Martin Marais: 6 books

When two shepherds, out hunting a wolf, stumble across a raggedly-dressed man chained to an alter rock they find themselves in danger of becoming embroiled in the affairs of the gods in which mere mortals should not involve themselves. However, what else are two lowly, honourable shepherds to do in such situations, but become involved.

In the first months of the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) the British suffered a series of catastrophic defeats – the Boers had defeated them in Natal, besieged three British towns and General Cronjé now sat astride the railway line between Cape Town and the besieged town of Kimberley. In response...

My writing of The Battle of Paardeberg: Lord Roberts’ Gambit was inspired by that great work of Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels; a magnificent telling of the Battle of Gettysburg through the eyes of those involved in the conflict.Fortunately I already had a battle in mind for a novel – the Battle...

A textile merchant visits the ancient town of Lidia to see Arachne, the world renowned spinner and weaver, but he sees much more than he expects when the boastful Arachne challenges the goddess Athena to see who is the best weaver, a mortal or a goddess. The result might surprise you.

Fifteen years before the heroic action of Canadian troops on the Somme, the Royal Canadian Regiment of Infantry was engaged in its first international war - the Anglo-Boer (1899-1902) - in South Africa.Fighting for the British Empire, it was a horrific initiation, to the devastating power of...

Inspired by "The Gunslinger", the first novel in Stephen King's Dark Tower series, this short story follows a Texas Ranger on the trail of a notorious killer, but nothing is what it seems.