The African Trilogy

by Peter Rimmer

Africa changes you forever. Once you have been there, you will never be the same again. THREE iconic historical novels, in one box set, will take you back in time to some of the most notable and captivating periods of Britain’s African colonies.Book 1: Cry of the Fish Eagle “There’s a saying. Hear the cry of the fish eagle and you’ll always come back. Bush fever. Call it what you will. That sound is the most beautiful sound on earth. It’s worse than booze or drugs. Addictive. Totally addictive.”Flying Officer Rupert Pengelly briefly escapes war to the British colony of Rhodesia. His mission not just duty-driven but a promise to look for an orphaned young girl, Sasa Savage. Having disappeared into the African bush with her eccentric grandfather, she is lost to him and with time running out he rejoins the theatre of war.When peace returns, Rupert travels home to his beloved Cornwall and the farm he loves, only to learn he has been cruelly cheated out of his inheritance by his distant cousin. Devastated and desolate. Rupert is torn. Can he keep a pledge to a dead man and return to Rhodesia continuing the search for the missing girl? Will the cry of the fish eagle call to him?Book 2: Vultures in the Wind 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?Book 3: Just the Memory of Love Will he ever find his love again or will she always just be a memory?The global war is finally over and for the young and naïve Will Langton, his future is full of exciting adventure and happy dreams. Captivated by a brief, but innocent love affair on the rocks of Dancing Ledge, the romance is shattered in one single moment and she is lost to him. For Will, it's an unbearable pain that he cannot hope to escape from and the only means to assuage his sorrow is to run away… to Africa.Meantime, Will’s older, astute and devious brother Byron, has his own ideas on making his way through life. He wants money and power and he doesn’t care whom he treads on, including his own family. After four years of absence, Will returns to England with a small fortune. Seeking his brother’s financial advice, Will is deceitfully manipulated in more ways than one.Bemused with life but accepting, Will drifts from place to place, Africa becoming another distant memory. Yet Will never forgets, always wondering where she is and what became of her. But what too of his scheming brother? Will Byron ever reveal his deception?If you love historical family sagas based on true events, then don't miss out on these three epic novels.

Genres: Africa

1824 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 19, 2018

About the author

Peter Rimmer was born in London, England, and grew up in the south of the city where he went to Cranleigh School. After the Second World War and at aged 18, Peter joined the Royal Air Force, reaching the rank of Pilot Officer before he was 19. Then at the end of his National Service and with the optimism of youth, he sailed for Africa with his older brother to grow tobacco in what was then Rhodesia, and the odyssey of his life began.

The years went by and Peter found himself 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.

His passion had always been writing books, which he started at a very early age, though running a business was a driving force too and a common thread throughout his books. By the 1990’s, he had written several novels about Africa and England, and his breakthrough came with Cry of the Fish Eagle published by HarperCollins, Zimbabwe. It was a bestseller, which was followed up with the release of Vultures in the Wind. However, during this time, Zimbabwe was going through its struggles and the books did not get their just international recognition.

Having lived a reclusive life on his beloved smallholding in Knysna, South Africa, for over 25 years, Peter passed away in July 2018. He has left an enormous legacy of unpublished work for his family to release over the coming years, and not only them but also his readers from around the world will sorely miss him. Peter Rimmer was 81 years old.

To learn more about Peter, and to get a free starter library of novels, visit his website at www.peterrimmer.com, or find him on Facebook.com/PeterRimmerAuthor, follow him on Twitter @htcrimmer.com, and on BookBub: www.bookbub.com/authors/peter-rimmer

Reviews

[Paul Berg · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's not often that you get the opportunity to read such a professionally written book. Peter Rimmer is not only one of the best writers that I have had the pleasure of reading his storeys, but he is also one of the most-experienced men, who knows facts from fiction. These three books, I just couldn't put down and I was disappointed to reach the end, I wanted it to go on and on. The way he portrays the suffering of the people in Africa and the way he shows us the evil and greed in mankind. Yet, he also lets you see the beauty of Africa. You can see and feel, that he has had so much experience and I have learned so much from this incredibly wise man. His viewpoints should be shared by all of us, unfortunate few politicians see it that way. Why can't we learn from our past?

[Jenny · Rating 4 out of 5]

A mixed set of three books......

This trilogy did not start well for me. I found the authors writing style a little unusual and did not flow well, but I got used to it. The first books subject matter ‘insurance’ I found somewhat boring, and the second book I enjoyed the parts where Matt was living in a hippie art colony. The third book I found totally engrossing and thoroughly enjoyable as most of it was set in the African bush with safari’s and wild animals.

[Dee Breust · Rating 5 out of 5]

An author who brings the story alive

I have enjoyed so many Peter Rimmer books and I look forward to reading many more, his descriptions bring the African bush alive and his understanding of the underlying politics of the day is enlightening. I thoroughly enjoy his stories and recommend them.

[Simone Ross · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent reading

I was hooked from the first word. It certainly brought back a lot of memories growing up in Rhodesia and living through some of what the author has written about. I totally recommend reading the trilogy.

[Rich Buickerood · Rating 3 out of 5]

Each book in this series got less interesting to me as it continually replowed the same story lines about the "development" of southern Africa by the white man at the expense of the black populations already there.

[Gabrielle Harrison]

Wonderful

Another wonderful series of books about Africa. About love, corruption, hardship and survival. I love Peter Rimmer's books and they are well worth reading