2. VULTURES OF THE KALAHARI — SA POLICE SERIES
In the merciless expanse of the northern Kalahari, where crimson dunes stretch to the horizon, Constable Buks Senekal follows the ominous circles of vultures. Yet his trail leads him not to an animal carcass, but to a mystery that shatters the Kalahari’s silence, a small aircraft, concealed and desolate on a remote pan. Inside the aircraft, he discovers a hand-drawn map bearing a single, enigmatic cross that marks the notorious Rooiberg, a place steeped in a dark past and secrets long since buried.
Simultaneously, in the shadow of that very same mountain, another, even deadlier drama unfolds. A man, fresh from prison and consumed by a lust for revenge, confronts his former partner in a dilapidated miner’s shack. Their bitter struggle is not merely about a bygone betrayal and a fateful court case from years ago, but about a fortune in emeralds concealed in the depths of a treacherous mineshaft. Between them stands the memory of the beautiful widow Lulu de Beer, the woman whose name echoes like a ghost from the past.
Senekal’s sense of duty unwittingly plunges him into the heart of this deadly duel. A violent ambush among the dunes leaves him stripped of his weapon and vehicle, injured, alone, and at the mercy of the elements. He is no longer the hunter but the prey, trapped between two unscrupulous villains who will stop at nothing to protect their treasure and settle their bloody score. The rules of the game have changed drastically. The arena is no longer the law but the treacherous tunnels of the mine and the scorching, waterless desert that forgives no mistakes. With every man fighting for himself, the Kalahari becomes the final arbiter. Who will outwit the vultures, and who will become their next feast in a tense tale of greed and merciless revenge?
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