Unofficial and Deniable

by JohnGordonDavis (Author)

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  Paperback
  2000

  $3.40

  The sins of the past come home to roost in the New South Africa in the action-packed new novel from a master of the international thriller. The bestselling author of Hold My Hand I'm Dying and Roots of Outrage returns once more to the country he knows best - South Africa - for his heart-thumping new thriller, filled with political intrigue, courtroom drama and high adventure. Since the historic 1994 elections brought in the New South Africa, Jack Harker, a former operative for South African military intelligence, has created a new identity for himself as a publisher in New York, and a new life with writer and activist Josephine Valentine, who knows nothing of his undercover past. But his world is suddenly thrown into turmoil when he hears about the new Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which offers amnesty to those who confess to crimes committed during the dark days of Apartheid, and prosecution to those who do not. If Jack tells the truth about everything he was ordered to do in the service of his country, will Josephine ever be able to forgive him? If he keeps quiet, will former colleagues betray him? And will he even be given the choice? His confession would implicate a lot of powerful people, and it soon becomes clear that they will go to any lengths to ensure he will never be able to testify.

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  Hardcover
  1999

  $3.40

  The bestselling author of Hold My Hand, I'm Dying and Roots of Outrage returns to his most popular subject - South Africa - for his fourteenth novel of high adventure and political intrigue. Born in Rhodesia and educated in South Africa, John Gordon Davis first became known as a writer of action-packed novels of adventure, romance and political insight set in vividly evoked exotic locations with his bestselling Hold My Hand, I'm Dying. Since then he has written thirteen more international bestsellers, including Roots of Outrage, his acclaimed epic chronicling the last forty years of South African history, and, most recently, The Year of Dangerous Loving, a courtroom thriller set in Hong Kong. Now, he has returned once more to the country he knows best for his highly topical new thriller, which centres on South Africa's momentous Truth and Reconciliation Commission - at which amnesty was offered to those who confessed to crimes committed during the Apartheid era. At its centre is Major Jack Harker, a former undercover operative for South African military intelligence, who since the end of Apartheid has started a new life in New York with writer Josephine Valentine. But his world is suddenly thrown into disarray by the announcement of the Commission and the questions it forces him to face. Should he seek amnesty by confessing to crimes committed in the service of his country? If not, would others betray him? And would Josephine ever forgive him if she discovered the truth about his past? But then again, would he even be given the choice? His confession would implicate a lot of powerful people, and it soon becomes clear that they will go to any lengths to ensure he will never be able to testify.