{"product_id":"ghosts-of-the-past-tony-park-9781760782115","title":"Ghosts of the Past","description":"\u003cp\u003eA heart-racing thriller from the master of adventure. New novel Blood Trail out now.      \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Tony Park is a master storyteller. I love his work.' DEON MEYER  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAfrica, 1906: A young Australian adventurer is condemned to death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSydney, the present: journalist Nick Eatwell has just lost his job, but his day is brightened when a fellow reporter, South African Susan Vidler, comes into his life looking for help with a story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSusan is chasing information about Nick's great-great uncle, Cyril Blake, who fought in the Anglo-Boer War and later joined the struggle for independence across the border in the German colony of South West Africa, now Namibia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA long-lost manuscript proves Nick's forebear was a somewhat reluctant hero. Soldier, deserter, cattle rustler and freedom fighter, Blake was helping the lost cause before the Kaiser's forces ordered his assassination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn Germany, historian Anja Berghoff is researching the origins of the famed desert horses of Namibia. She's also interested in Blake and an Irish-German firebrand and spy, Claire Martin, with whom Cyril had an affair.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNick and Anja head to Africa on the trail of a legend, but someone else is delving into the past, looking for clues to the secret location of a missing horde of gold that's worth killing for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSpanning two centuries, Ghosts of the Past is based on a true story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePRAISE FOR GHOSTS OF THE PAST\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Thrilling adventure based on a true story' Daily Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'As with all Park's books, the pace is fast' Army News\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Even more captivating because it is based on a true story' Weekly Times  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Park once again shows why he is one of Australia's preeminent thriller writers. Cleverly utilising multiple timelines to tell an outstanding story across Africa's history, this is an amazing novel. Highly recommended.' Canberra Weekly\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tony Park","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":48874708599027,"sku":"8880002975405","price":13.5,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9781760782115.jpg?v=1776974649","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/ghosts-of-the-past-tony-park-9781760782115","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}