Continuing the story which enthralled so many readers in the international bestseller The Power of One, Tandia introduces a ravishing new heroine, who struggles against oppression as brutal as that suffered by Peekay in the first novel. Half Indian, half black, Tandia is viciously attacked after the death of her father and only protector. Her assailants are members of the South African police force, and the only place she can find refuge is in a brothel in the middle of the veldt. There she learns to use her brilliant mind and extraordinary looks as weapons in the battles that lie ahead: as a terrorist alongside charismatic black leader, Gideon Mandoma, and in avenging the humiliation and pain she suffered at the hands of the hated policeman, Geldenhuis. Meanhwile Peekay is struggling with the very different trials of an Oxford education, and, at last, of challenging for the welterweight boxing championship of the world. When Tandia and Peekay meet, the repercussions of their explosive feelings towards each other are far-reaching.
