A Rhino Crying A Country Dying

ISBN: 978-0-620-64325-2 (South African Paperback, printed in South Africa)

ISBN: 978-1503378032 (Worldwide Paperback, printed in USA)

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Spanning over a hundred and twenty years, this first novel of Jans Rautenbach is filled with dark secrets and sinister plots, as the “love me, hate me” saga of three generations of the Scheepers family unfolds in this action-packed political thriller, where the line between truth and fiction is so closely intertwined that it will give the reader chills down his spine at times and at times bring the reader to tears. The reader may find it hard to rip himself away from the story line and put the book down. This African adventure is full of twists and turns and will captivate the reader to the very last page.

Frans Scheepers is fifteen years old when he witnesses the murder of his father just after the Second Boer War in 1903, while, on his own property, he tried to save a white rhino and her calf from Zulu warriors (at a time when the rhino species was nearly extinct). Planning revenge, while trying to save a farm and the endangered white rhino species, this breathtaking, action-filled saga takes so many unexpected turns, that the reader will be shocked to silence at times, and sometimes driven to tears, as the drama unfolds in a war-torn country, with an ending that will take the reader’s breath away.

“Intriguing and insightful story, tricking the reader into forgetting it is fiction!” – J. Theron

“Not only a work of art, but a masterpiece. Two words to conclude: brilliant and extraordinary.” – S. Neethling

“The intrigue and suspense were exhilarating.” – A. Christy

“Die uitleg en vorm wat die storie aanneem van die begin van die eeu tot aan die einde is so goed inmekaar geweef.” – E. Taljaard

“This is a monumental work from a very fertile imagination. It will keep the reader enthralled throughout.” – C. Elgin (Author)

“Jans ken sy geskiedenis en weef elke groot 20ste eeuse gebeurtenis netjies deur die loop van die verhaal in. Die tog saam Jan en Frans en Brand was lekker en ek kon meesal identifiseer met Bloedpan se modelboer. Dankie Jans.” – S. Hofmeyr (Singer, Actor & Author)