Men of Men

Set in 19th-century Southern Africa during the age of empire and the colonisation of what would become Rhodesia, this is the second book in the Ballantyne Novels series. The story follows Zouga Ballantyne, an African-born Englishman driven by a relentless desire to find diamonds, which first leads him to the perilous diamond pits of the fledgling Boer Free State. After losing his wife to sickness and gambling away his fortune, Zouga and his sons, Ralph and Jordan, seek a new destiny, helping to build the British Empire in the face of tribal opposition. While the Ballantyne family finds success and forges its destiny in this dangerous, diamond-rich countryside, their ambition comes at a great cost to the local Matabele tribe. The book chronicles the epic clash of cultures, chronicling love, war, greed, and the ultimate price a king and a proud warrior nation pay in the brutal struggle for dominance between white and black in a land of ruthless men.

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