Catalyst Press: 10 books

We Kiss Them With Rain is Futhi Ntshingila's debut novel in North America. This coming-of-age story uses a comedy-style plot where individual identities are hidden from each other and offer a believable and hopeful outcome for Mvelo, the protagonist, whose story starts with tragedy but ends...

The Lion's Binding Oath will be one of the first (if not the first) collections of stories published in English by a Somali writer and set entirely in Somalia. Ahmed Ismail Yusuf is strongly connected to the Somali diaspora living throughout the United States and Canada. Somalis in the United...

Abandoned by his birth mother, losing his adoptive mother to cancer, and failing to connect with his distant adoptive father, Leke--a troubled young man living in Cape Town--has developed some odd and possibly destructive habits: he stalks strangers, steals small objects, and visits doctors and healers...

Dark Traces is Martin Steyn's English-language and North American debut novel. Dark Traces delves deep into the psychology of both a serial killer and the detective who seeks to find him. Though fast-paced, it exposes violence against women as a men's issue, one that all men should consider. This...

Sacrificed is Chanette Paul's English language debut and North American debut. Paul is the author of 41 best-selling Afrikaans-language titles in South Africa. Sacrificed is a suspenseful international crime thriller that also includes strong elements of family relationships, romance,...

Following on the heels of Peter Church's Crackerjack, Dark Video is the second in his linked thriller trilogy that explores the world of the dark web. This book examines the early and heady days of social media and video sharing, and reveals how the world's obsession with online celebrity, reality...

An international thriller that takes place in cosmopolitan Cape Town and immerses readers into the high-stakes world of financial crime, corporate fraud, and software hacking--not to mention sex, murder, and revenge. For fans of fast-paced thrillers and crime novels with a gritty, darker edge. The...

This is Max Annas' first novel to be translated into English and his debut into North America. He is one of the featured writers in Akashic's Berlin Noir. Max Annas’ novel The Wall is framed almost like a film production, which is not surprising for a man known in Germany as a film and music...

Presents a compelling African "hero"--Shaka, king of the Zulus--in an edgy, cool, interesting way. Turns the story of Shaka up on its head. Previously, Shaka has been presented by historians via the lens of white colonial officials, who interpreted him as a vicious, blood-thirsty...

Divine Divorce: How to Make a Great Adventure Out of the Worst Disaster of Your Life Come on a journey to turn what may be the biggest challenge of your life—getting over a break up—into a great adventure that will give you the self-confidence and freedom to choose the next steps toward your dream...