Spanning two centuries, Ghosts of the Past is based on a true story. Nick and Anja head to Africa on the trail of a legend, but someone else is delving into the past, looking for clues to the secret location of a missing horde of gold that's worth killing for. She's also interested in Blake and an Irish-German firebrand and spy, Claire Martin, with whom Cyril had an affair. In Germany, historian Anja Berghoff is researching the origins of the famed desert horses of Namibia. Soldier, deserter, cattle rustler and freedom fighter, Blake was helping the lost cause before the Kaiser's forces ordered his assassination. Susan is chasing information about Nick's great-great uncle, Cyril Blake, who fought in the Anglo-Boer War and later joined the struggle for independence across the border in the German colony of South West Africa, now Namibia.Ī long-lost manuscript proves Nick's forebear was a somewhat reluctant hero. Sydney, the present: journalist Nick Eatwell has just lost his job, but his day is brightened when a fellow reporter, South African Susan Vidler, comes into his life looking for help with a story. I love his work.' DEON MEYERĪfrica, 1906: A young Australian adventurer is condemned to death. A heart-racing thriller from the master of adventure.
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