Mary Ndlovu (human rights campaigner, teacher and historian; during the war, lived in exile in Zambia with her husband, a Zimbabwean nationalist)

‘Then a Wind Blew is an excellent read. Not an easy topic to write on, especially getting everything accurate and realistic, while still telling a gripping story, but Kay Powell succeeds admirably. I couldn’t put it down. Fiction is often a better vehicle than history books if it can get it right – this novel really does that.’