An insider's account of how the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) exposed the falsehood of quacks like Dr Matthias Rath and Zeblon Gwala that lay claim to the lives of many living with HIV; the story of how TAC member, Andile Madondile almost died because of the erroneous remedies that he took having been deceived into thinking they would help; and ultimately the greatest of the TAC's obstacles, the infamous state-supported denialism of Thabo Mbeki and Manto Shabalala-Msimang