Joseph Y Roberts: 7 books

Humans are social creatures, reying on each other for a sense of self and community. Jacob Vanderhoek is no different. So what happens when a man of few friends is left with none by time and ill fortune? When a strong man stumbles into a moment of weakness?These are tales for those left behind."In...

Set in Depression Era Minnesota. Life after a senseless tragedy can be strange. For a close family, devastated by such a loss, things become even stranger.

Johannesburg 1999. Not all battles are fought in the field between armies arrayed side to side. Some are fought inside, where no one can see, a war of the soul. Every conflict has a victor, but it must also have its vanquished. Jacob must help an old friend from long ago find his way. Does...

Rhodesia 1977. A grassfire war rages as Communist insurgents fight to overthrow the white minority government. Into this fray stalks the Selous Scouts, a shadowy Special Ops regiment of the Rhodesian military, waging counter-insurgency tactics bent on terrorizing the terrorists. Pvt. Jacob Vanderhoek,...

Zambia 1977. On an undercover, cross-border mission to infiltrate a Communist insurgent training camp, Jacob discovers past actions can bring unexpected consequences. He and Sergeant Tannhauser are forced to run a deadly cat-and-mouse flight across the Zambian wilderness back to Rhodesia without aid...

Once a man has betrayed his cause, can he be trusted? Southeastern Rhodesia, September 1978 - Selous Scouts, Jacob Vanderhoek and Tambo Ndese, are on a simple “milk run” mission: escorting a team of converted ZANLA terrorists to a suspected training camp to infiltrate as moles. But in the...

For the past two years, Jacob Vanderhoek has served in the Selous Scouts as a counter-insurgency operative in the ongoing bush war in Rhodesia. He has been injured many times and nearly killed twice, but has bounced back and fought on. But his resiliency faces it greatest challenge in 1978. Jacob...