Books

Diamonds in the Tree

By Braam Pretorius

A black dog.
An old farm.
And a story of starting over, when life doesn’t go as planned.

After the loss of his wife, Jacobson retreats to a remote Free State farm with nothing but a box of unsent letters and a loyal black Labrador by his side. There, his path crosses with Lara and Daniel Brandt, two...

Songs of the Sugarcane: The Untold Story of the First Indian Families in South Africa
By, Braam Pretorius

What would you carry if you were leaving home forever?

Songs of the Sugarcane is a sweeping, heart-stirring novel that traces the forgotten footsteps of the first Indian families who arrived in South Africa in 1860, not as conquerors, but as...

3I/Atlas, by Braam Pretorius

A stranger appears on a gravel road outside Jacobsdal, South Africa, pale-eyed, and not entirely human. He calls himself the Man.

From that moment, nothing on Earth remains ordinary.

A small farming town becomes the world’s new epicenter. Animals behave strangely. Machines refuse harmful commands. The dead return, not...

Moer and Gone (Book 2 in the Leon Loots Series)
By Braam Pretorius

Leon Loots is back, scuffed takkies, duct-taped Toyota Tazz and all, on a slow-burning, side-splitting journey from Parys to Cape Town. With nothing but his microphone, a suitcase full of jokes, and the kind of charm only the Vaal Triangle can produce, Leon hits the road, town by...

Kak Funny
By Braam Pretorius

Meet Leon Loots, an ordinary oke with duct-taped sneakers, a second-hand denim, and a dream bigger than the Karoo sky. Once a bank teller, now a wannabe comedian, Leon takes his jokes on the road, playing to packed halls, empty chairs, and everything in between.

Along the way he meets Savannah, a barefoot songbird...

Book of Conspiracy

By Braam Pretorius

What if the world was never what it seemed?
What if truth came wrapped in static, whispered late at night through the radio of a long-haul trucker?

Jack Grady isn’t searching for answers, he’s just trying to outrun his past. But when he stumbles across The Silas Corbyn Podcast, something shifts. Each episode...

Echoes
By Braam Pretorius

Echoes is a captivating collection of three Johan Swart stories: Echoes of Miracles, Echoes of the Karoo, and Echoes of Time, weaving together profound tales of mystery, humanity, and timeless connections.

In Echoes of Miracles, Johan Swart discovers an extraordinary gift, one that heals bodies but places immense weight...

Forgotten Soldiers: The Collected Edition
(Including Forgotten Soldiers of De Brug, Eenhana, Otapi, and Angola)
By Braam Pretorius

For decades, their stories were whispered among those who served, their sacrifices buried beneath the sands of time. But now, their tales are finally told.

From the grueling training grounds of De Brug to the deadly...

Forgotten Soldiers of Otapi
Braam Pretorius

January 1988 – Northern Namibia.

The war is dragging to an uneasy close, but the bush is fighting back. SWAPO insurgents, Cuban spies, and the relentless dangers of Africa itself, the landmines, the lions, and the silent, merciless crocodiles that take men without warning.

For Louis, Abrie, Kelly, Dave,...

Forgotten Soldiers of Eenhana – A Riveting Tale of War, Brotherhood, and Ghosts of the Past
By Braam Pretorius

As the Bush War nears its bloody conclusion, a team of elite South African Paratroopers, Valk 2, Small Team 2, finds itself in the heart of Ovamboland, stationed at the remote and battle-hardened Eenhana Base. Every patrol could be their...

Forgotten Soldiers of De Brug

By Braam Pretorius

In the late 1980s, South Africa was a nation on the brink, torn apart by civil unrest and locked in a brutal conflict within, and beyond its borders. Thousands of young men, barely out of school, were conscripted into the South African Defense Force, thrown into the unforgiving machinery of war....

Forgotten Soldiers of Angola – A War Beyond Imagination
By Braam Pretorius

Angola, 1980s. A war rages in the heart of Africa, but in the dense, unforgiving jungles, something far more terrifying lurks beneath the surface.

When Valk 2, an elite team of South African soldiers, is deployed deep behind enemy lines, they expect battle. What they don’t...

Echoes of Time: A Sci-Fi Thriller of Ancient Secrets and a Future Rewritten
By Braam Pretorius

Time is not what we think. It folds, echoes, and leaves whispers in the dust.

Deep in the Karoo, a land as ancient as time itself, Johan, a rugged farmer, and Sofia, an ex-Netherland policewoman, drawn into a mystery beyond imagination, uncover something...

Veil of Deception

By Braam Pretorius

In the shadow of Alaska’s desolate wilderness, where thick mists obscure the truth, Kodiak Space Port becomes the epicenter of mystery, conspiracy, and danger.

When Mark van der Merwe, newly appointed at the Kodiak Space Port, teams up with Alaska State Trooper Lilly O’Connell to investigate a series of strange...

Bushveld Communion
By Braam Pretorius

In the heart of the South African bushveld lies Sundrift, a remote farming community where life moves to the rhythm of nature, untouched by the frenzy of the outside world. Here, the people endure scorching summers, icy winters, and the unpredictability of the veld with a quiet, unyielding resilience. But...

Echoes of the Karoo
By Braam Pretorius

Nestled in the hauntingly beautiful and rugged landscape of the Karoo, Echoes of the Karoo weaves a gripping narrative that explores greed, resilience, and the enduring spirit of community. The story opens with the discovery of vast helium reserves beneath the arid plains, igniting a fervor of activity that...

Whispers and Shadows
Braam Pretorius

Prepare yourself to embark on a journey through the riveting and shadowy adventures of Mark van der Merwe, a man whose life is anything but ordinary. Each story in this collection peels back the layers of Mark’s world, revealing danger, mystery, and an enduring resilience that carries him through challenges...

Shadow of Fiction
By Braam Pretorius

What if the characters in your books weren’t just figments of your imagination?

When South African author Braam Pretorius learns from the Mayor of Kodiak, Alaska, that some of the characters and events in his suspense novels are startlingly real, his world turns upside down. From the rugged forests of Kodiak to...

Shadow of the Dragon

A thrilling tale of cyber warfare, betrayal, and redemption.

Mark van der Merwe, a talented IT manager from South Africa, thought he had left the chaos behind when he settled into his new life in Kodiak, Alaska. But when Northern Crypto, a multinational cryptocurrency company, becomes the target of a relentless cyberattack,...

Emma and the Ghost is a suspense thriller centered around Mark and Emma, a South African couple in their early thirties, they lead an ordinary life in Johannesburg, South Africa. Their lives take a harrowing turn after Emma, a lawyer, disappears without a trace following her company’s year-end function. Initially, the police suspect Mark, adding...