Stricken Land Author:E. V. Thompson 1899. A new generation has inherited the Rhodesian birthright that Dan Retallick won from the legendary king of Matabeleland. Once again, the clouds of conflict loom on the horizon as the blood-streaked bayonets of the Boer War encircle Dan¹s sons. Nat, with one eye on the willful wife of an English colonel, joins the colors as a guide for ... more »the British army. But his younger brother Adam follows a rebel star and a farmer¹s daughter to enlist with a Boer commando. The tides of history have set brother against brother in the savage struggle of the South African war.« less