Naming a Hero "Verwey" Proves Unexpectedly Wise Choice for Author

Yet another blockbuster for Marie Warder in her 'Stories from South Africa' series. 'The Yardstick' -- volume three of a much-loved trilogy -- takes readers to a unique part of South Africa, the Kalahari Desert.

Delta, B.C., Canada (PRWEB) August 19, 2007 -- Acclaimed, South African-born Christian author, Marie Warder, follows her previous novel, Dominic Verwey: SAMARITAN OF THE SAHARA, a spiritual and romantic adventure set in Egypt, with THE YARDSTICK, an eagerly awaited sequel.

And VERWEYS around the world are now reading the entire 'Beauclaire Trilogy'!

Ever since the release, in 2005, of 'When you know that you know! Or The redemption of Benjamin Ashton', a well-written novel with an unusual plot, unusual complications and an unusual conclusion, readers who fell in love with the characters have clamoured for more. Since reading that novel--the story of a successful young American, one of the wealthiest men in the world, who travels to South Africa where, going in search of his brother, he finds God, and, in so doing, finds himself--one reviewer has gone as far as to describe it as 'the best book I have ever read!' Following it with 'Dominic Verwey:Samaritan of the Sahara', Warder revisited her beloved characters, among them Benjamin Ashton, Father Peter Crawford, and Stella and Paul Verwey. Little Antoinette Crawford, all grown-up, then tells the story of her Uncle Dominic, the dashing, swashbuckling, desert doctor whose heart of gold triumphs over evil.

Unintentionally the author had homed in on an unexpectedly wide resource. VERWEYS around the world are reading this book! Having taken the precaution of including footnotes providing the correct pronunciation of the name, for the uninitiated, she need not have gone to the trouble. It is the Verweys, themselves - intrigued when their name suddenly appeared in this context on the Internet - who now form a wide circle of fans.

In the her latest release, the author's 21st, we find a disillusioned Benjamin Ashton -- about to become a grandfather -- forced to consider relocating the South African members of his family, which could well bring to an end what has been for them a blessedly happy era spent in their Lowveld paradise. "One cannot measure anything without some scale of measurement, whether it be visible, tangible, audible, or even experiential. One needs a yardstick!" contends the writer of this enthralling book, and how superbly she proves this! A great part of story is played out among the dunes of the Kalahari Desert, in this, volume three of the enthralling Beauclaire Saga, also part of the 'Stories from South Africa' series, but we also briefly revisit New York, Louisiana (after Hurricane Katrina), Johannesburg and Bethlehem, as the history of the Ashton family and their Nelspruit citrus farm continues.

Before emigrating to Canada in the late 1970s, Marie Warder, writer of the best-seller 'The Bronze Killer' was listed by a South African Book Club as one of South Africa's top seven favourite novelists. One of the National Council of Women's 'Notable Women of Johannesburg,' Marie Warder was also one of the country's most prolific writers. Many of her novels have been used in South African schools and been chosen as Books of the Month. In 2003, she began her successful Dromedaris series, creating characters so popular her fans urged her for more books.

About the Author

Marie Warder was awarded a Medal of Honor in Canada for her groundbreaking 'The Bronze Killer', a reference work detailing a genetic disorder that affected her husband. Including in it her shorter, previously written work, 'Iron… the other side of the story!', the book became the first publication devoted entirely to the world's most common genetic disorder, and is still very much in demand after nearly 20 years. Founder and President Emerita of both the Canadian and South African Hemochromatosis Societies, as well as the founder and long-time president of the International Association, she is also the founder of Windsor House Academy, a prestigious private South African school. She now lives in British Columbia, Canada.

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