Bøger udgivet af Baclesit Pty, Limited

A page turning corporate thriller. Life and death situations arise in an international but remote community, in Botswana, Southern Africa, where technical complexities, human weaknesses, and strengths, are used by self seeking corporate power brokers, to fraudulently gain from the endeavors a farming family, the de Bruins and Charles Obenta a tribal leader, and his people from a Tswana village, Ngami. What Ben de Bruin had found would have been of value to almost anyone with the resources to claim it........ Turning with great difficulty Ben grasped for the case that contained the key to their family's hoped for fortune. Gasping with pain he managed to drag the case up ......... The partners are at the end of their tether with only a friend of Ben's, an engineer, Peter Connor to rely on. A ruthless, beautiful and sophisticated international management and engineering expert, Rebecca Rosslynn, is paid to be the respectable front for unbridled efforts to stop Peter and destroy the partner's hopes. An awkward young Tswana, Joseph comes to play a critical part in the events. The interplay between the various interests, provides a constantly moving story as the proponents are drawn from their lives by the key interests, into and out of the heat of a campaign to acquire the wealth.

Platinum Quest Synopsis An Important Development has been Sabotaged A Family's Future is to be Destroyed A Pristine Environment will be Trashed Lower Economic Standards are being Fostered A rich platinum deposit is being carefully developed by Ben de Bruin, his family, and a small tribe. The development is designed around a consideration for the people and for the ecology of an African wilderness. It is hamstrung by unexplained failures, incorrect technical advice, and underfunding. These difficulties are compounded by a failure of high technology and critical equipment. The partners are dragged toward physical and financial disaster. Great danger stalks. If Clare de Bruin can be stopped, in any way, from meeting with prospective financiers, Jack Anders, the temporary head of a corporate empire, GVN, will have won. A polished executive, Jack works, in the shadows, toward power and fortune. His efforts include a drive to defraud the heir to the GVN corporation. An influential consultant, Matthew Clement, and an associate, Rebecca Rosslynn, might be able to help Michael Anders, the heir to the GVN corporation, and Jack's other intended victims, the family, and the tribe. They, too, become a threat to Jack's maneuverings. The story moves forward, through the Botswanan bush, Vancouver, and South Africa. The character's efforts, faced with several twists, lead to a challenging conclusion.