This Sahara series story (40 books) is about Teuns Stegmann’s adventures in the Sahara desert. Together with his four loyal friends in the French Foreign Legion, they experienced one after the other exciting, tense, and action-driven adventure.
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A blazing sun beats down on the vast and treacherous Sahara desert as Sergeant Catroux leads his small band of French Foreign Legion soldiers on patrol. Boredom and fatigue set in after weeks of wandering through endless seas of sand dunes without encountering a single soul. However, a startling discovery is about to awaken the men’s thirst for adventure.
Spotting a swarm of vultures circling in the distance, Catroux orders his men to investigate. What awaits the patrol is a horrific scene. They discover over a dozen mutilated Arab bodies scattered across the dunes. Shocked and confused as to who would commit such an atrocity against their own people, the Legionnaires begin searching for clues. That’s when Teuns Stegmann, a tall and cunning South African member of the patrol, makes a stunning find half-buried in the sand. It is a pure gold powder compact engraved with the initials “J.T.” Determined to uncover the mystery and motivated by the prospect of encountering a woman after so long without even seeing a camel in this desolate landscape, the patrol presses on. More clues begin to emerge, including feminine perfumes and expensive accessories that suggest a European woman of high society was involved. But who is this woman? And why would she be traveling with Arabs through such a dangerous part of the Sahara?
The tracks lead the Legionnaires to the small Harba oasis, but the constant winds have erased any sign of where the attackers went next. However, the remote oasis outpost of Harba brings another twist. Just when all hope seems lost, a miraculous discovery provides a trail to follow once more. They discover a strange, dying man who mentions an automatic rifle before succumbing to his wounds. The plot takes a dangerous turn as it becomes a race against time to rescue J.T. and uncover the secrets surrounding the mysterious weapon. To make matters worst a member of their own patrol suddenly goes missing overnight.
Teuns finds himself separated from the others and disguises himself as one of the elusive desert tribesmen. He manages to infiltrate the enemy’s camp, intent on solving the mysteries surrounding J.T.’s abduction. There he comes face-to-face with the stunning Jenene Trenchard, daughter of the British Consul, who has been taken captive. With keen cunning and nerves of steel, Teuns navigates the hidden dangers of the enemy camp, risking his life to gain critical intelligence. Between the watchful eyes of the tribe and the ever-present threat of being exposed, Teuns plays a dangerous game of deception. But Teuns’s true identity is soon uncovered and he faces unimaginable horrors at the hands of the sadistic Berber tribe holding Jenene hostage. Communicating in secret, they hatch a daring plan of escape. Will Teuns and the mysterious Jenene find a way to outwit their captors? Or will the desert claim more lives? What other secrets lie buried beneath the sands? And can Catroux’s patrol prevail against enemies wielding the lethal power of the automatic rifle? With hope fading fast, the Legionnaires battle against seemingly impossible odds to solve the mystery and free Jenene before it’s too late. Dogged by danger at every turn, they draw closer to a stunning truth that will change everything.
“The Tracks are Calling” thrusts the reader into a heart-pounding adventure across the perilous and unforgiving Sahara desert. Mystery, action, and drama abound in this gripping tale of bravery, desperation, and hidden secrets as a small band of French Legionnaires fights the elements and a savage tribe of Berbers to save an alluring captive and uncover buried truths. The story will keep you turning pages late into the night, immersed in a vivid world of scorching desert heat, earth-shaking planes roaring overhead, and heroic soldiers battling against the odds to survive another day. With vivid adventure and captivating characters, Meiring Fouche spins a story that will leave you breathless until the climactic conclusion. If pulse-pounding escapism through the exotic sands of the Sahara is your perfect adventure, “The Tracks are Calling” delivers an unforgettable experience you won’t want to end.
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Dr. Frans Alwyn Venter (27 November 1916 - 8 July 1997) grew up in difficult times. The periods when he farmed, it was mainly during the depression years and he had to endure various droughts on top of that. However, these tough years gave him the maturity and determination to come up with his wonderful stories, which are still highly in demand today and will continue to be. Nothing was easy in his life, and he had to work very hard to make it a success. He was not someone who had time for nonsense. As a kind of a loner, he did not have much regard for all kinds of groups. He nevertheless had a great appreciation and respect for nature, his language, his people, his history, and especially his fellow man. It was always a pleasure and delight for him, when he met someone, to first strike up a quick conversation with the person, to get to know the person better rather than being interested in what the person could do for him. Truly a remarkable and very rare trait that commands respect and admiration. F.A. Venter was undoubtedly a phenomenal writer, whose equal is difficult to find. His field of writing was broad and each of his books is difficult to put down before one has even finished reading it. He wrote only a few books under his name. Other pseudonyms he used for his books were Meiring Fouche, Marius de Jongh, Elske te Water, and Rene Stegman. However, he wrote most of his books under the pseudonym Meiring Fouche and quickly reached great heights, especially with his four “Trek” books, Offerland, Gelofte Land, Geknelde Land, and Bedoelde Land. His book Man van Cirene is widely regarded as the most popular and was translated into several languages shortly after its publication. In total, F.A. Venter wrote more than ninety softcover books and more than forty hardcover books! He also wrote several short stories for magazines and newspapers and his books are still in demand and extremely popular with young and old. What made him so unique as a writer was the fact that with his writing style, he had the exceptional ability to conjure up a whole story in your head with one sentence or a few sentences that you could associate with or see play out in your mind’s eye. You only need to read the first one or two paragraphs of any of his books to be immediately captivated and held captive in the given story until you have read the last page of the book. Together with excellent descriptions of all his stories, with the fewest words possible, it makes the reader look forward to reading his next book. In this Sahara Adventure series, you meet Teuns Stegmann, an extremely brave, clever, and talented South African. His brother’s fighter plane was shot down over the mighty Sahara Desert by a German pilot during World War II. Desert Arabs captured him and later killed him before he could escape. To avenge his brother’s death, Teuns then left his beautiful wine farm in the Hex River Valley in South Africa and joined the French Foreign Legion in North Africa. There he quickly made great friends with a Pole, an Italian, an Englishman, and a German. Together, the five of them had to face the mighty Sahara desert with all its dangers that lurked around every corner. If it’s not the Arabs threatening their lives, it’s some crazy professor who wants to use secret gas to wipe out their Foreign Legion soldiers. With one exciting and action-packed adventure after another coming their way, it is Teuns Stegmann’s brilliant mind and incredible bravery that repeatedly save them from trouble. This series of forty books in the Sahara Adventure series, written by F.A. Venter under the pseudonym Meiring Fouche, will stay with you forever. It is without a doubt a Sahara series of stories without equality that both young and old can enjoy. So, if you like stories that are top-notch and set in the mighty and deadly Sahara desert, then this series is just for you. It is so well-written that you will want to take it out of your story bookcase every five years to reread and enjoy it all over again. With a warm cup of coffee or a glass of wine in hand, there is nothing that beats this series for action and adventure!
