The most interesting part in Turning the Tide is about a man named Paul Redeker. Paul is described as a dispassionate man as his belief is that human emotion is actually a flaw. He was then enlisted by the apartheid government to revise an ultra-secret doomsday scenario which was named "Plan Orange". With his revision finished the new code name was given as "Orange 84" (as in the year he finished revising). The plan was completely updated down to who the survivors woudl be. This is why he is either thought of as a savior or as a monster for his work. Once the plan was finished, Redeker went into hiding until "The Great Panic", at which time agents found him to see if he had a plan. Of course this unemotional mastermind did have a plan. His plan was very simple - you can't save everyone, so build a safe zone where geography helps (i.e. mountains, rivers, etc.) - evacuate the people until your left with enough to rebuild - finally, use the rest as bait to lure the infected away from the safe zone. Redekers plan was crazy, but it was eventually implemented.
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