SONS OF MUD

255pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2023

Novel set in an army base close to Voortrekkerhoogte in Pretoria, at the height of South Africa’s Border War. A group of 18-year-old recruits endure training under a brutal drill sergeant.

Johan Vlok Louw is the author of the novels Eric the Brave, A Gap in the Hedge and Karoo Dusk.