Dimensions
154 x 233 x 25mm
When civil war devastates his beloved Portuguese Timor, Cesar da Silva flees with his wife and two young daughters from the horrors of a country in flames. But in their desperate bid for freedom, they become separated. Believing his wife and children dead, Cesar finds passage to the Portugal of his heritage and later Australia.
Back in Timor, Cesar's wife is in fact alive, but her troubles are far from over. Pursued by a sadistic warlord, she lives life on the run, despairing she will never see her husband again...
Years later, a young Australian journalist and photographer are compelled to expose the horrors of the civil war to the world once and for all. In their quest for justice, they inadvertently become entangled in the da Silva family's tragedy, placing them all in grave danger...
Powerful and moving, The Devil's Tears is a tremendous debut thriller by a writer to watch.
