Daphne Olivier

Thunder on the Veldt Daphne Olivier

As war clouds gather over South Africa, Melinda Bellingham is shocked to learn that her father's suicide has left her penniless. When a relative offers her a home, she bids goodbye to Jack Cartwright, the Australian digger she loves, and sets off for Ladysmith, unaware that the small town will soon be under siege. When the Boer War breaks out, Jack enlists. He survives the battle at Talana, only to be reported missing a few days later. As the siege tightens its noose, Melina must summon all her courage to keep going and cling to hope that one day Jack will come back. Thunder On The Veldt brings history to life in an epic tale that sweeps from the goldfields of Witwatersrand to Ladysmith, the battlefields in Natal and on to the concentration camps where so many women and children died.