Vultures in the Wind: A gripping historical novel of friendship (The African Book Collection) - Softcover

Rimmer, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1500101583 ISBN 13: 9781500101589

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

Synopsis

Luke was close to death. He had been beaten mercilessly and was unrecognisable. Just for names, names of his ANC accomplices.

Matt and Luke are born on the same day, spending an idyllic childhood in the heart of Southern Africa’s Transkei, blissfully unaware of the differences between them. But, when they are forced to leave their home, both young boys struggle to find their place in a society where racial segregation is the norm.
Gradually they begin to build their lives until one night Luke is abducted from Matt’s Johannesburg flat to a place unknown and brutally assaulted. After spending time in a hospital, Luke a changed man heads for London embarking on his revolutionary fight for freedom. Matt meantime builds his business empire but always wonders whether he was now part of his best friend’s hatred.
It would be another twenty-nine years before meeting again. Did either of them find peace, or was their all-too-brief childhood their only comfort in a world driven by political and societal extremes?
Told from a personal perspective, Peter Rimmer’s heart-rending historical novel, Vultures in the Wind, tells the story of how two ordinary men suffer the cruelties and injustices of apartheid South Africa. Moreover, it exposes the manipulative superpowers of the East and West whose meddling will reverberate for years to come... a deplorable history that should never be forgotten.

About this title

About the Author

Peter Rimmer was born in London, England, and grew up in the south of the city where he went to school. After the Second World War, and aged 18, he joined the Royal Air Force, reaching the rank of Pilot Officer before aged 19. At the end of his National Service he sailed for Africa to grow tobacco in what was then Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe.

The years went by and found him in Johannesburg founding an insurance brokering company. Over 2% of the companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange were clients of Rimmer Associates. He opened companies in the United States of America, Australia and Hong Kong and travelled extensively between the branches.

Peter Rimmer now lives a reclusive life in his beloved Africa, writing his books and being at peace with Africa and all its beauty.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1500101583
• ISBN 13: 9781500101589
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 460