In 1887, British ships continue to arrive at the bustling, growing port of Cape Town in South Africa. On board one of them is a young man, Sebastian Brigandshaw, exiled from England by his abusive father. Reluctantly leaving behind his childhood sweetheart, Emily…

Disembarking from the ship, he meets a Boer hunter, Tinus Oosthuizen, who takes him under his wing to build a new life in the wild and untamed southern Africa. Meanwhile back in England, Emily is coerced into marrying Arthur, Sebastian’s older brother. She is the only child of a baronet whose position and power in the aristocracy will benefit the Brigandshaw family.

After several months, with the direction of his new friend, Sebastian begins to enjoy himself, deciding to settle in the unknown land that will become Rhodesia. However, Sebastian learns of a heart-twisting secret about his lost love and decides to return to England. A shocking truth that will jeopardise everything he has worked for.

On his return and with the country’s discovery of gold, tensions are rising between the British and the Boers, leaving the inevitable lurking on the horizon. A terrible war is coming. And Sebastian and Tinus will be forced to choose sides…

Echoes from the Past is the first novel in the Brigandshaw Chronicles – a multigenerational saga, of remarkable people living through the rise and fall of the Anglo-Saxon Empire.