Tandia Courtenay, Bryce

South Africa, 1950s. Tandia is a mixed-race girl whose mother's death leaves her vulnerable in a country where her existence is a crime under apartheid law. Raped by a white policeman, she finds refuge in Mama Tequila's brothel, then fights her way to becoming the country's first Black female lawyer. But her real education comes from Gideon Mandoma, a boxer and freedom fighter, and Peekay, the white champion from *The Power of One*. Bryce Courtenay weaves boxing, brutal politics, and impossible love into an epic that doesn't flinch from South Africa's ugliest truths. This is the sequel to *The Power of One*, but it stands alone as Tandia's story — a survivor who refuses to be a victim. For readers who want historical fiction with backbone, where the personal and political collide with force. Goodreads rating: 4.3 from over 15,000 readers.