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Ein nahezu vergessener afrikanischer Krieg. Ein verschwundener Schatz, für den es sich zu töten lohnt. Verstrickte Beziehungen über Völkergrenzen hinaus.Deutsch-Südwestafrika, heutiges Namibia, 1906: Der australische Pferdehändler Cyril Blake wird von den Soldaten des deutschen Kaisers kaltblütig hingerichtet.Sydney in der Gegenwart: Blakes Urgrossneffe, der kürzlich verwitwete Nick Eatwell, wird von der südafrikanischen Journalistin Susan Vidler, die über den mysteriösen Tod seines Vorfahren nachforscht, kontaktiert.Fasziniert von der unbekannten Familiengeschichte und ihrem Bezug zur aktuellen internationalen Politik, sucht und findet Nick ein langverschollenes Manuskript. Darin wird berichtet, wie Blake, nachdem er im Zweiten Burenkrieg kämpfte, in Südafrika blieb und sich dem Volk der Nama bei dessen Aufstand gegen die herrschenden Deutschen in Deutsch-Südwestafrika anschloss.Fast gleichzeitig stösst in München die Historikerin Anja Berghoff, die über den Ursprung der wilden ‘Geisterpferde’ Namibias forscht, auf interessante Briefe der irisch-deutschen Spionin Claire Martin, die mit Blake eine Affäre hatte.Als sich die Wege von Nick und Anja kreuzen, jagen sie auf den Spuren einer Legende durch das südliche Afrika.Aber sie sind nicht allein - auch jemand anderes jagt die Geister der Vergangenheit und ist versessen nach Hinweisen auf den verborgenen Schatz, für den es sich zu töten lohnt.‘Geister der Vergangenheit’ basiert auf historischen Fakten und einer wahren Geschichte.
Updated at Apr 21, 2023, 8:02 AM
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A wild African paradise is about to erupt.When a young American research assistant is killed by a man-eating lion, three people are devastated – Jed Banks, an American Special Forces soldier serving in Afghanistan; Professor Christine Wallis, a wildlife researcher in South Africa; and Hassan bin Zayid, a hotel magnate in Zambia. The victim, Miranda Banks-Lewis, was their daughter, protégé and lover respectively.Desperate to find out what happened to Miranda, Jed and Christine, with the help of a determined Australian journalist, set out on a perilous journey of discovery in Africa. Forced to pit themselves against the continent’s dangers, they will also learn shocking truths about the woman they thought they knew.
Updated at Jan 14, 2022, 3:16 AM
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A poacher vanishes, two young girls go missing, a tourist disappears... magic or murder? Evil is at play in a South African game reserve. A poacher vanishes into thin air, defying logic and baffling ace tracker Mia Greenaway. Meanwhile Captain Sannie van Rensburg, still reeling from a personal tragedy, is investigating the disappearance of two young girls who locals fear have been abducted for use in sinister traditional medicine practices. But poachers are also employing witchcraft, paying healers for potions they believe will make them invisible and bulletproof. When a tourist goes missing, Mia and Sannie must work together to confront their own demons and challenge everything they believe, and to follow a bloody trail that seems to vanish at every turn.
Updated at Sep 15, 2021, 9:06 AM
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Modern day pirates on a quest to save an African treaure Ivory Alex Tremain is a pirate in trouble. The two women in his life – one of them his financial adviser, the other his diesel mechanic – have left him. He’s facing a mounting tide of debts and his crew of modern-day buccaneers, a multi-national band of ex-military cutthroats, are getting restless. They don’t all share his dream of going legit, but what Alex really wants is to re-open the five-star resort hotel which once belonged to his Portuguese mother and English father on the Island of Dreams, off the coast of Mozambique. A chance raid on a wildlife smugglers’ ship sets the Chinese triads after him and, to add to his woes, corporate lawyer Jane Humphries lands, literally, in his lap. Another woman’s the last thing Captain Tremain needs right now – especially one whose lover is a ruthless shipping magnate backed up by a deadly bunch of contract killers. What Alex really needs is one last, big heist – something valuable enough to fulfil his dreams and set him and his men up for life. When the South African government makes a controversial decision to reinstitute the culling of elephants in its national parks, Alex finds the answer to his prayers, but at what cost?
Updated at Dec 31, 2020, 8:37 AM
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A forgotten African war. A missing treasure worth killing for. German South West Africa 1906, Australian horse trader Cyril Blake is executed in cold blood by the Kaiser’s soldiers. Sydney, the present day. Blake’s great-great nephew, recently widowed Nick Eatwell, is approached by South African journalist Susan Vidler who is investigating his ancestor’s mysterious demise. Intrigued and looking for distraction, Nick discovers a long-lost manuscript which tells how Blake stayed in South Africa after serving in the Anglo Boer War and joined the Nama people in their rebellion against the Germans in South West Africa, modern-day Namibia. In Munich, historian Anja Berghoff, researching the origin of the wild ‘ghost’ horses of Namibia, stumbles across intriguing letters from Irish-German spy Claire Martin, with whom Blake had an affair. As Nick and Anja’s paths cross, they find themselves racing through southern Africa and time on the trail of a legend. But they’re not alone. Someone else is chasing these ghosts of the past, looking for clues to a hidden treasure worth killing for. Ghosts of the Past is based on a true story.
Updated at Apr 10, 2020, 4:24 PM
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