Reconciliation for the Dead (Paperback)
Paul E. Hardisty (author)- In stock online
It was 1980. The height of the Cold War. Clay is a young paratrooper in the South African Army, fighting in Angola against the Communist insurgency that threatens to topple the White Apartheid regime. Witness and unwitting accomplice to an act of shocking brutality, Clay changes allegiance and finds himself labelled a deserter and accused of high treason, setting him on a journey into the dark, twisted heart of institutionalised hatred, from which no one will emerge unscathed.
Exploring true events from one of the most hateful chapters in South African history, Reconciliation for the Dead is a shocking, explosive and gripping thriller from one finest writers in contemporary crime fiction.
'This is a remarkably well-written, sophisticated novel in which the people and places, as well as frequent scenes of violent action, all come alive on the page...' Jessica Mann, Literary Review
`A solid, meaty thriller - Hardisty is a fine writer and Straker is a great lead character' Lee Child
`A stormer of a thriller, vividly written, utterly tropical, totally gripping' Peter James
`The author's deep knowledge of the settings never slows down the non-stop action, with distant echoes of a more moral-minded Jack Reacher or Jason Bourne' Maxim Jakubowski
Publisher: Orenda Books
ISBN: 9781910633687
Number of pages: 450
Dimensions: 153 x 230 mm
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