It can cost you your childhood–if it doesn’t kill you.
For the new African country Zambia, 1964 heralds a joyous and turbulent time: the celebration of its independence from Britain. Thirteen-year-old Rianna and ten-year-old Lukas and Anthony, live an idyllic life on Madzi Moyo–a tucked-away Mission station. That changes when the trio stumbles upon two hidden AK-47s and is caught by Mavuto, the guns’ owner, a staunch African nationalist. He abducts them on the spot. Over the course of a single night and morning, a race and rescue mission ensues, which, as the hours pass, becomes more violent and out-of-control.
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Coming of age during the tumultuous 1960s in apartheid South Africa demands more than courage.
Rianna Vermeulen has to navigate the consequences of breaking racial segregation laws when she immerses herself in banned books and then develops feelings for a young man across the colour line.
It's not easy doing the right thing when the prime minister is assassinated and your best friend accuses you of treason.
Decades later, still haunted by her lost love, Rianna returns to South Africa in a bold attempt to discover the truth of what happened to him. She becomes caught up in a deadly cat-and-mouse game as the distinction between friend and foe blurs.
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