FRONTIER GOLD

349pp., maps, paperback, Self-published, Livingstone, 2026

ISBN: 9789982293792

Historical thriller set on the border between Rhodesia and Mozambique during the final years of white rule and the birth of an independent Zimbabwe. A young mining engineer and a former freedom fighter turned politician fight over a rich gold deposit that lies deep inside a military no-go area.

Doug Shand is a retired mining engineer who worked in several African countries and now lives in Livingstone, Zambia.