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Is fame truly the dazzling prize it appears to be? Randall is already ensnared in the clutches of celebrity, while Jane, on the cusp, craves her own literary place. But all Randall yearns for is to flee, hand in hand with his lover. Despite leaving it all behind, she sails for Africa alongside Randall. The fear of losing her partner is at the forefront, haunted by her past choices, yet tempered with a baby on the way. After reaching Cape...

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Randall Crookshank has a lifestyle most would envy. A celebrity with a young wife, child, and pots of money. But he's desperately unhappy... Living on the thirty-first floor of a New York apartment, Randall is bored stiff. And also, he cannot write and longs for the peace of his African roots. But Meredith is perfectly content, enjoying the company of her artist friends, including Clint... Relying on Harry B's bar for friendship, Randall ...

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Is it a deliberate trap or just the game of life? He's lived all his adult life on the banks of the Zambezi River. A safari camp operator but destined to live alone. Despondently returning to Zimbabwe after his brother's wedding, Phillip Crookshank is left ruminating about his future. Until he meets the American... Falling for the seductive woman's charms, Phillip knows it will only be a brief love affair. As they always are. But Martha ha...

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Is gold worth gambling for when death is at stake? A fragile peace is broken and James Carregan is called to action. All thoughts of finding a suitable wife evaporates. Months later, the Shona rebellion quelled, James finds himself crossing paths with power-hungry Gavin Morgan, the son of his old friend, Rhys. With an irresistible proposition, James and his new acquaintance leave the Morgandale Estate for Cape Town. Becoming the toast of the...

Will the lure of fame and fortune be his nemesis?His life has collapsed, his marriage over, and his son is lost to him. Randall is broke, but with the aid of his two best friends, Randall flies home. Home to Africa. Africa where he can seek solace and a place to heal.Heading for the Zambezi River with only a vehicle and supplies to last several months, Randall starts to find his inner peace. Finding his rhythm, Africa begins to seep into his s...

If you hope well in life, everything turns out fine. But hope for Rhodesia is fading...Granted a Crown Land farm, all Bobby Preston wants is a life of happiness. With a woman by his side. His estate to flourish. A family. With that, he proposes marriage. To a girl he barely knows...Full of optimism and excitement, Katie accepts and begins her voyage to Africa. Spending her first night under the African stars, it all seems perfect. But then dou...

One single bullet was all it took...Terrified and heartbroken, Randall Crookshank packs his bags, a plane ticket purchased. Naïve as to where he's going, Randall is greeted with buzzing cars and hordes of people. It's Piccadilly Circus. Not the tranquillity of the African bush where the lions roar, the elusive leopard hides, or the fish eagle that haunts the skies. It's not Rhodesia.Friendless and alone, reluctant to rely on Uncle Paul's chari...

They chanted. 'Release Mandela'. But for three young individuals, their motives are their own... During a London Anti-Apartheid march, Daily Mirror reporter, Harry, meets the impassioned Petronella, a communist activist. Alongside her is Josiah Makoni, a man spearheading his own cause to free his people from colonial Rhodesia. A country threatening to declare unilateral independence from Britain...Enamoured after his brief encounter, Harry wan...

She left home for a husband. But she fell in love with Africa... With a fiancé waiting in Africa, and a one-way ticket in hand, artist Livy Johnston boards a steamer ship at the port of London. A tantalising future awaits, and Livy is exuberant with a lust for life. So much so, that when she catches the eye of a fellow passenger, she embarks on a shipboard romance. Surely one last fling wouldn't hurt... Arriving in Rhodesia, Livy quickly makes...

A young man's search for adventure, the birth of a new nation, and a war that would change southern Africa forever... The year is 1890, and the sun never sets on the British Empire. James Carregan is eager to find fortune and excitement, far away from his protective father's influence. Setting off for Cape Town, he joins a pioneer column advancing its way into disputed territory in the kingdom of Mashonaland. But little does he know, what h...

The war is over. But some wounds take time to heal...The 1950's are in full swing, and for some, World War II is just a grim memory. Young Adam Beaumont, the son of a wealthy aristocratic family, is a commissioned officer in the Royal Air Force. With Adam's uncle wielding considerable influence, he is next in line for the Baronetcy. But Adam cares little for family politics, and is still haunted by the murder of his Malayan mother at the hands...

The war is finally over and for the young and naïve Will Langton, his future is full of exciting adventure and happy dreams. Captivated by a brief, but innocent love affair on the rocks of Dancing Ledge, the romance is shattered in one single moment and she is lost to him. For Will, it's an unbearable pain that he cannot hope to escape from and the only means to assuage his sorrow is to run away… To Africa.Meantime, Will's older, astute and de...

Luke was close to death. He had been beaten mercilessly and was unrecognisable. Just for names, names of his ANC accomplices.Matt and Luke are born on the same day, spending an idyllic childhood in the heart of Southern Africa's Transkei, blissfully unaware of the differences between them. But, when they are forced to leave their home, both young boys struggle to find their place in a society where racial segregation is the norm.Gradually they...

There's a saying. Hear the cry of the fish eagle and you'll always come back. Bush fever. Call it what you will. That sound is the most beautiful sound on earth. It's worse than booze or drugs. Addictive. Totally addictive."Flying Officer Rupert Pengelly briefly escapes war to the British colony of Rhodesia. His mission not just duty-driven but a promise to look for an orphaned young girl, Sasa Savage. Having disappeared into the African bush ...

This is not a true story, I hope it never becomes one. In the summer of 1956, sixteen-year-old Marguerite Stearle, daughter of a housekeeper, falls in love with the squire of Mirelton's nephew, Myles Featherstone. A delightful romance ensues, but in a class-conscious society, Myles has no choice but to end the liaison. With few prospects, a wretched Marguerite embarks on a new life in London, hoping her heart will mend. Unexpectedly, Marguerit...

Nobility. Garden parties. Luxury. Prestige.War breaks out. Merry Hall and its male heirs are now at stake.From the time of William the Conqueror, the Beaumonts have enjoyed the privileges of wealth and position. Their pleasure is to be nothing more than farmers and knights of the realm.Nevertheless, with the dawn of the twentieth century, a stray artillery shell slays the current baronet and Thomas Beaumont finds himself the new incumbent, but...