In this candid memoir, journalist Max du Preez looks back on a life spent challenging authority and reporting from the centre of South Africa's political upheaval. He recalls his Afrikaner upbringing, his growing opposition to apartheid and the risks involved in founding the independent newspaper Vrye Weekblad. Du Preez describes investigations into corruption, security-force abuses and hidden networks of power, as well as the personal cost of refusing to remain silent. He also reflects on the transition to democracy, the tensions within Afrikaner identity and the uneasy relationship between journalism and politics. Frank, provocative and often humorous, the book is both a personal journey and an eyewitness account of a country undergoing profound change.