When Gina hangs herself in Warder Steenkamp's coal shed on Robben Island just a week after she was released from Valkenburg Asylum, Dr Moon has no hesitation recorded her end as 'Death by Suicide.' So begins the fictional biography of Constable James Fox. James's first occupation is an assistant lightkeeper on the desolate Dassen Island, where he encounters a small but diverse cluster of humanity: Diamond, the battle-worn Zulu labourer...