Blood Brothers
Blood Brothers, an Expertly Wrought Political Thriller
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Blood Brothers is a tale about two young men from Botswana, Sasha and Dumisani McDaniels. Sasha is white and Dumisani is black. ‘Dumi’ was adopted at childbirth, the same day Sasha was born. Even though they are not biological brothers, they are as close as real brothers can be and more. Their parents were nature enthusiasts and documentary filmmakers, who tragically were brutally murdered by blood thirsty poachers, led by the notorious Molo Sahili. After their parents’ death, the brothers, now also profound martial artists, decide to move to the United States, their parents’ country of origin, where they start a new life. This dream is shattered almost immediately, when they inadvertently and unknowingly witness an armored car heist making them ‘loose ends’ that the robbers need to tie up. It turns out that the mastermind behind the robbery has strong ties to a man who has his sights set on the White House, so the brothers need to be silenced at all costs. The brothers believe they will be safe in their home country, so they try to make it to the Mexican border on foot and catch a flight back to Botswana. Meanwhile, the pursuers get closer to catching them with every minute that ticks by, and it’s a life-or-death race against time.
Ironic
Adam Mashabela is a beautiful man, a foreigner from Botswana. He is young, full of life and living the ultimate American dream, until a routine visit to the doctor changes everything. A death sentence in the form of an insidious disease has taken hold of him. On that very day, and by means of a chance encounter, Adam meets the woman of his dreams – the lovely Lucille ‘Lucy’ Young. It is love at first sight that quickly turns into a seemingly unhealthy obsession by Adam that may lead to disaster. Unbeknownst to Lucy, her new man is now living on borrowed time, his mortality is measured in weeks and days instead of years. What’s worse, Adam has one more secret up his sleeve that is sure to leave Lucy and those who get to know about it thunderstruck.
The Triumphs of Kahuru
The year — or season — is 1779. The legend of Kahuru the human leopard has spread to the far off lands of The Americas, in particular to a plantation in Raymond, Mississippi, where the tales of this remarkable being are told and retold among the slaves. This prompts Henry Thomas Davies, the slave master’s son, to eventually lead an expedition to ‘The Dark Continent’ in search of the human leopard. This he does in spite of unspeakable dangers along the way. The excursion was prompted because of the trust Henry developed from a forbidden friendship with the slave, Melvin Davies, whose real name is Sanza Kazadi. Melvin is a slave of unsurpassed intellectual prowess and an uncanny ability to recall facts very few people can — a slave who claims to have seen the human leopard in person.
The Devil’s Concubine
An effectively told, low-key tale of an arduous, sometimes-frightening road to fame.
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Raymond Pata, an immigrant from Haiti, is charming, young, and handsome. He will do anything to achieve his dreams of superstardom, even if it means selling his soul to the dark side. Misguided by the belief that sacrificed blood of young women will please the ‘gods’ and bring success, Ray becomes a sadistic, serial killer. He falls hopelessly in love with a mysterious woman, Geraldine, who comes into his life and changes everything.