While serving as an intelligence analyst for the US Army in Iraq in 2010, Chelsea Manning revealed secret military documents that she had smuggled out on the memory card of her digital camera. After charging Manning with twenty-two charges of unlawful possession and dissemination of secret military papers, the army sentenced her to thirty-five years in a military prison. Manning announced her gender identify as a woman and started the transition the day after her conviction. She was freed from jail in 2017 after President Barack Obama shortened her sentence. In her memoir, Manning recounts how her pleas for increased institutional transparency and government accountability took place alongside a fight to defend her rights as a trans woman. She reveals her challenging childhood, her struggles as an adolescent, what led her to join the military, and the fierce pride she took in her work. We also learn the details of how and why she made the decision to send classified military documents to WikiLeaks. This powerful, observant memoir will stand as one of the definitive testaments of the digital age.