Book description
'If I stood you in front of a man, pressed a gun into your palm
and told you to squeeze the trigger, would you do it?'
'No, sir, no way!'
'What if I then told you we'd gone back in time and his name was
Adolf Hitler? Would you do it then?'
Zimbabwe, 1980s
The war is over, independence has been won and Robert Mugabe has
come to power offering hope, land and freedom to black Africans. It is
the end of the Old Way and the start of a promising new era.
For Robert Jacklin, it's all new: new continent, new country, new
school. And very quickly he learns that for some of his classmates,
the sound of guns is still loud, and their battles rage on . . . white
boys who want their old country back, not this new black African government.
Boys like Ivan.
Clever, cunning Ivan.
For him, there is still one last battle to fight, and he's taking it
right to the very top.
Jason Wallace is related to Tolkein and a descendent of one of the
first International English cricketers, and also of the world-renowned
Victorian circus owner "Lord" George Sanger. He was born in
Cheltenham in 1969 but moved to London after his parents split up.
Aged 12 his life was turned upside down when his mother remarried and
the family emigrated to Zimbabwe. It was this experience in a tough
boarding school during the aftermath of the war for independence that
forms the foundation of his incredible novel. And he did actually meet
Robert Mugabe when he visited his school.
Jason is currently a web designer, living in South West London.
Writing is his hobby and this is his brilliant debut novel.
