Harvest of Fear

Harvest of Fear is a gripping historical novel that brings to life a family a farm and a racial war - in Africa. <br /><br />Johan Steenkamp brings ardent impetuous Marie home to his flourishing farm in Rhodesia. There is a leopard roaming the bush and more disturbingly political unrest among the African population. Johan soon discovers that his young wife has a shameful secret and as well the spirit to oppose his prejudiced opinions. Her fortitude however wins the admiration and attraction of his astute younger brother Paul. <br /><br />When Rhodesia declares independence from Britain in 1965 the brothers are caught up in the internationally condemned war in defence of their farm. With each stint in the Security Forces the family dynamics shift and intensify - to harshness - to infatuation. In panoramic authentic descriptions of the African bush and farm life Marie is left alone and overwhelmed as Shona farmworkers disappear to join the freedom fighters and women of both races face terror in the night. <br /><br />In 1980 Margaret Thatcher's government negotiates independence - a free Zimbabwe. But how can a man and a woman hold on to hope and love after a heartbreaking loss? Tension mounts as the farm is threatened and Africans and whites struggle to survive in a country sinking under a corrupt dictatorship.