Joao Costa takes us from his childhood through the twelve years he spent in the bush during the Angolan civil war from 1985 to 1997 to his life thereafter. From a teenager to captain in the army, and back to a civilian. From Angola to South Africa, Costa tells us the story of how he lost himself as a boy in the civil war and how he found himself again over the years. Love, politics, war, relationships, loss and fear vs. the determination and the will to conquer, to live, to be successful and to serve others are the lessons that Costa share with us in his impressively diverse and intensive memoir full of passion.
