Tony Park ist ein gefeierter australischer Abenteuerromanautor, der durchweg packende Erzählungen liefert, die die Leser fesseln. Sein Schreiben ist von tiefer Liebe und einem tiefen Verständnis für das südliche Afrika durchdrungen, was sich in jeder Figur und jeder Handlung widerspiegelt. Park versteht es meisterhaft, rasant erzählte Geschichten voller knapper Entkommen und ansteckendem Charme zu schaffen, was ihm Vergleiche mit literarischen Größen eingebracht hat. Seine Werke werden für ihre aufregende Spannung, realistischen Szenarien und fesselnden Einblicke gefeiert und festigen seinen Ruf als führender Abenteuerautor.
Set against the backdrop of South Africa, the story follows Professor Denise 'Doc' Rado, a leading expert on pangolins. She is dedicated to combating wildlife crime, orchestrating intricate undercover operations to capture poachers and rescue these endangered anteaters. The narrative highlights her courage and commitment to conservation, showcasing the challenges and triumphs of protecting vulnerable species in a world fraught with danger.
Veteran hospital chaplain to the sick, dying, and bereaved, J.S. Park offers you both the permission and the process for how to grieve and heal at your own pace.
Caught in a decades-old feud, Captain Sannie van Rensburg and safari guide Mia Greenaway navigate the complexities of South Africa's apartheid-era Border War. As tensions escalate, they must confront the lingering impacts of the past while striving to survive the dangerous conflict that threatens their lives. The story intertwines themes of loyalty, betrayal, and the haunting memories of war, offering a gripping exploration of personal and historical struggles in a divided nation.
In March 1919, Korean patriots form the Korean Provisional Government (KPG) to resist Japanese occupation, but their efforts are largely symbolic and ignored by global leaders. Following Japan's defeat in World War II, the KPG dissolves, leading to a civil war and the enduring division of Korea. The novel explores an intriguing "what if" scenario where the KPG still exists today, secretly collaborating with a powerful tech company to pursue a unified Korea. This premise sets the stage for an extraordinary narrative that intertwines Korean history, American pop culture, and contemporary technology. The story unfolds through three distinct voices, with Soon Sheen, an employee at the international tech giant GLOAT, discovering an unfinished manuscript by the KPG. This document presents a revisionist history that connects notable figures, from architect-poet Yi Sang to Jack London and Marilyn Monroe, while also referencing cultural touchstones like M*A*S*H and the Moonies. The narrative weaves a complex tapestry of connections, reinterpreting the past and revealing a history of violence that spans from President McKinley’s assassination to the Soviet downing of Korean Air Lines Flight 007.
In 2012 retired South African general Johan Jooste was parachuted into the seemingly unwinnable war against rhino poaching in the Kruger National Park.With poaching spiralling out of control, Jooste was given the mandate to 'go military', to convert Kruger's ranger corps into a para-military force capable of taking the fight to the poachers.Aged 60, white, and a veteran of his country's apartheid-era wars, Jooste's controversial appointment was immediately met with resentment and outright hostility by elements of South African National Parks, the police, and even the military he had served with.With the media, government, conservationists, human rights activists and the people of South Africa looking over his shoulder, Jooste had to battle opponents within and without to see through his strategy for turning the tide of rhino poaching.Rhino War tells how Jooste, facing an unprecedented assault on a single national park and a species, took a demoralised force of men and women and turned them into arguably the best anti-poaching unit on the African continent.Told through his eyes and stories of the courage and grit of rangers who daily risked their lives to protect wildlife in the face of a wily and determined foe, this is a story of heroism, sacrifice and determination.Humbly, honestly and decisively, Jooste tells of the successes and failures of his bold strategy, and shares his vision for the future.
In a humorous twist of events, a seemingly ordinary day turns chaotic when a body is discovered in the bath. The protagonist must navigate a web of quirky characters and unexpected revelations while trying to solve the mystery. Set against a backdrop of comedic mishaps and clever dialogue, the story explores themes of friendship and the absurdities of life. As secrets unravel, readers are taken on a lighthearted journey filled with intrigue and laughter.
Ex-mercenary Sonja Kurtz is out for revenge after her daughter Emma is assaulted by an abalone poacher while on a beachside holiday near Cape Town.When the poacher is murdered, Sonja is targeted by a violent local gangster and must flee the country.As Sonja leaves a trail of destruction in her wake - from the threatened wilderness of Zimbabwe to the treacherous beaches of northern Mozambique - a concerned Emma must find the courage to rescue her mother.But is Sonja a cold-blooded killer? Or is there a darker conspiracy taking place in southern Africa's underworld - one that will change their lives forever?
Iarun was a paladin, noble, brave, and dedicated to his goddesses. Until his heroism put him in the grasp of Thanasius, an utterly amoral vampire lord, who likes to break his toys. Held in magical thrall and helpless to do anything but obey, Iarun suffers countless tortures, physical and sexual, at the vampire's hand, including the very worst: being forced to kidnap and harm a child. Yet fate or chance results in Iarun finding Talis, a very unusual boy with an unusual destiny, whose complicated past and unexpected talents may well set them both free to find some kind of future together. Yet Talis' fated destiny isn't an easy thing either, and he'll be put through trials that make him doubt everything about himself. In the end, two heroes find salvation not in destiny nor in fighting evil, but in loving and supporting each other through the horrors each must endure.
What do you do when the one person you thought you could trust might just be the killer you've been hunting...?
From the ashes of an African genocide lost love and a new evil arise. Lawyer Mike Ioannou is dead after a hit and run in Thailand. A home invasion threatens the life of medico Richard Dunlop. In Johannesburg, a car jacker nearly kills photo journalist Liesl Nel. Unrelated incidents in a dangerous world, or something else entirely? Australian war crimes prosecutor Carmel Shang joins the dots. All three victims are linked by a photograph that was clutched in the hand of a dying man nearly twenty years ago. The picture holds a clue to how madness gripped a country resulting in a million people losing their lives. Carmel has to not only confront the perpetrators of the unprecedented slaughter, but Richard and Liesl, the two people she never wanted to see again. Richard was the UN military doctor she was in love with in Rwanda, and Liesl was the woman who came between them. Now they are thrown together again, desperately trying to find out why the photograph is making them the target of an assassin. In a quest that takes them from South Africa's Kruger National Park to Zambia, Australia, and back to Rwanda, where it all began, they find that amidst the indestructible majesty and beauty of Africa, yesterday's merchants of death are dealing in a new currency - illegal traditional medicine and the barbaric live trade in endangered African wildlife; businesses they're prepared to kill for to protect.