Gold. Blood. Independence. In a land where fortunes are made and loyalties are bought, one man's fight against British imperialism could change the fate of a nation.
Deep in the heart of the Transvaal Republic, Colonel Chris de Beer infiltrates Johannesburg's dangerous criminal underworld. As a skilled Boer commando, he must dismantle the British-backed gold smuggling operations threatening his homeland's sovereignty. With his wife Lettie expecting their first child back at their farm, Chris forms an uneasy alliance with Aaron 'The Phantom' Epstein, a mysterious double agent with questionable loyalties. As they navigate through a web of spies, ruthless gang leaders, and powerful mine owners, Chris uncovers a plot that goes far beyond mere theft - one that could destroy the very foundation of Boer independence. But when a deadly assassin known as 'The Jackal' targets Chris, he must decide: If he continues his dangerous mission, will there be a homeland left to protect - or a family to return to?
Johannesburg Gold is the second instalment in Ben Kunz's gripping historical fiction Gold Series Saga. If you love gritty westerns, high-stakes espionage, and raw colonial warfare, then you'll be captivated by Kunz's masterful blend of history and adventure.
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Pretoria and Johannesburg 1887. Col. Chris de Beer is summonsed by President Paul Kruger as his top security and undercover commando agent to put a stop to the McGregor and Numbers gang that is creating havoc by robbing banks and businesses in the Witwatersrand and to investigate the goldmines that unlawfully export gold to England withou paying tax to the Transvaal Republic ZAR . He and his commandos must stop British agents that are infiltrating the Transvaal Republic and the foreighner owners of these gold mines who work for England and helping them in their imperialistic colonisisation efforts to take over the Transvaal Republic and lay there hands on the gold and diamond recources of South Africa and the Transvaal Republic. There presence also envoke labour problems by the Numbers gang organising strikes and unrest by the black mine laborours imported from Swaziland and Portoguese East Africa.
This leads to murder, gunfights and burgers being exposed to wild animals like Elephant, Lions, Hippos roaming in the outskirts of Pretoria, Johannesburg and the Lowveld.