Jake's Long Shadow

The millennium has changed, but can the Heke family and the people of Pine Block? Abe, son of Beth and Jake, has rejected violence, but violence always seems to find him. Polly, as beautiful as her sister Grace, who committed suicide, is running around with the wealthy polo-playing set and growing rich herself. Gang leader, Apeman, who killed Tania, is in prison – will it help him to grow, or not? In Pine Block, Sharneeta casts a tragic figure across the neighbourhood. Alistair Trambert, a middle-class white boy, has sunk into the same welfare dependency trap as the Maoris his class criticises. Beth’s new husband Charlie Bennett seems to be a fine man, but secrets lurk under the surface. And then there’s Jake Heke, casting his long shadow over everyone …