The Covenant Author:James A. Michener A historic novel in Michener's well-known style. His extensively researched story begins with the San - the earliest recorded inhabitants of South Africa who are facing a serious problem - their beautiful lake has dried and they must move across the trackless African desert to find a new homeland. This is all set against the beautiful, harsh A... more »frican landscape. What the people endure are minor compared to the new wave of peoples who follow them. From the first European settlers, to the eventual battles to possess this beautiful, fertile and mineral-rich land. Interspersed in this novel are dramatic presentations of real and fictional characters' lives, as they are lived against the backdrop of Michener's version of the history of the time.« less