The Rivers Beneath a Baobab

1833. DELAGOA BAY, MOZAMBIQUE

Langa Mchunu, a Ndwandwe warrior serving in Soshangana's expanding Gaza Empire, prepares to 
storm the Portuguese fort of Lourenço Marques. When the battle is over, only one prisoner remains alive - a young Portuguese trader named João Albasini.

Choosing mercy over loyalty, Langa risks everything to free the captive, setting in motion a friendship 
that will change both their lives forever.  

1838. NATALIA, SOUTH AFRICA  

Five years later, Langa has returned to the land of his birth. But Zululand stands on the brink of 
catastrophe.  

King Dingane has ordered the execution of Piet Retief and his delegation. Thousands of Zulu warriors 
are descending on the scattered Boer laagers of the Thukela Valley.  

William John Langford and the woman he loves, Marijke Pieterse, sleep peacefully, unaware that they 
may not live to see the dawn… 

THE NIGHT OF SPEARS is about to begin…