The setting is contemporaneous with publication: the beginning of the twentieth century. Crawfurd grows up in Kirkcaple, by the North Sea, where he first encounters the antagonist, Laputa, performing a ritual on the beach. Crawfurd's father dies, and he goes to work as a shopkeeper in a place called Blaauwildebeestefontein. Crawfurd comes into contact with a Portuguese man, Henriques, and again with Laputa, and he gradually learns of illegal diamond smuggling and of a planned rising of the native people of the region, including the Zulu people and the Swazi people, led by Laputa.

Media	Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released	August 29, 2017
ISBN13	9781975883492
Publishers	Createspace Independent Publishing Platf
Pages	196
Dimensions	152 × 229 × 11 mm · 267 g
Language	English

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