Zimbabwe Falcon

Zimbabwe Falcon is a historical novel that covers a period from 1888 until 1923. The story is centered on the region between the Limpopo and Zambezi Rivers. Here black Jews built the Great Zimbabwe. Into this region marched the Rhodesian Pioneers to challenge Lobengula, King of the Ndebele nation. This Zulu tribe had only sixty years earlier seized this land from the Shona. Into this mix of different tribes and cultures are added the Boers; the white tribe of Africa. They are involved in the various conflicts and shifting alliances. In the end the Pioneers will prevail and establish Rhodesia, which will survive as a country into the twentieth century.

Zimbabwe Falcon covers the period between 1888 and 1923 in the region between the Limpopo and Zambezi Rivers. Here in ancient times, the descents of the High Priest of Jerusalem built the Great Zimbabwe as their capital. It was the only great civilization south of the Sahara, and nearby were the ancient gold mines of Solomon. Into this land marched the Rhodesian Pioneers in 1890 to challenge Lobengula, King of the Ndebele nation. This Zulu tribe had only sixty years earlier seized it from the Shona. Into this mix of different tribes and cultures are added the Boers;the white tribe of Africa. These various groups are involved in many armed conflicts, and alliances are constantly changing. But in the end the Pioneers will prevail and create a country that will survive into the twentieth century.