One of the most dynamic and globally recognized entertainment forces of our time opens up fully about his life, in a brave and inspiring book that traces his learning curve to a place where outer success, inner happiness, and human connection are aligned. Along the way, Will tells the story in full of one of the most amazing rides through the worlds of music and film that anyone has ever had.

Will Smith’s transformation from a West Philadelphia kid to one of the biggest rap stars of his era, and then one of the biggest movie stars in Hollywood history, is an epic tale—but it’s only half the story.

Will Smith thought, with good reason, that he had won at life: not only was his own success unparalleled, his whole family was at the pinnacle of the entertainment world. Only they didn't see it that way: they felt more like star performers in his circus, a seven-days-a-week job they hadn't signed up for. It turned out Will Smith's education wasn't nearly over.

This memoir is the product of a profound journey of self-knowledge, a reckoning with all that your will can get you and all that it can leave behind. Written with the help of Mark Manson, author of the multi-million-copy bestseller The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, Will is the story of how one person mastered his own emotions, written in a way that can help everyone else do the same. Few of us will know the pressure of performing on the world's biggest stages for the highest of stakes, but we can all understand that the fuel that works for one stage of our journey might have to be changed if we want to make it all the way home. The combination of genuine wisdom of universal value and a life story that is preposterously entertaining, even astonishing, puts Will the book, like its author, in a category by itself.

EINE GÖTTLICHE STIMME AUS DER TIEFGRÜNEN SEE. EIN BLAUES SEGEL IN EINEM TRAUM. UND DER AUFBRUCH ZU EINER REISE, VON DER ES KEIN ZURÜCK MEHR GIBT...

Seit sieben Jahren baut die Einzelgängerin Eyvor ein Drachenboot in einem Fjord. Als sich immer mehr Außenseiterinnen um sie scharen, wird sie unerwartet zur Kapitänin eines Schiffes, das eigentlich niemals in See stechen sollte.
Die Letzte, die sich ihr anschließt, ist Herdis, das Krähenkind: Verfolgt von Berserkern zwingt sie die Gruppe zum Aufbruch. Es beginnt ein tödliches Wettrennen vom skandinavischen Festland bis ins Land der Eisriesen hinein, an dessen Ende nichts Geringeres droht als Ragbarök, das Weltende selbst.

Mystisch, mitreißend und abenteuerlich: eine moderne Neuinterpretation nordischer Sagen.