The Rain Goddess
The Rain Goddess is a novel by Peter Stiff (ISBN 978-1919854069), set in the war-torn area of Southern Rhodesia's (now Zimbabwe) north-east border. The story, which takes place in the mid-1960s to early 1970s, begins as the British South Africa Police fight against communist-backed guerillas. These guerillas use torture and violence to intimidate African tribesmen into joining their cause. The Rhodesian Security forces fight to keep a fragile peace that is governed by force of arms, as well as by the tribesmens' faith in the predictions of their spirit medium. This medium is said to be able to communicate with the spirit of the Rain Goddess. While the book was originally written as fiction, many of the events in the book are taken from actual events with some names of persons and places ch
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The Rain Goddess
The Rain Goddess is a novel by Peter Stiff (ISBN 978-1919854069), set in the war-torn area of Southern Rhodesia's (now Zimbabwe) north-east border. The story, which takes place in the mid-1960s to early 1970s, begins as the British South Africa Police fight against communist-backed guerillas. These guerillas use torture and violence to intimidate African tribesmen into joining their cause. The Rhodesian Security forces fight to keep a fragile peace that is governed by force of arms, as well as by the tribesmens' faith in the predictions of their spirit medium. This medium is said to be able to communicate with the spirit of the Rain Goddess. While the book was originally written as fiction, many of the events in the book are taken from actual events with some names of persons and places ch
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Galago Publishing Pty Ltd 5th Ed.
New English LibraryLtd 1st Ed.
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