An Official Killing

<p>Nelie a pragmatic and strong young women in a traditional Afrikaner family is caught up in the merciless Anglo Boer War of 1899 - 1902.</p><p>All she has ever wanted was a home built on traditions with the man she loves but war changed her youthful desires into a quest for survival from harm and untold suffering inflicted by foreign soldiers.</p><p>Fate the true invader stepped in to determine that she falls in love with one of them - a love seemingly doomed from the start in a society grown weary in the hotbedof resentment towards the invading English.</p><p>Nelie knows that she must break free from loving the kind foreigner whose values are in stark contrast to those she holds dear. Should she choose her new-found love she must avoid capture. And when guns eventually fall silent having made this choice she would have to endure her people's scorn. </p><p>As Nelie tries to avoid capture and make sense of a forbidden love her youth and inexperience carry her into the world of an outcast and traitor. To regain everything she values Nelie risks losing love - a sacrifice which may not be enough to lead her to a place of peace contentment and acceptance.</p>