Author Stan Brock's new book "Seed of the Assagai: A Novel" is an evocative tale of Africa
Recent release "Seed of the Assagai: A Novel" from Page Publishing author Stan Brock is a riveting adventure in Apartheid-era South Africa as a charismatic warrior leads his people against an oppressive White-minority clinging to power. Shaka II, descendant of the legendary and ferocious nineteenth-century warrior and king of the Zulus, finds a worthy adversary in Mark van Rooyan after the slaughter of his entire family.
NEW YORK, Dec. 6, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Stan Brock, former co-host and associate producer of NBC's Wild Kingdom, the most popular weekly wildlife series ever broadcast on American television, the director, writer, and narrator of Stan Brock's Expedition Danger, manager of the world's largest cattle ranch operation, the Dadanawa, a four-thousand-square-mile combination of rainforest and savannah in British Guiana from 1952 to 1968, and founder and president of Remote Area Medical, a major nonprofit provider of free pop-up clinics that provide free, quality healthcare to those in need until his death in 2018, has published his new book "Seed of the Assagai: A Novel": a gripping and potent work that keeps the pages turning until the stunning conclusion.
It is the mid-1980s in South Africa. The white minority of this black nation is fighting—politically and physically— to maintain its leadership. Into this unstable environment comes SHAKA II, the descendant of a feared nineteenth century warrior and Zulu king of the same name. Like his ancestor, this twentieth-century militant and charismatic leader has assembled an army of ferocious, loyal fighters that embarks on a bloody campaign to topple white rule.
Shaka's warriors began an uprising by slaughtering a prominent South African family. Yury Isakov, a KGB agent posing as a hydroelectric engineer, offers Shaka the Soviet Union's clandestine support for the uprising. Mark van Rooyan, son of the slaughtered family, vows to avenge his family's death.
Ensues a battle against time between van Rooyan and his supporters against Shaka's warriors and an impending Soviet nuclear intervention. This story of a farmer and a few friends clashing head on with the fearsome power of primitive warriors and the threat of Soviet military might portrays a classic conflict between good and evil.
Published by Page Publishing, Stan Brock's engrossing book is a superb choice for avid fiction and adventure readers.
Readers who wish to experience this engaging work can purchase "Seed of the Assagai: A Novel" at bookstores everywhere, or online at the Apple iTunes Store, Amazon, Google Play, or Barnes and Noble.
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