Tatamkhulu Afrika revisits his experiences as an allied prisoner of war in World War II. He lays bare the terrible cruelties, but also the strange loyalties and deep bonds the men know will never be replicated after the war. BITTER EDEN is a tender, bitter, powerful novel, of lives inexorably changed, of a war whose ending does not bring peace.

Journalist Orin Perth disappears in the field somewhere in East Africa having delivered a powerful article on Christine, whose son Paul is snatched by the militia operating there. This powerful debut novel explores the ethical dilemmas of conflict reporting, seen through the complex and compelling relationships between two mothers and their sons.