{"product_id":"9780798184489","title":"Crimson Sands, by Jeremy Vearey (used)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSecond-hand copy — condition: like new.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e1904. Dirk Aruseb was seventeen years old when Abraham Morris fetched him from the orphanage in Pella to join the Bondelswarts. Dirk could not wait to fight alongside its leader, Kaptein Jakob Marengo, against the Schutztruppe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eBut at Schansvlakte, high in the Great Karas Mountains of Namaland, Dirk first had to find and master himself: Be humble, be patient, and know that war is not a game. Find your eland, tame your butcherbird.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eFor Dirk, war was an adventure. He had little interest in the elders' wisdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eCrimson Sands is an historical novel set in Namaland. It is an epic, panoramic story of a war against tyranny, traversing the southwest of Africa from Tsumeb to Upington, from internment camps in Lüderitzbucht to the dry riverbeds of the Fish River Canyon. Jeremy Vearey tells a mesmerising tale across a landscape of sand, shrub and dune, evoking voices and stories long buried.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNB Publishers, 2023, 352 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"NB Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48329790521602,"sku":"9780798184489","price":180.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1160\/4950\/files\/9780798184489.heic?v=1786785090","url":"https:\/\/bridgebooks.co.za\/products\/9780798184489","provider":"Bridge Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}