Táto séria sleduje osudy mladého chlapca vyrastajúceho v búrlivej Juhoafrickej republike počas a po druhej svetovej vojne. Príbeh sa ponára do zložitých medziľudských vzťahov a politických nepokojov v krajine plnej kontrastov. Protagonista na svojej ceste čelí výzvam, no nachádza aj inšpiratívnych vzorov, ktoré ho učia o sile odhodlania a čestnom víťazstve. Ide o silný príbeh o dospievaní, odolnosti a hľadaní vlastného miesta vo svete.
Reissue of a novel first published in 1989, written by a South African who now lives in Australia and is a well-known advertising copywriter. The novel is set in South Africa in the 1940s and tells the story of a young boy growing up in a deeply divided and racist society. It has been made into a major motion picture, but this edition does not feature the movie on the cover. A sequel, 'Tandia', was published in 1991.
Tandia is a child of all Africa: half Indian, half African, beautiful and intelligent, she is only sixteen when she is first brutalised by the police. Her fear of the white man leads her to join the black resistance movement, where she trains as a terrorist. With her in the fight for justice is the one white man Tandia can trust, the welterweight champion of the world, Peekay. Now he must fight their common enemy in order to save both their lives.