Kalahari Passage

Kalahari Passage
by Candi Miller

Koba and Mannie have been in jail. Their crime, loving each other across the Apartheid colour bar in southern Africa. Koba escapes and using her bush skills, finds her way across the semi-desert to her former tribal home. But adapting to a hunter-gatherer lifestyle after a decade away, has challenges. And her mortal enemy is on her trail.

Meanwhile Mannie absconds during his parole and sets off on a sub-continental road trip to find his beloved Koba. But will his new comrades persuade him to join them across the border for training in deadly guerrilla warfare? And what will that mean for his future with Koba?

Under tragic circumstances the lovers meet, but the danger they are in means they face heart-breaking choices.

Kalahari Passage is an action-packed story of a search for identity and love. Readers will be spellbound by Koba’s world where an ancient culture dances, trances and lives in harmony with the land.

‘Deeply satisfying story. Edge of seat tension, with surprising turns and a gritty new realism. The portrait of tribal life so real and the backdrop of Apartheid so devastating. Left me begging for more. An outstanding novel, beautifully written.’

‘Miller tells the story with great confidence and skill, taking the reader along on a heart-wrenching tale of two lovers and how their lives are thrown apart due to a crime no worse than true love. Despite having not read the prequel, Salt and Honey, I found the story easy to follow and utterly enthralling. A great read by itself.’

‘Kalahari Passage is a stunning sequel. It charts Koba's journey to find her real roots as a displaced San person in 1960s Apartheid South Africa, and her lover's quest to find her. The fast-paced action takes the reader on an emotional roller coaster. The book is beautifully written with powerful images that grip the reader's imagination. Candi's gift for writing enables the reader to experience the sense of history and setting and her characters are just fabulous.’

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Book 2 of 2 Koba series
Print length: 271 pages
Language: English

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