Simson is 'n fiktiewe storie wat handel oor die wel en wee van vigs weeskinders in Misanga, KwaZulu Natal. Die ongenaakbaare daaglikse stryd om oorlewing, en hoe die kinders uitgebuit word deur diegene wat hul moet beskerm. Onskuldige slagoffers van 'n wereld wat hul nie eers bewus is van nie. Die boek bevat 'n volledige verduideliking van VIGS en MIV sonder enige mediese terme. Dit is maklik verstaanbaar, en alle ooglopende vrae word prakties aangespreek soos vertel uit die oogpunt van Simson."

Samson Zondi is just 15 when his carefree teen-life becomes a nightmare. His parents die of Aids, and he becomes the sole support and provider for his three younger brothers. He has to face a hostile community determined to ostracize them, and discover the murderer of several members of his Church. His only ally is a girl he hates: Nelly, the daughter of his Father's betrayer, and the ultimate cause of his family's tragedy... Samson will have to use all the cunning and courage of his ancestors - Tshaka's fabled warriors - to defeat a hidden enemy, and make common cause with the lovely but...