1. A Falcon Flies
Southern and central Africa in 1860. Dr Robyn Ballantyne returns to the continent of her birth with her brother Zouga, a celebrated soldier who hopes to find their missing missionary father and build a new fortune. Robyn brings medical training, religious conviction and a determination to…
2. Men of Men
Southern Africa during the diamond rush and the expansion of British commercial power. Zouga Ballantyne is drawn towards the new diggings, where fortunes can be created or destroyed in a few days and where control of claims matters as much as the stones beneath them. His…
3. The Angels Weep
Rhodesia across two periods of violent conflict. In the late nineteenth century, Ralph Ballantyne and his family participate in the drive for land, mines and political control north of the Limpopo. Expansion provokes armed resistance from Ndebele and Shona communities, and the confidence of settlers is…
4. The Leopard Hunts in Darkness
Zimbabwe in the early years after independence. Craig Mellow, a successful novelist living abroad, returns to the country from which he fled at the end of the Rhodesian Bush War. He hopes to recover his family’s land and the sense of purpose he has lost, but…