A Skirmish in Africa

Set in an almost forgotten guerrilla war in what is now called Zimbabwe during the 1970s this is a journey into the world of young men fighting and dying at the behest of their political masters. The strain of having to survive close-quarter skirmishes preoccupy the combatants who helplessly find themselves caught up in a conflict spinning out of control.Mike Smith an insecure nineteen-year old national serviceman is immersed in a bloody insurgency witnessing horrors that seem too much for a young man to have to bear.Tongerai Chabanga a commander of the liberation movement must withstand political pressure from his leaders outside the country to prosecute the war in a manner he disagrees with. At the same time he is faced with the atrocities perpetrated of a depraved Soviet Spetznaz advisor who threatens to undo the work he has done.