Remorseless Cruelty

n a country torn apart by war, where personal ambitions, hopes and dreams must be cast aside, friendship is priceless. In a country run by spies and rife with rumours, in a country where those who serve bravely are punished and criminals are rewarded, in the absence of accountability and rule-of-law, where killing, arrests, disappearances, rape and abuse are daily occurrences, Mike and Kidane, close friends, need each other more than ever. Kidane, working close to those in charge of the chaos, discovers a series of atrocities that are hard to bear. Mike, frustrated at giving up his dreams of being a lawyer, and railing against the restrictions on his freedom, is a willing listener. Through Kidane’s discoveries, and his conversations with Mike, the true horror of the Eritrean war is revealed. Based on true events, this heartbreaking but ultimately uplifting novel tells the stories of those victimized by a genocidal system and ignored by the world who struggle to survive and find happiness in the most repressive state on Earth.