The Founding
A stockade, a garden, and a foothold at the foot of Africa.
The years after the Dutch East India Company set its anchor in Table Bay — a fragile refreshment station clinging to the edge of an unfamiliar world, where every season was a gamble against scurvy, storm, and suspicion.
The books.
Good Hope
1652. A stowaway bound for the untamed southern tip of Africa, hunted by a man who needs her silenced.
From Lambs to Lions
1653. A fledgling colony against the grip of nature — and a young woman ensnared by her own daring.
Writing from the period.
Why 1652? Choosing the moment the Cape begins
Every saga needs a first page. Here's why the trilogy opens with the Dutch landing at Table Bay rather than a decade earlier or later.
Inside the VOC archives
Research notes from the Dutch East India Company records — what the ledgers reveal that the histories leave out.
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