This classic South African novel by Alan Paton has now been successfully adapted for the stage by acclaimed playwright Roy Sargeant. Set in 1946, this is a moving story of a father's search for his son, the terrible discovery of the young man's crime and punishment, and the fate of their home village in rural KwaZulu-Natal. Remaining true to the novel, the play explores the themes of family relationships, human suffering and racial reconciliation in a uniquely South African way.

An unknown man arrives in the windswept town of Paternoster on the South African West Coast. Granted amnesty for crimes committed in the apartheid past, ex-cop Tertius Coetzee still feels shackled by the weight of his sins. His quest for relief plunges the family of one of his victims into a whirlpool of emotion, and sets off a tale of betrayal, revenge, resolution and forgiveness...