With a cover that looks like something from the American Wild West, you could be excused for not expecting a novel from the former head of Western Cape detectives, Major-General Jeremy Vearey.
Crimson Sands/Rooisand marks a departure from a life as an activist, teacher and crime-fighter for Vearey who launched his latest work of fiction at the Book Lounge on Thursday October 10.
Set against the backdrop of Namaland, Vearey’s debut novel chronicles the epic saga of Dirk Aruseb and the Bondelswarts during the tumultuous 1920s.
Published by Graffiti Books, the former SAPS Mitchell’s Plain cluster commander and Kuils River author writes a gripping tale of war and liberation in scorching heat from Tsumeb to Upington and Windhoek’s internment camps to the stark grandeur of Fish River Canyon.