It’s spring 2002 and Frank Kean is training journalists in troubled Congo. When he learns that religious zealots are torturing and murdering so-called child witches, his reporter's instincts kick in. Why so little news coverage of these 'exorcisms'? He is determined to break the silence.

In a remote village, Pastor Precious arrives to battle Satan. Twelve-year-old Dudu faces a torrent of accusations and is forced to flee, far from home. He swears he is not a witch, but evidence suggests otherwise.

When Frank meets Dudu in Kinshasa, he sees an opportunity to help, even if it means crossing the line and making promises he may be unable to keep.

Can they trust each other in a crisis?

'Child Witch Kinshasa' is the first part of a two-volume novel, where superstition and fear play out against a bloody and relentless civil war. The story continues in 'Child Witch London' (to be published March 2014).