rouge and became a freedom fighter. Using his wisdom, courage, and infinite compassion, Bun rescued thousands of Cambodian people and soon became the Cambodian Freedom Fighters’ greatest soldier. Tomorrow I’m Dead is the only known first-person account of the freedom fighter’s heroic liberation of slaves from the Khmer Rouge killing fields.

This production concludes with an exclusive interview with the author, which includes untold stories such as Bun’s use of crocodiles to escape enemy gunfire. Also included is an epilogue in the author’s own voice offering a message of encouragement and hope.

Bun Yom arrived in the United States with not one penny, with only the clothes he was wearing, and without knowing a single word of English. Through hard work, he now has his own home, a family, a restaurant, and many friends. It took twenty years before he was ready to write about his years in the killing fields, but for the sake of kids everywhere, he has finally done it.

©2010 Bun Yom (P)2012 Made for Success, Inc.

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Incredible story, extremely well told.

An amazing real-life insight into one of the most horrific recent world events told through the eyes of a clearly smart and resourceful kid. An amazing story which I am sure I will listen to again and again

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inspiring

this is the most inspiring story I ever listened to in my life. great man.

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Good Historical Account

Very good historical account of life under the Khmer Rouge. Extremely courageous man. To understand the events of savagery we must hear from those who experienced it.

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True Heroic Story

This audible book requires patience and some ability to look beyond the flaws of its delivery. The writing and narration are not polished or "professional" in any sense. But this is such a compelling true story of the horrific Cambodian war that must be told. If you can get past the first part of the book and stay with the story line-- you will be educated and rewarded for your patience as you learn of an amazing survivor, a true hero and his incredible life.

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Over-rated and not credible

This is a horribly over-rated audiobook.

The author isn’t a native English speaker and his prose, in narration, sounds like a fifth grade book report. There are four editing mistakes that stood out. In three of them the narrator flubs lines (hey, it happens) and gives a “popping” sound with his lips before re-reading the line in order to indicate on the track where the editor needs to crop the mistake. No cropping was done.

There are demonstrably false “facts” that the author makes claims for. He supposedly was trained in using an AK47 rifle, but doesn’t know the correct cyclic rate of fire for it (overstates it by more than ten times); doesn’t know its magazine capacity (lists it as double the actual amount); claimed he carried an “AK47 pistol” in his pocket when crossing the border into Thailand (such a thing as described doesn’t exist); he states he held three jobs simultaneously and slept only one hour a night when holding them; and claims he ran ten miles in a half hour because of a magic tattoo on his knee.

That’s enough to convince me not to trust this account.



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Succinct, captivating, horrific and inspiring

Horror and hope intertwined beautifully in this captivating, short book. I wish I would have read this prior to visiting Cambodia, I downloaded the audio book on my departure from the country to expand my perspective on the era that shook the region. I was not disappointed.

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Raw and unpolished

Bun Yom - a kind young kid who was forced to labor under the Khmer Rouge in the Killing Fields and survived. Became a freedom fighter and yet remained kind even towards the same Khmer Rouge who enslaved and killed so many. If you are looking for your typical Hollywood story - you best move on because this is about a real life of survival and hope and death. And don’t judge Bun Yom’s way of talking or his style like others have . Tomorrow I’m dead is real not fake like Hollywood. Thank you Bun Yom for having the courage to recount your life under Pol Pot Khmer Rouge and share it with us

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one of the greatest books ive read, a true heroe

a true heroe, a man who took every oportunity to do good, to treat people as humans in even the worst cases

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Thank you

Thank you for sharing your experience. I am sorry for all of your hardships. Thank you for all the positive messages. Yours is a story of hope, love, faith and determination . I will forever “ hang in there”🙏🏻

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Good story on a tragic event...

Good story, a bit thin. Bill chandler gave a decent read. All in all, this is quite enjoyable.

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