{"product_id":"the-kazungula-crossing-johann-wentzel-9798251862942","title":"The Kazungula Crossing: A Story of Loss, Courage, and the Road Beyond the Zambezi","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Kazungula Crossing\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBook Three of The Namib Frontiers Series\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile \u003cb\u003eElbereth\u003c\/b\u003e is in \u003cb\u003eFreetown, Sierra Leone\u003c\/b\u003e, helping communities threatened by a failing dam and worsening water crisis, \u003cb\u003eSimon Shield\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eWynand\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eJohn Young\u003c\/b\u003e travel east for a tiger fish expedition near \u003cb\u003eKazungula\u003c\/b\u003e, gathering provisions through \u003cb\u003eKatima Mulilo\u003c\/b\u003e, a place heavy with old army memory and unfinished roads.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere, by chance, old bonds deepen and new ones begin. \u003cb\u003eTy van As\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eDaniel du Toit\u003c\/b\u003e cross their path, and a young cyclist named \u003cb\u003eMichael Stent\u003c\/b\u003e, riding alone from \u003cb\u003eCape Town to Lilongwe\u003c\/b\u003e, is drawn into their camp and their wider African world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut beneath the rivers, crossings, and fellowship of the expedition lies an older danger. Years earlier, John handled a buried and dangerous dispute tied to \u003cb\u003eBechuanaland\u003c\/b\u003e, the British government, and the transition to an independent \u003cb\u003eBotswana\u003c\/b\u003e. What he never realised was that the papers he still carried could expose corruption powerful enough to make silence worth killing for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen, in one terrible instant, the camp at Kazungula is shattered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat follows is a story of grief, sacrifice, loyalty, and the road that must be taken up after the man who understood it best is gone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet across \u003cb\u003eKatima Mulilo\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eKazungula\u003c\/b\u003e, the eastern Namibian corridor, and the great river country beyond, \u003cb\u003eThe Kazungula Crossing\u003c\/b\u003e is a powerful African novel of courage, loss, old debts, and the lives forever changed at the place where roads, rivers, and history meet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Johann Wentzel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798251862942\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/12\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.34d","brand":"Johann Wentzel","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48623625339135,"sku":"9798251862942","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-kazungula-crossing-johann-wentzel-9798251862942","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}