This exciting adventure story is a sequel to the award-winning novel "When you dance with the crocodile". It can be read on its own as a stand-alone novel. It will be enjoyed by children as well as adults.


After their return through a wormhole from a terrifying adventure more than a hundred years in the past, Sam and Helena's father destroyed the dangerous computer game which enabled them to time travel. But one night Sam hears a blood curdling scream. He recognized the voice. It is Ruth - a girl who lived on the banks of the Zambezi River. Someone has reactivated "The Dangerous Game" and called up a time when Ruth is in serious trouble.

Sam locates the CD holding the game and prepares to travel back in time with an adventurous friend and all the tools they will need to survive in the African bush. However, "The Dangerous Game" is tricky to control and Sam finds himself back in the past with the wrong friend and minus vital equipment for their survival.

Tracking down Ruth will test Sam to the limit and he will need all his courage and wits to find her.

'n Plaasmoord ruk 'n gemeenskap en familie tot stilstand en dwing die jong Faan Venter om terug te keer na die plek waar sy geliefde oupa vermoor is. Sy terugkeer na die plaas krap wonde van woede oor die moord, misdaad, korrupsie en die verval van die land oop. Faan is wanhopig oor sy toekoms in Suid-Afrika, maar antwoorde op sy vrae oor die toekoms kom vanuit 'n onverwagte oord - uit die verlede, soos vertel deur sy grootouma, Katryn.

Die verhaal van hoop wat oor sewe geslagte strek, van die Afrikaner se val en opstaan, speel af tussen die stowwerige tente van die Heilbron-konsentrasiekamp, in die afgebarnde plaashuis op die Vrystaatse vlaktes, in die krygsgevangenekamp in Ceylon en rondom die ou stinkhouttafel op die stoep.

24/12/1818 - Oukersaand. 'n Klein dorpie in Oostenryk. Armoede vier hoogty. 'n Hulppriester, Joseph Mohr, en 'n onderwyser, Franz Xaver Gruber, wil die mense 'n spesiale geskenk op die heilige aand gee - 'n geskenk van troos en hoop.

So ontstaan die lied "Stille nag, heilige nag" en word nog dieselfde aand in die kerk van Oberndorf/Salzburg uitgevoer.