Reeds of Wrath by Fiona Khan

Reeds of Wrath has now been released on Amazon as an ebook. The groundbreaking genre of literary historical romance adds a new dimension to the saga that spreads across two continents. The gripping tale of a young girl’s journey and her enslavement on the cane fields of Natal is foreshadowed by the backdrop of indentured labour. The book and it’s intense detail to facts in the history of indenture captures the reader. A must read for all the romance followers who enjoy a page turning novel and the historians who would love to recapture the clandescence of the British Raj to the poverty and squalor of the slave trade in Natal.

Jahan who is a half cast British Indian is auctioned to slavery at the hands of Patrick Buchanan a plantation owner. From the in its history, electrifying in its chemistry and fills a niche in the genre of literary fiction in South Africa.

About the author

Fiona Khan is an award winning, internationally published poet and author, and academic. She is also passionate as an environmentalist and family therapist. Her time includes motivational speaking, coaching and mentoring. Transforming the lives of both children and adults into positive achievers, is her forte. She has been promoting reading and literacy since 1993 at schools, universities and libraries via the Ethekwini Municipal Libraries. She is a community practitioner and an outspoken activist on gender equality and rights, HIV/Aids and gender based violence. Khan has numerous children’s book titles to her name and her poetry and short stories have been published internationally in many literary magazines.Her books have been used for academic research and are placed in many academic libraries.

Date of Publication: 2009
ISBN: 9780620441285
Publisher: Washesha