The Kalahari Desert knows how to keep secrets. For Koba, a girl of the Ju|’hoan people, the secret is the day the gunfire tore her family apart, leaving her orphaned on a white man's farm. For Mannie, the farmer's son, the secret is his father's role in the bloodshed, a guilt that haunts his every step.In the shadow of this shared tragedy, Koba and Mannie forge a bond in the stark landscape of apartheid South Africa—a friendship that is both a comfort and a crime. As their connecti...

In 1899, Deneys Reitz, then aged seventeen, enlisted in the Boer army to fight the British. He had learnt to ride, shoot and swim almost as soon as he could walk. When he fought as a member several Boer commandos, he made full use of these skills and the endurance he acquired during the war.He was involved in major actions, such as the Battle of Spion Kop, and he interacted with prominent political and military figures of the time, such as President Paul Kruger, Boer generals Piet ...