In this bestselling thriller,[2] the author brings together history, that of the apartheid system,[3] and politics, that of South Africa in Angola.

This book won a coveted international prize, the France’s Prix Mystère de la critique.

He is appointed by the lawyer Hope Beneke to find in less than 7 days a testament bequeathing to the widow Wilna van As the fortune of her husband, Johannes Jacobus Smit.

[7] In parallel, the reader discovers the life of Thobela Mpayipheli, a member of Umkhonto we Sizwe — the armed wing of African National Congress — sent to the former Soviet Union and East Germany to be trained as an assassin.

[8] In a dialogue with Hope (Beneke), a sentence summarizes how between Zet (van Heerden), the main character, oscillates between positive and negative feelings.