{"product_id":"the-silence-of-etosha-johann-wentzel-9798251748659","title":"The Silence of Etosha: A Namibian Story of Distance, Justice, and the Fight for What Endures","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Silence of Etosha\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBook One of The Namib Frontiers Series\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSimon Shield\u003c\/b\u003e has spent his life reading stone, silence, and distance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA geologist and prospector working across Namibia, he knows how quickly beauty can be turned into value - and how often remoteness becomes a cover for power. When a field assignment near \u003cb\u003eEtosha\u003c\/b\u003e begins to expose hidden transport routes, frightened workers, and evidence that something far darker than geology is moving through the concession margins, Simon is drawn into a conflict that reaches far beyond mining.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeside him stands \u003cb\u003eElbereth\u003c\/b\u003e: a compulsive reader, a fierce defender of the underdog, and a woman with no patience for moral fashion when real people are being crushed in silence. Where Simon reads land, she reads injustice - and neither is willing to leave the matter alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom \u003cb\u003eSwakopmund\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eWalvis Bay\u003c\/b\u003e to the fogbound coast and the long road north toward the \u003cb\u003eSkeleton Coast\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eThe Silence of Etosha\u003c\/b\u003e is a sweeping Namibian story of danger, conscience, distance, and the fight to protect those powerful people hoped would remain unseen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first novel in \u003cb\u003eThe Namib Frontiers Series\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Johann Wentzel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798251748659\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 172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.37d","brand":"Johann Wentzel","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48623625208063,"sku":"9798251748659","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-silence-of-etosha-johann-wentzel-9798251748659","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}