The Burning Land

A novel of conflict, passionate courage and heroic love, set against the background of the Boer War. It tells of a clash between cultures and the anguish of three young people caught in it. Alex Russell sent with his regiment to South Africa struggles for moral and physical survival. Rejecting his English fiancee before she can reveal her true feelings, his desperate love for a Boer girl arouses powerful emotions and leads to a conflict of loyalties when her family takes up arms against the British.