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On an African theme....
The Delta
Instead of escaping her violent past, sonja is now surrounded by men who are relying on her killer instincts to save the day. Where she came to find peace she finds war.
Savage Tide
From the refugee camps of East Africa to the azure waters off the Iranian coast, the marshes of Iraq to Syria's parched eastern desert, Savage Tide is a manhunt, a quest for truth, and a desperate search for the legacy of a cruel regime bent on dominating the world.
Shifting Colours by Fiona Sussman
Celia Mphephu works as a maid for the Steiners in a leafy, white man’s suburb of 1960s Johannesburg. When racial tensions reach fever pitch and the Steiners relocate to England, and take Celia’s young daughter Miriam and raise her as their own. But England is different from what she was told and so begins the journey, through the years, back to South Africa, to find her mother and herself. (from the book blurb)
Siege of Khartoum by John Wilcox
1884. Queen Victoria’s hero General Gordon is under siege. Hoards of Dervish warriors, loyal to the Sudanese warlord are baying for British blood. With a small army and diminishing supplies, Gordon fears Khartoum will fall. Ex-captain Simon Fonthill is summoned to Cairo on a vital mission. He must enter the heavily guarded city undetected and make contact with Gordon ahead of the relief force. Together with comrade 352 Jenkins, Fonthill sets out on the treacherous journey across the Nile.
One Hundred and Four Horses: A Memoir of Farm, Family Africa and Exile
As the land invasions gather pace the Retzlaffs begin an epic journey across Zimbabwe, facing eviction after eviction, as the try to save their group of horses.
(edited book blurb)
Bite of the Mango
Mariatu Kamara grew up in a small village in Sierra Leone. Then the rebels came, some no older the twelve, attacking her village, torturing her brutally and killing those she loved. During this senseless violence, they cut off both her hands. Miraculously she survived.
A true story of courage, resilience and hope.
(from the book blurb)
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