The country was ablaze. There were bomb blasts, massacres, assassinations. The right wing wanted a Volkstaat. Inkatha wanted secession for KwaZulu and was prepared to fight for it. It was a
time fraught with danger. It was a time loaded with possibility. Peter Harris saw it from the inside. In January 1994 he was seconded to the newly formed Independent Electoral Commission with
South Africa's first democratic election only three months away. A dedicated group of people tasked with the impossible. This story - enthralling, moving, thrilling - reveals the forces at work
behind the scenes: those intent on destruction, those committed to delivering an election against the odds, and a conspiracy to strike at the heart of the election. Birth is about a vulnerable
moment. It is about a nation staring into the abyss as it steps out to determine its future.
"the most wonderfully good book about South Africa I have read in a decade"---Business Day
"Peter Harris's book is going to knock your socks off. It reads like a John Grisham novel, but it's all true"---Jenny Crwys-Williams
"an unputdownable book that deserves to become a classic"---Readers Digest
"a masterful political thriller"---The Witness
"The book is fast-paced and absorbing, the detail intriguing and the book beautifully written ... In a Different Time is a must-read."--- City Press
