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Witwatersrand
Witwatersrand
Witwatersrand
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Op ’n kontinent wat ongelooflike rykdom verberg, aanskou Sean Courtney en sy tweelingbroer, Garrick, die eerste lewenslig. Die sorgelose lewe op hul pa se plaas in Natal word egter wreed onderbreek wanneer geweld, begeerte en die noodlot Sean wegruk van alles wat bekend is. Op die Witwatersrand, waar goud pas ontdek is, moet Sean sy pad oopveg na sukses. In die tog om sy fortuin te maak, bou hy ook ’n lewenslange vriendskap, konfronteer sy duiwels en baan sy weg na ’n belowende toekoms. Dan ruk verraad die mat onder sy voete uit en als waaroor hy gewerk het, word skielik van hom af weggeneem. Maar wie nie waag nie, wen nie . . . In die wildernis wag ’n nuwe avontuur. Niks kry hom onder nie – nie ’n verwoede aanval deur ’n olifantbul of die grusame sterftes wat hy moet aanskou nie – en steeds bly Sean droom van ’n gesin en ’n plaas van sy eie. Die dapper jong man wat alles met bloedsweet oorwin, besef egter weldra dat die verlede hom steeds in sy kloue beet het . . .
LanguageAfrikaans
PublisherKwela
Release dateOct 6, 2014
ISBN9780795707032
Witwatersrand
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Wilbur Smith

Described by Stephen King as “the best historical novelist,” WILBUR SMITH made his debut in 1964 with When the Lion Feeds and has since sold more than 125 million copies of his books worldwide and been translated into twenty-six different languages. Born in Central Africa in 1933, he now lives in London.

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