DIE BY THE SWORD

440pp., paperback, Pan Macmillan, Sydney, 2025

ISBN: 9781770109575

A thrilling chase across South Africa to find Napoleon’s priceless lost sword.

Three bodies are found scattered across South Africa: one on the shores of the Indian Ocean, one in a farm invasion in modern KwaZulu-Natal, and one in 1880, in the aftermath of the Anglo-Zulu War.

Detective Sannie van Rensburg and marine biologist and former soldier Adam Kruger are each on the trail of a mystery, while more than a century ago colonial police officer Peter Gregory has a secret mission: to find Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte's lost sword. These investigations are on a collision course because people will kill for a symbol of power.

Tony Park is the author of 22 novels set in Africa. He divides his time between Southern Africa and Australia.