Constable van Deventer finds an ominous track and a missing jeep in the Namib. It leads him to escaped murderer Zederberg. Kobus captures him, but Zederberg's allies turn Kobus into prey in a deadly desert hunt for survival.
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10. STALKERS IN THE NAMIB - SA POLICE SERIES
In the unforgiving, forbidden diamond territory of the Namib Desert, the young and adventurous Constable Kobus van Deventer drives towards an enigmatic sign of life. A delicate wisp of smoke curling up in the desolate landscape. His first solo patrol in this deathly world transforms in an instant from routine to a perilous investigation when, at the smouldering fire, he discovers only a half-eaten fish and a single, gigantic barefoot track in the red sand.
The mystery deepens when his police jeep vanishes and the tracks lead him to a forgotten ghost town that exists on no map. It is a place of creaking floorboards, abandoned houses, and an ominous silence. Here, he comes face to face with the owner of the track. The notorious and sadistic murderer, Claus Zederberg, who has escaped from death row. In a moment of brilliant daring, Van Deventer succeeds in capturing the cunning murderer, but his victory is short-lived.
Zederberg, however, is not alone, and overnight the hunter becomes the prey. Disarmed and trapped, Kobus is relentlessly hunted by Zederberg, who is now armed with a Mauser rifle and bent on revenge. A deadly game descends into an inferno when Zederberg transforms the house in which Kobus is hiding into a flaming hell. Kobus’s struggle for survival is a desperate race against time, the elements, and a psychopath for whom murder is a pleasant game. Trapped between the endless dunes and a murderer who will stop at nothing to secure his freedom, Kobus must face more than he ever thought possible. Will his police training and resourcefulness be enough to outwit the wily Zederberg? Or will the Namib’s red sand become his final resting place, yet another victim of the stalkers who wait for their prey in the shadows?
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Meiring Fouche is the pseudonym of Francois Alwyn Venter (27/11/1916 - 8/1/1997) and is one of South Africa's top writers who could write on a wide range of subjects. Other pseudonyms he used for his books were Marius de Jongh, Elske te Water, and Rene Stegman. However, under the pseudonym Meiring Fouche, he wrote most of his books and quickly achieved great success, especially with his four "trek" books: Offerland (Land of Sacrifice), Gelofte land (Land of Vow), Geknelde land (Constricted Land), and Bedoelde land (Intended Land). After the premature death of Braam le Roux, F.A. Venter took over the famous Swart Luiperd (Black Leopard) series from Braam le Roux and completed the series of seventy books. Under the pseudonym Meiring Fouche, he also wrote several other series (Pioneers series, Ryk Schoonraad series, Maiden of the Sea series, and Fabel Retief series), of which the Sahara adventure series is certainly one of his very best. He also wrote several other books in series such as the SA Police series, while a few standalone paperback books also came from his pen. In total, F.A. Venter wrote more than ninety paperback books and more than forty hardcover books. F.A. Venter also wrote several short stories. Meiring Fouche wrote six stories in the SA Police series. In short, the SA Police series is about a constable by the name of Kobus Roode. He is a strongly built man with brown hair that is always cut short, so that it looks like a crew cut. His story begins as a student when he and two of his best friends went camping in the Drakensberg. There they uncover a secret weapons arsenal and weapons factory hidden deep underground. In the process, Kobus's two friends die, but Kobus manages to apprehend the villains and so bring the organization's illegal activities to a halt. These events had such a great impact on Kobus's life that he decided there and then to dedicate himself to becoming a constable. Kobus's career advances quickly and he solves one major international case after another. He deals with kidnappers, murderers, animal smugglers, dagga (cannabis) smugglers, and many more. Most of the time he operates in Natal, but at times he is also transferred to Pretoria and Johannesburg to solve cases there that others before him could not. Many times Kobus refuses promotion because it would mean he would have to do office work. For him, there is nothing better than working in nature, on the back of a horse. It is precisely this love of his that leads him to discover villains' secret locations, surprising and exposing them. The last few books in the series are about the experiences of different constables in South Africa. There are constable Ryk Schutte's adventures in South-West Africa, constable Jurie Slabbert's drama in the Karoo, constables Reinhardt Fouche in South-West Africa, Buks Senekal in the Kalahari, Henk van Reenen in the Cederberg, and constable Kobus van Deventer's narrow escape in the Namib desert. Each of these stories is full of action, drama, suspense, and also a bit of romance in between. Every excellently written detective story captivates you from beginning to end, and the stories stay with you long after you have finished reading them.
