Diamond smugglers in Kimberley? Gun-runners from Mozambique? Restless natives seeking to ‘wash their spears’ once again? Never let it be said that life in the Jacob’s Heights outpost is ever dull. Of course, when a journalist – of the female persuasion no less – arrives at the post it is a sure sign that life for Captain O’Keefe and his company of Cape veterans is going to go from bad to worse….