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Upon hearing that the enemy (the British) are planning a "scorched-earth" policy, a loving father and husband who is also a well-respected Boer officer decides to go home and protect his wife and family instead of participating further in the war. This decision leads to him and his sons being tried for high treason.

Nick Dekker and his two sons exhume the body of Dekker's wife Barbara, who's loss he cannot reconcile. Twelve years later, Dekker's secret is revealed, shocking the small South African town where he lives.