Mark van der Merwe

Jackals and Wolves follows Mark, a mid-level IT manager who relocates to Kodiak, Alaska, for a fresh start, only to find himself entangled in a high-stakes cyberwar. When a notorious Russian hacker group, the Wolves, targets Mark’s new company, he joins forces with the enigmatic Jackal, a brilliant hacker known for his ruthless tactics, and...

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...

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...

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 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,...